It’s Official! The Stevenson Trail in France is one of the Top Ten most famous Travel Adventures. And whose advice did Forbes seek when they chose to feature it? Why, the experts, of course, The Enlightened Traveller!
The Sydney Morning Herald recommended The Enlightened Traveller on March 9th 2013 as the tour operator for walking The Robert Louis Stevenson Trail in Cevennes, France.
Grande Motte boasts 385 hectares of lawn and green space, over 43,000 trees, and 20 kilometres of pedestrianised pathways and trails that criss-cross and interconnect squares, avenues, seafront and port. Constructed with the good life in mind, it is not just a place to hang out in the summer, but a vibrant all-year-round town, boasting …
The Cévennes railway or ‘Le Cévenol’ links the cities of Nîmes (Gard) and Clermont Ferrand (Puy de Dôme) and has been in existence since 1870. It took six years to build and cost a staggering 520 million francs. Whether you are an avid train buff or simply a Francophile hiker in search of original walking holidays in France, this train journey is guaranteed to set your mind racing and heart pumping.
The “French Texas”
Camargue is a triangular territory or delta bounded by the two branches of The Rhone (Grand and Petit Rhone) and The Mediterranean Sea – Western Europe’s largest river delta, covering an area of over 930 km² (360 sq. miles).
Camargue has three recognizable sectors:
iii) Hillwalking in Cevennes helps you visualise man’s struggle to master nature – dams, irrigated terraces and aqueducts are testimony to the structuring of the environment to both protect from the ravages of water and capture it for our needs. Hillwalking in Cevennes – Tour Itinerary [Times, distances and elevations are approximate.] and hotel check-in. …
Great Taste of Camino Frances 2024 Great Taste of Camino Frances offers these essential ingredients for the perfect hiking feast: an opportunity to enjoy the best of what the Way of St James has to offer in two accommodation-led formats to suit your preference. What differentiates this trip from other ‘Camino’ tours is the emphasis …
Mont Blanc hiking tour 2024 – Southern Half We have dissected this half of Le Tour into the most practicable stages possible. Once again, our aim is to get away from ‘Les Crowds’ by not starting in Les Houches. Moreover, we cut out the avoidable pain of the monotonous climb on tarmac and ski slope …
Walking Tarn Gorge has a much-merited mythical status among French walkers; so much so that you are likely to meet ‘randonneurs’ here from the six corners of The Hexagon. They come to feast their eyes on some of Europe’s most spectacular scenery, enjoy the isolation and remoteness of southern Lozere and escape the crowded trails that typify country life in places like Haute Savoir and Eastern Provence. Yet for travellers who like to enjoy the trip as much as the walking tour itself, the little extra effort is hugely rewarded.
Walking Via Podiensis is an experience that features stunning countryside, rich cultural heritage and chance encounters. This is an extract of one such personal experience enjoyed by a member of our staff in 2012. The full version is reproduced in our Walking St James in Comfort tour dossier, but we hope the snippets below whet the appetite sufficiently.