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Walking Holidays in France with The Enlightened Traveller®

Walking holidays in France - Walking Tour Mont Blanc is a moderately-challenging tour - click photo for detailsWalking Holidays in France is our name and speciality, The Enlightened Traveller© our brand name and objective. Our trip portfolio comprises the best of independent, self-guided walking tours in France. Concentrating on The Hexagon gives us a corporate competency and ‘savoir faire’ that you can rely on. Benefit from purchasing direct from us, the Anglo-French tour providers; get local support when you need it, including evenings and weekends; and add value by personalizing your tour. All trips are designed for travelers hiking with family, friends or alone.
 
Walking Holidays in France: Provence-West is a light tour - click photo for details Our range of walking holidays in France feature the best of long distance trails [GRs] as well as regional and local paths; and you can opt for a full walking holiday or a shorter walking tour. Whichever your preference, you will find much here to whet your appetite; and whether seasoned hiker, cautious beginner or somewhere in between, you are empowered by our comprehensive walking notes, enlightened by the insightful trip dossier and relaxed in the knowledge that we move your luggage onto the next hotel whilst you carry just a day pack. 
 
Walking in France - Tarn Gorges Walking is a light-to-moderate tour with flexible options: click photo to see full  details
These walking tours in France appeal to a broad spectrum of tastes. Each tour is an adventure enabling you to discover parts of The Hexagon that few get to see. You enjoy the journey as much as the trip and appreciate that pleasure is commensurate with personal effort. Our dossier sets the scene and your inquisitiveness is handsomely rewarded. You return home a more enlightened traveler, where your learning curve continues; and your next walking holiday in France starts from a higher level of understanding. That’s The Enlightened Traveller’s ‘walking dialectic'.

Walking Holidays in France - Stevenson Trail is a moderate tour with options for lighter days - click photo to learn moreWhen it comes to walking, France has it all: 120,000 miles of varied trails covering the whole of the country. There really is something for everyone, so where will you go?  May this site be your guide! We recommend the south of France: better weather and some all-year-round hiking opportunities. So the most propitious conditions are already in place and our expertise and know-how means you can rely on us to lay the foundations for your great escape. 
  
 
We use a tripartite classification for our walking
Walking Holidays in France - Walking in Cantal is a moderate tour: click photo for more details
holidays: light, moderate or quite challenging - see blue boxes across top of page. Some trips are available at two different levels of challenge. Download tour pdfs via the red pdf link below, or...
1. Search our France walking database.
2. Visit the
Walking Holidays in France directory. 3. Learn about hiking in France.
4. Get inspired by our Walking in France Guide,
5. Peruse our themed France hiking vacations, or
6. Select a blue box across the top of the page.
 
The Enlightened Traveller: delighting mind, body and sole!

                                   Site last updated 26 January 2012
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Light Tours - click links below
Walk in France's Garrigues
Walking Cevennes by Rail
Walking Provence-West
RLS EXTRA
Stevenson Trail - Part One
Hiking Tarn Gorges trails
France on Foot & by Rail
Hiking in Provence
The Ass-ential Stevenson
Pont du Gard walking
Walks in Provence
Donkey trekking Stevenson
St-Giles Pilgrimage - Part Two
Moderate Tours -
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St-Giles Way - Part One
Walking in Cantal
Stevenson Trail - Part Two
Tarn Gorges walking
Walking Cezarenque
Stevenson Trail
Walking in Cevennes
Walking Provence-West
Walking The Regordane Way
Quite Challenging Tours -
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Very Best of Stevenson
Walking Tour Mont Blanc [TMB]
Best of Walking Auvergne
Taste of Hiking Mont Blanc
Ceze Valley Walking
Inn-to-Inn tours
Walking in Cevennes
Walking in Provence
Walking in Languedoc
Trekking in France
Walks in France: multi-centre
Backpacking France - Walking in France Guide - Pdfs - France Hiking Vacations
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