olivier - fougasse - pierre calcaire - pin d’alep - genévrier - orchidée - thym - romarin - garrigue - bioclastique - camargue - chêne vert - taureaux - iris - huile d’olive - chêne kermesse - daudet - giono - mistral - faucon crécerelle -
The Alpilles are a piece of Provence frozen in time, where nature is queen and man lives in harmony with it. The hills are waves of raw stone, majestic, inhabited by umbrella pines and silver olive trees.
The fauna and flora there are rich and varied, it offers a breathtaking spectacle. Birds of prey soar in the azure sky given by the Mistral and wild boars, foxes and badgers hide in the woods and bushes.
With a raw beauty, this land invites you to dream, recharge your batteries and reinvent yourself, attracting artists of all ages. eras, invited by these dazzling lights.
In this place, we transform ourselves to find the lost harmony with the world around us.
The Alpilles are a piece of Provence frozen in time, where nature is queen and man lives in harmony with it. The hills are waves of raw stone, majestic, inhabited by umbrella pines and silver olive trees.
The fauna and flora there are rich and varied, it offers a breathtaking spectacle. Birds of prey soar in the azure sky given by the Mistral and wild boars, foxes and badgers hide in the woods and bushes.
With a raw beauty, this land invites you to dream, recharge your batteries and reinvent yourself, attracting artists of all ages. eras, invited by these dazzling lights.
In this place, we transform ourselves to find the lost harmony with the world around us.
The fauna and flora there are rich and varied, it offers a breathtaking spectacle. Birds of prey soar in the azure sky given by the Mistral and wild boars, foxes and badgers hide in the woods and bushes.
With a raw beauty, this land invites you to dream, recharge your batteries and reinvent yourself, attracting artists of all ages. eras, invited by these dazzling lights.
In this place, we transform ourselves to find the lost harmony with the world around us.
Traversée of four to five days
An exceptionnal concentrate in the heart of Provence where we survey the massif from West to East, bathed in the smells of the scrubland, crossing the rocks shaped by the sun in the clear light of the Mistral.
In the evening we are welcomed in warm places and with local hosts anchored in their territory, a journey through this amazing and historical region.
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50km, d+400m, 5 to 6h of walking/d
from 4 to 7 person, access by train (Avignon TGV) or plane (Marseille)
from 2280 €/p
Four days in Alpilles :
⟜D1 : Arrival by train, transfer, walk of 1 to 2 hours to the heart of the massif, this small introduction allows you to disconnect gently, we spend the night in Bruno's comfortable cabins, surrounded by Aleppo pines, dinner on the spot.
⟜D2 : Crossing the massif from West to East, walking for 5 to 6 hours, we cross the crests of the massif, passing through Val d'Enfer, breathtaking views of the Camargue and much further, the remarkable geological formations carry our steps towards the East , lunch on the way, in the afternoon we pass the limestone blades of the Pas du Loup and cross the olive groves, the night is close to Mouriès, the evening meal is prepared by our hosts, around a wonderful Provençal table where each Food is treated with respect, by William and Prune.
⟜D3 : A day on the edge of the ridges, enveloped in the smells of the scrubland, looping around the Grand Calans, we pass the valleys of the scrubland and admire the views, returning in the evening where the meal awaits us in the marvelous Provençal table of William and Plum.
⟜D4 : For a last breath of southern air we head north, the route will cross olive groves and old fields, like a leap in time, for this last day 2h30 of walking, lunch on the way, then transfer to Avignon TGV or further travel.
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⟝ contains : nights at accomodations , breakfast, picnic, diner at our hosts, transfers back and forth to Avignon TGV
⟝ doesn’t contain : further travel from Avignon TGV