Walking France’s Garrigue

A fine, bucolic Roman trail through France’s scenic Mediterranean hinterlands en route to Gallo-Roman Nemausus – that’s the essence of Walking France’s Garrigue.”

Walking France’s Garrigue is a hiking extravaganza across undulating lowland. Experience, smell and taste the difference!

The walking holiday affords many insights:
I. Garrigues summers are hot and dry. Moreover, the climate is particularly amenable to hiking outside the main season, when most holiday-makers are at work. Spring comes early and autumns are usually Indian; so whilst the rest of Europe is freezing, you can walk these trails in relatively-light clothing.

II. The terrain is undulating lowland, perfect for those who enjoy a good walk without challenging ascents and descents. You rarely get above 200 metres, but the walking is anything but flat as you hike a series of hill-top villages stretched out along the Gardon Valley.

III. This is Huguenots territory and some of France’s oldest Protestant churches (temples) are to be found here. Now under the tutelage of the French state, many can recount tales of fascinating Camisard battles lost and won. The St-Giles Way passed along The Gardon Valley en route to the Promise Land.

IV. It is an intensely human environment. In contrast to many of the walking holidays in France we offer that provide access to remote parts of France, the Garrigues remains a quintessentially human environment. The landscape of the Languedoc Garrigues is agricultural-led, dominated by vines and olives.

Walking France’s Garrigue takes you across undulating lowland from Alès to Nimes, the Gallo-Roman capital of southern France, on a trail perfect for afficionados of horticulture, Mediterranean food and healthy living. If you like to enjoy the fruits of the countryside, whilst remaining intimately attached to civilization, this trip is tailor-made for you!