Guided walking
holidays
in Aude, Languedoc Roussillon, South West France
Four Day Tour
(+ Day travel)
This tour is to give a taste of the region and
hopefully will make you want to come back for more. The type of walks range
from very easy through to medium. If, on the 4th day, you
don't want to do the planned route you can discuss, as a group, an
alternative which we call the "Walkers Choice". The route will be
designed by the guide to take in to account the groups abilities.
Itinerary.
Day 1 (Saturday) - Arrival and settle in followed your three course evening meal at 20:00hrs.
Day 2 (Sunday) - Breakfast followed by an informal chat by our guide
about equipment, safety and the days walk. Today's walk will be local and
classed as easy to medium and will take about 3h 15min excluding stops and
lunch. Your lunch will be at one of the restaurants in Quillan (cost not
included) hence you will not be issued with a packed lunch. Afterwards you
will have an hours free time to explore the town before assembling at the
railway station for your return walk following the banks of the river Aude. This
walk covers a varied level of terrain and not only gives you the opportunity
to get a feel for the local countryside, do a little local shopping for
those things you forgot, but also enables our guide to assess the strengths
and weaknesses of the group. On your return there will be a short
debrief, time to clean up, prep for tomorrow followed by dinner.
Days 3 (Monday) - Breakfast, collect pack lunches, assemble for
transportation to walks. Today's walks, there are two of them (Axat
map routes 11 and 12), are based
around the Chateau of Puilaurens. The first walk is a circumnavigation of
the base of the Chateau (classed as very easy and is about 1hr) before
walking up to visit the Chateau after
which you will have your packed lunch. After lunch you will be setting out
on a 3hr Easy+ walk which will give you spectacular views of the Chateau and
the valley. On completion you will return home for a quick debrief and
chat about tomorrow, clean up and prep before dinner.
Day 4 (Tuesday) - Normal morning routine. As you will have discussed
the previous evening you can either take the programmed walk or you can
have a "Walkers Choice". The "Walkers Choice is where the group has sat the
night before with the guide who has suggested some alternative walks based
on the groups mixed abilities. If the group decides to stick with the program
then today's walks will be firstly at Rouquefort de Sault (Axat
map route 6) in the morning followed by (packed) lunch and a nice easy walk through the high level
pastures at Escouloubre (Axat map route 8)
visiting the village which was formally a spa resort. On your return there will be
a short debrief followed by dinner then packing for your departure.
Day 5
(Wednesday) - No packed lunch today as you will be dining in Carcassonne (not
included). After breakfast your lugage will be collected and we will depart for the ancient Cité of
Carcassonne (Aude map route 15) now defined as a World Heritage site, it's a 'must see' place
to visit when in the area. You
will have a guided walk around the Cité followed by lunch and free time
before meeting at the railway station (we will also bring your luggage at
this point) in the main town for your drive to the
airport at 15:00hrs.
Pricing 2007
599 Euros (approx £399) per person based on two sharing (flights are not included).
