Welcome to Hooked on walking holidays and our walking holiday in France. Our French walking holidays have been developed in the main areas of France, the Island of Corsica ( where we have the famous GR 20 hiking trail ) , the Lot Valley in South West France , Provence in south east France, Gironde, Bordeaux and Burgundy wine regions, Cevennes in south France, the Ardeche region , Stephenson Trail , Loire Valley , Jura Mountains, Brittany , the French Riviera and a region north of Paris. Our walking tours are of an easy to medium grade making them suitable for a first time walking holiday or with our Corsica tour for more experienced walkers . All our tours are available as self led tours allowing you greatest flexibility.

Provence Cotes-du-Rhone - 7 night self led walking tour Level 1
Far from the crowds, come and discover a region of La Provence filled with natural and man-made wonders : olives, wine vineyards, lavender, apricots and thousands of years of history. In our one week trip you’ll go from the beauty and history of Avignon’s Papal fortified center to the roman past of Vaison-la-Romaine. Walking through the area you’ll discover the world-famous Côtes-du-Rhône wine villages of Gigondas, Vacqueyras and Beaumes-de-Venise around the Dentelles de Montmirail and  also lesser known wonders, all nestled under the Mont Ventoux.

Walking Holiday in Corsica -7 Night self guided walking tour level 3
Corsica offers an impressive diversity of landscapes , cultures and history. We invite you to discover this ‘secret’ little explored island. Our hiking tour starts right in the Alta Rocca National Park, known for its villages lost in the middle of the mountains, your hiking holiday will take you to the Mediterranean Sea using well marked trails. You will walk under endemic forest, you can swim in beautiful rivers and brooks, you will see prehistoric sites, you will visit very old churches, and you will cross the Corsican scrub. This walking vacation emphasizes on the Corsican gastronomy and the discovery of the local culture and traditions.

LOT valley tour - 6 Night self led tour along the limestone hills of the LOT Valley Level 2
Three famous rivers cross this region the Dordogne , Lot and Tarn rivers. Our walking holiday follows the River Lot through the limestone hills. The Lot valley is less explored than its famous neighbour the Dordogne Valley but it is just as beautiful and spectacular and less crowded. For sure you will see great scenery . lovely and varied footpaths and trails and you will come across many remote treasures. The regions is steep in history in not only its buildings but also in its human habitation with caves dating back to prehistoric times. You will walk and come across many medieval villages along the way. The Lot and Cele valleys around this region are built around a limestone plateau cut by deep valleys and covered with orchids and small white oaks.

The Bordeaux Wine Trails - 7 Night self guided walking tour level 1
This is a self-guided hiking vacation across some of the most famous vineyards of the world. Mixed up of landscape beauty, oenological pleasure and cultural discoveries. From the vineyard of St Emilion, without any doubt the most famous, to the vineyard of Sauternes, famous for its high-class wines, you will also cross the Entre-Deux-Mers area to discover charming villages which astonish by their marvelously preserved inheritance, and by many wine châteaux and wine storehouses which decorate the landscape by their sumptuous architectures.

Burgundy - Chablis 5 Night level 2 self guided walking tour
This particular hiking vacation in France is in the Burgundy region and takes you on a memorial walking tour from Chablis to Vezelay. This hiking tour is available as a self guided walking holiday. This walking tour leads you on the more important sightseeing and cities of North Burgundy, you will visit Auxerre and its Saint Etienne Cathedral, Chablis and its Grands Crus, Arcy-sur-Cure and its prehistoric caves, Vézelay and its Sainte Madeleine Basilika, stopover on the road to Compostella.

Walking tour in the Loire Valley 7 Night level 1 self guided walking holiday
The Loire Valley has seen many of France’s kings pass through its territories. Listed with UNESCO as a World Heritage site, it is one of the rare places in the world where one finds magnificent chateaux, mansions, churches and abbeys in such quantity, giving testimony to an intense and rich spiritual and cultural life, as well as an art de vivre that has continued throughout the centuries. Come and discover this fabulous region on the easy walking tour.

The Cevennes - Stephenson Trail - 7 Night self guided walking tour level 3
In the autumn of 1878, R.L. Stevenson, the young Scottish writer who would become famous for his book Treasure Island, settled into a small village to the south of Le Puy-en-Velay so to prepare an initiatory journey across Les Cévennes. One month later, he left Le Monastier-sur-Gazeille with his lone companion Modestine, the temperamental donkey which carried his baggage. His journey was to bring him in contact with the Cévenols, descendants of the Camisards who fought and were persecuted after the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes. For 12 days he travelled across Le Velay, Le Gevaudan and the Cévenol region to arrive in Saint Jean du Gard. He tells of this voyage in his book entitled Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes.
This hike covers the second part of R.L. Stevenson’s journey.

Walking in the Ardeche - 7 Night self guided walking tour level 2-3
This is a fabulous two centre walking holiday based in the Parc Naturel regional des Monts d'Ardèche. You will stay 3 nights near a quiet village by the Volane river and the other 4 nights  around one of the most picturesque  hilltop villages in the Ardèche.  Both villages are inhabited by locals all year round and have a community feel to them. The walks are situated around lots of rivers and valleys and therefore include steep climbs up several hundred metres with views stretching as far away as Mont Ventoux.

GR 20 North & GR 20 South the Corsica North to South Hiking Trail - two 6 nights holidays
The GR20, hiking trail was established in 1972 and since has become for a long time legendary among the hikers. It crosses Corsica from North to South and traces a wild and magnificent tour with high mountains, forests, glacial lakes, scrubs. Considered as the most difficult and technical Big Hike of Europe, the GR 20 attracts hikers from all over the world looking for a challenge. Level 3-4 tours

Easy walking tour along the Brittany coastline An easy 5 night level 1 walking tour.
This ragged coastline, which stretches from the Pointe de l’Arcouest to Trébeurden, is constituted almost entirely of the pink granite that inspired its name. Large rock formations highlight the coastline. Time and harsh weather have taken their toll, eroding these rocks into unique formations, some resembling animals or everyday objects. Others seem to  balance on a hair and might topple at the slightest brush of breath. Come and walk along this stunning coastline.

French Riviera Walking Holiday 7 Night level 2-3 self guided hiking vacation
The French Riviera has for a long time remained one of the most visited places in the world.  It’s pleasant climate, mild winters and legendary sunshine, with more than 300 days of cloudless sun a year, have seduced and attracted innumerable personalities and artists since the end of the 19th century.  Palaces from the Belle Epoque, dreamlike villas, and millionaires’ luxurious mansions sprawl all along the coast from Nice to Menton.  Perched upon its hilltop, the paradise of Monaco, a tiny, independent and prosperous country,  is frequented by international jet-setters as well as the biggest names of our time. Join us on this beautiful walking holiday

Hiking vacation in the Jura Mountains A 7 Night level 3 self guided walking tour
These mountains are locally known as The ‘reculées’.  The ‘reculées’ (literally: moved back) are deep and narrow valleys bordered by cliffs and high steep walls coming to dead ends and at the base of which you will always find a cave or an underground waterway which  brings to life a river which then occupies the bottom of the valley. They were created at the end of ice age by a progressive glacial retreat of the beginning of the valley to inside the plateau, as a result of strong frosts and the erosion of the plateau by the underground rivers that tirelessly eat away at the calcareous basement. Come and discover this fascinating landscape.

Royal Abbeys and Cities 5 Night level 1 self guided walking tour
As an integral part of the former Kingdom of France, this region the Senlisis, an area located to the north of Paris, is abundant in treasures. Abbeys, châteaux, cathedrals, manors, forests and ponds give to this region an exceptional richness, all of which you will discover along the paths of this tour. A long breath of fresh air, a French history lesson, a life of luxury, an unforgettable tour close to Paris!

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