Walking The French Gorges - Cicerone Press

Provence and Ardèche offer some of the most delectable walking in all France. This guidebook describes a 320 mile route, in 26 daily stages, from the Côte d'Azur to the Massif Central, including a trek along the dramatic Grand Canyon of the Verdon and an ascent of Mont Ventoux, the highest summit in mainland France outside the Alps and Pyrenees.

Full of variety, the walk visits Provençal mountain villages, fields of lavender, limestone mountains and the world-famous vineyards of the Rhône valley. Excellent public transport enables the walk to be easily divided into one- or two-week holidays.

Details of accommodation, transport and other facilities on and off route are included, as well as invaluable practical information for newcomers to walking in France. Those visiting the area on holiday can sample parts of the trail by a number of day walks.