Walking holidays in France guide




Our France walking Holidays
Guided walking holidays in the French Alps
Catered Chalet Based Guided Walking in the Giffre Valley
French Riviera holiday, walking, culture & cooking option
Experience real French culture while relaxing mindfully...
Mont Blanc holiday, Tour du Mont Blanc
The best of the Tour du Mont Blanc
Self guided walking holiday in France
Idyllic walking in France with great food, wine and ambience
French Alps self guided walking holiday
Catered Chalet Based Walking Holiday in the Giffre Valley
Snowshoeing in the French Alps
Snowshoeing in the Alps with a high mountain guide
Mont Blanc ascent climbing holiday, France
Climb Western Europe's highest peak
Mont Blanc climbing holiday
The exhilaration of summiting an alpine peak
Mont Blanc walking holiday
A stunning walk through the Alps around Mont Blanc
Mont Blanc Circuit walking holiday
Probably the most dramatic walk in Europe
Highlights of Provence walking holiday, France
A guided walking holiday through beautiful regions of France
Mercantour Park self catering gite, France
Comfortable gite, Mercantour, France an hour north of Nice.
Loire Valley walking holiday, France
An easy-paced, gentle walking holiday
Mercantour family walking holiday, France
Family walking tour with a donkey in Southern French Alps
Family walking holidays with a donkey, France
Above the Rhône to discover the unspoilt traditional Ardèche
French Riviera holiday, food, walking & culture
Experience real French culture while relaxing mindfully...
Mont Blanc Circuit trek, with hotel accommodation
Classic Tour, using small inns and guesthouses
France gite accommodation, Mercantour, sleeps 5
Comfortable gite, Mercantour, France, an hour north of Nice.
French Riviera walking holiday, France
Relaxed mountain and coastal daywalks
Dordogne walking holiday, France
Explore limestone cliffs, painted caves & wild wooded valleys
Alsace self guided walking holiday in France
Alsace's Route des Vins and Vosges National Park
Route St Jacques walking holiday
A continuous walk from Le Puy to Conques
Walking holidays in the French Alps
Walking holiday taking in three contrasting alpine valleys!
Walking holiday in France
Traverse the vast limestone plateaux of the Causses
Mercantour centre-based walking holiday, French Alps
Multiactivities for family, French Alps, ecolodge and yurt,
Mercantour walking holiday in France
Walking holidays, French Alps, Wild Mercantour national park
Gourmet alpine walking holiday, France
Guided hike through the Alps and eat gourmet food for fuel
Ice climbing holiday in the French Alps
An unforgettable weekend ice climbing in the Alps
Is a France walking holiday for you?
Do go walking in France if...
Don't go if...
Our top France walking Holiday
Guided walking holidays in the French Alps
Catered Chalet Based Guided Walking in the Giffre Valley
2021: 12 Jun, 19 Jun, 17 Jul, 24 Jul, 31 Jul, 7 Aug, 14 Aug, 21 Aug, 28 Aug, 4 Sep, 11 Sep
What does walking in France entail?
Guided or self-guided?
Walking holidays in France are as varied as a French cheese board, some with expert local guides, others with more qualified International Mountain Leaders, and still others self-guided.Guided trips are usually in small groups, which is the norm on more strenuous walking holidays. However, if you prefer to walk independently, and not be tied to timetables or fixed itineraries, an organised self-guided walking holiday in France takes all the other work out of it for you, providing maps, copious notes, accommodation, luggage transfers and, in most cases, food. So all you have to do is walk.
It depends on the walk, but in general no previous experience is needed, although an ability to read a map does help!
How tough are they?
Centre based or nomadic?
It is a mark of just how good and prolific France’s hiking routes are, that there is such a wide array of walking holidays you can take on. So, you can walk hotel to hotel, or mountain refuge to mountain refuge while circumnavigating the mother massif, Mont Blanc. Or you can walk for days in the Haute Savoie region of the Alps, stay in one chalet and do different treks every day, coming back to your same room, hosts and homely environs every night.If you want to cover distance in, for example, the Pyrenees or Alps, then hiking from one bed to another is usually your best option, with your bags being transferred for you, sometimes even by a donkey. However, if you want to take on hearty hikes in the Loire or Provence, and take your time to enjoy gastronomic gorgeousness along the way, a centre based holiday might suit you best.