Mercantour National Park
From the Maritime Alps to the Côte d´Azur.
- 9 Days / 8 Nights
- Self-guided Tour
- Minimum of participants: 2 persons
Arrival in Saint-Dalmas-de-Tende
During your hiking tour you come across numerous medieval mountain villages such as Tende and La Brigue, situated on an altitude of over 2.000 m in altitude. Both villages will enthrall you, La Brigue with its marvellous Baroque church and Tende with a magnificent cathedral, the pretty old part of town and the Prehistoric Museum.
You walk through chestnut forests and past sleepy villages, with their houses – characteristic for the region - built with dry stone walls and slate roofs. A particularly beautiful village is Granile, a genuine jewel. You continue via Berghe with a view over the Roya and reach Saorge, whose architectural style is unique in this region.
Saorge – Breil-sur-Roya
Along the former saline path you reach the village Breil-sur-Roya which was daringly built into a steep slope. Always along the ridge, you pass a steep staircase cut into the rock, but well secured. In your Day Finish you can listen in on the organ craft, which is renowned far beyond the borders of Italy. The valley owes its name to this handcraft: ‚Vallée des Orgues’ (valley of the organs).
Breil-sur-Roya – Sospel
A particularly pretty path leads you via Piène-Haute to a very well maintained village situated on a mountainside. A picturesque chapel located amidst olive groves awaits and also a spectacular ravine with a height of 600 metres. You walk through the ravine, where the route takes you again and again across into Italian territory.
Sospel – Sainte-Agnès
The fortress, the cathedral and many other historic unique examples of architecture remind you of the significance of Sospel over the centuries. You leave Sospel behind you and walk through the already mediterranean vegetation into the mountain village of Saint-Agnès, which towers and sits high up like a nest on top of a hill.
Sainte-Agnès – Menton
The coast and the sea are now already visible! With a breathtakeing view onto the coast the route takes you through little typical villages such as Monti and Castellar. Then through the well-known Garavan-bay all the way into the vibrant old centre of Menton, located fabulously on the radiant coast of Southern France.
Departure or extension
Tour character
A good basic fitness level is required for the hiking tour in the most beautiful valleys of the hinterland of Menton. Daily you tackle approx. 600 to 1.000 meters in altitude, with a daily walking time of 5 to 6 hours. The route takes you along good hiking paths. In sections, some surefootedness and a head for heights is required.
| Season 1 01.04.2023 - 21.04.2023 17.09.2023 - 22.10.2023 Arrival daily | Season 2 22.04.2023 - 16.09.2023 Arrival daily | |
|---|---|---|
| Mercantour National Park, 8 days, FR-COWSM-08X | ||
| Base price | 949.00 | 999.00 |
| Surcharge single room | 329.00 | 329.00 |
Category: 4x 2**-hotels (French classifying), as well as 3x pretty cozy hotels and inns (without classifying)
You can book extra nights for any day of your tour. Prices upon request!
| Season 1 Apr 1, 2023 - Apr 21, 2023 Sep 17, 2023 - Oct 22, 2023 Arrival daily | Season 2 Apr 22, 2023 - Sep 16, 2023 Arrival daily | |
|---|---|---|
| Saint-Dalmas-de-Tende | ||
| Double room p. P. | 89.00 | 95.00 |
| Surcharge single room | 29.00 | 39.00 |
| Menton | ||
| Double room p. P. | 75.00 | 75.00 |
| Surcharge single room | 65.00 | 65.00 |
Included:
- Accommodation as already mentioned
- Breakfast
- 6 dinner (not in Menton)
- Luggage transfer (1 piece of luggage per person)
- Carefully elaborated route description
- Detailed travel documents 1x per room (German, English)
- GPS-data available
- Tourist tax, if due, is included in the price
- Service hotline
Optional extras:
- Airport transfer Nice - Saint-Dalmas-de-Tende (max. 7 people), costs on request, reservation required, payable in advance.
- Return transfer from Menton to Saint-Dalmas-de-Tende (max. 7 people), costs on request, reservation required, payable in advance.
Arrival / Parking / Departure:
- Airport Nice.
- Arrival by train to Nice and then by regional train (www.ter-sncf.com) to Saint-Dalmas-de-Tende, cost duration approx. 2 hours.
- Parking: unguarded parking spaces at the train station,no reservation necessary.
- Return journey from Menton to Saint-Dalmas-de-Tende by bus „Lignes d’Azur” in approx. 1.5 hours(www.riviera-francaise.fr).Or return journey by train, approx. 2 hours (1x change of trains).
Things to note:
- Further important information according to the package travel law can be found here!
