Itinerary at a glance

Walk through mountain villages and the Mercantour National Park on the trail of salt to the Côte d'Azur - the beach is calling! Listen to the sound of the organ in Breil-sur-Roya and soak up the scents of oranges and rosemary.

During your hiking tour you come across numerous medieval mountain villages such as Tende and La Brigue, situated on an altitude of over 2.000 m in altitude. Both villages will enthrall you, La Brigue with its marvellous Baroque church and Tende with a magnificent cathedral, the pretty old part of town and the Prehistoric Museum.

You walk through chestnut forests and past sleepy villages, with their houses – characteristic for the region - built with dry stone walls and slate roofs. A particularly beautiful village is Granile, a genuine jewel. You continue via Berghe with a view over the Roya and reach Saorge, whose architectural style is unique in this region.

Along the former saline path you reach the village Breil-sur-Roya which was daringly built into a steep slope. Always along the ridge, you pass a steep staircase cut into the rock, but well secured. In your Day Finish you can listen in on the organ craft, which is renowned far beyond the borders of Italy. The valley owes its name to this handcraft: ‚Vallée des Orgues’ (valley of the organs).

A particularly pretty path leads you via Piène-Haute to a very well maintained village situated on a mountainside. A picturesque chapel located amidst olive groves awaits and also a spectacular ravine with a height of 600 metres. You walk through the ravine, where the route takes you again and again across into Italian territory.

The fortress, the cathedral and many other historic unique examples of architecture remind you of the significance of Sospel over the centuries. You leave Sospel behind you and walk through the already mediterranean vegetation into the mountain village of Saint-Agnès, which towers and sits high up like a nest on top of a hill.

The coast and the sea are now already visible! With a breathtakeing view onto the coast the route takes you through little typical villages such as Monti and Castellar. Then through the well-known Garavan-bay all the way into the vibrant old centre of Menton, located fabulously on the radiant coast of Southern France.

Fruit trees with regional fruits next to the hiking trails

Palm trees in the middle of the hiking trails

Fascinating mountain on hiking trails range around the village of Sainte-Agnes

Mountain hiking through traditional mountain villages of Mercantour National Park

Impressing cultural highlights at the village of Sospel

Route information

Mountain Hiking

A good basic fitness level is required for the hiking tour in the most beautiful valleys of the hinterland of Menton. Daily you tackle approx. 600 to 1.000 meters in altitude, with a daily walking time of 5 to 6 hours. The route takes you along good hiking paths. In sections, some surefootedness and a head for heights is required.

DIFFICULTY LEVEL

Mountain Hiking

Prices & Dates

You can book extra nights for any day of your tour. Prices upon request!

Prices per person in EUR

Services & Information

Further details about this tour

Services

Included

Accommodation 4x in 2**-hotels (French classifying), as well as 3x pretty cozy hotels and inns (without classifying)
Breakfast
6 dinner (not in Menton)
Luggage transfer (1 piece of luggage per person, max. 15 kg)
Carefully elaborated route description
Detailed travel documents 1x per room (German, English)
Tourist tax, if due, is included in the price
Service hotline

Optional extras

Airport transfer Nice - Saint-Dalmas-de-Tende (max. 7 people), costs on request, reservation required, payable in advance.
Return transfer from Menton to Saint-Dalmas-de-Tende (max. 7 people), costs on request, reservation required, payable in advance.

Information

Arrival / Parking / Departure

Airport Nice.
Arrival by train to Nice and then by regional train (www.sncf.com) to Saint-Dalmas-de-Tende, cost duration approx. 2 hours.
Parking: unguarded parking spaces at the train station,no reservation necessary.
Return journey from Menton to Saint-Dalmas-de-Tende by bus „Lignes d’Azur” in approx. 1.5 hours(www.riviera-francaise.fr).Or return journey by train, approx. 2 hours (1x change of trains).

Things to note

Further important information according to the package travel law can be found here!
Minimum number of participants: 2 persons
This tour is a partner tour.