Walking Provence Limerick RTA

Itinerary – Walking in Provence

Day 1: ARRIVAL Transfer to Greoux les Bains.
Pick up at Marseilles airport at the arrival of the Ryanair flight from Shannon (FR8100), meet with your guide for the week and transfer to Greoux les Bains, less than 2 hours.
Dinner included
Day 2: Lavender fields, plateau between Greoux and Valensole.
Start walking from the hotel to Greoux les Bains centre. Then walk up the pedestrian street of the village all the way up to the château. Then you will enjoy a relatively level walk on the remarkable Valensole plateau. Return to Greoux by a nice track along the stream “Laval”. The countryside all around (plateau de Valensole) is beautiful especially in the spring when the almond trees are in bloom. In the summer aromas of lavender and thyme waft through the air confirming the fact that Valensole is one of the most important producers of lavender in Provence. Valensole comes from the Latin “vallis” and “solis” meaning the valley of sun.
Breakfast & dinner included – Picnic lunch not included

Day 3: Forcalquier
Private transfer in the morning to the bustling hill town of Forcalquier, beautiful town with its old centre paved street. It hosts the biggest market of Provence every Mondays. After a short visit of town, you will climb on the plateau to see the Mourres plateau, site of geological interest with its mushroom shaped limestone.
Breakfast & dinner included – Picnic lunch not includedDay 4: Quinson – Lower Verdon Gorges.
After a private transfer in the morning to the lovely village of Quison, today’s walk will take you to a superb walkway newly renovated along the lower verdon gorges. This walkway follows an old canal used before to bring drinking water to Aix en Provence. The views of the Turquoise Verdon are truly amazing. The the walk continues up to the chapel Saint Maxime ideal spot for lunch.
Breakfast & dinner included – Picnic lunch not included
Day 4: Quinson – Lower Verdon Gorges.
After a private transfer in the morning to the lovely village of Quison, today’s walk will take you to a superb walkway newly renovated along the lower verdon gorges. This walkway follows an old canal used before to bring drinking water to Aix en Provence. The views of the Turquoise Verdon are truly amazing. The the walk continues up to the chapel Saint Maxime ideal spot for lunch.
Breakfast & dinner included – Picnic lunch not included
 Day 5: FREE DAY
Spend the day in Greoux les Bains at your own pace, visit the shops around, and enjoy the slow pace of the French way of life in Provence, or take a public bus trip to the beautiful town of Aix en Provence.
Breakfast included – Picnic lunch & dinner not included
Day 6: The ridges above Moustiers St Marie.
After a private transfer in the morning to Moustiers St Marie we will climb up to the craggy ridge of l’Ourbes with great views over the lake of St Croix. After crossing the summit and descending to a dry riverbed the terrain becomes more open before the final descent to Moustiers on an old Roman road.
Today will also an opportunity to admire the Verdon gorges. The Gorges du Verdon, also called the Grand Canyon du Verdon, is a spectacular canyon that forms a border between the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence and the Var counties. Up to 700 m deep, the 21-km-long canyon varies in width between 6 and 100 m at the bottom and 200 to 1500 m at its rim.
Breakfast & dinner included – Picnic lunch not included
Day 7: Villages of Provence: Saint Martin de Bromes.
Today you will walk from the hotel and initially follow the banks of Verdon river. You will then ascent onto a hill and follow the ridge with spectacular views over the lake Esparron and the dam. You will come to the pleasant village of Saint Martin de Bromes where we can stop for a café. Leaving the village you will climb up to the plateau of Pauron on a good GR track (Grande randonnée).
Breakfast & dinner included – Picnic lunch not included
Day 8: FAREWELL!
Spend the morning at your own pace in Greoux les Bains before a transfer to Marseilles airport to match group transfer flight, Ryanair FR8099 from Marseille to Shannon.
Breakfast included – Picnic lunch not included