Wandelen op Corsica

Wandelen in het hart van Corsica

Wandelvakantie Van Vizzavona naar Corte

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PRICE
The price includes the moving on of baggage between hotels, the dossier containing your maps, route notes and all necessary details needed for your holiday.
The price does not include: The evening meal on night 1 and 6. Entrance fees to sites, additional transfers, optional activities, drinks, picnics, bus tickets and holiday insurance.
Standard package: 6 guesthouses with double rooms.

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LEVEL :
Hiking trip on good trails, without technical difficulties, but a good physical condition needed.
3 to 6 hours walking per day.
Difference in altitude: from +400 to +1070 m per day and from -400 to -1070 per day.
altitude: the trip starts at 400 m and goes up to 2140 m. So the temperatures will be 30 celcius maximum at 400m altitude and down to 8 Celcius at 2140 m with rainy weather.

INCLUDED : 6 nights in hotels and chambres d'Hôtes, 6 dinners (local specialties), 6 BnB(continental breakfast), all local transfers needed, baggage transports, a folder with maps and written instructions. Assistance when needed.
Not included: beverages, picnics (you can buy at the hotel; average 8€), all transfers not part of the program.

STARTING PLACE AND END OF THE TRIP
Starting place: Railway station SNCF of Ajaccio.
Departure at 06:30, 08:51; (Sun- and holidays 09:19); arrival at Vizzavona after 65 minutes.
First day & time: any day at 14:30 hour.
End of the hiking tour : busstation of Ajaccio, on friday 12:00 or 17:00h

Day by day program

Day 1 Ajaccio to Vizzavona

Arrive in Ajaccio, you may well have time to wander around the vibrant coastal town of Ajaccio before you go by train ( Train not included. No trains on Sundays and Holy days) to Vizzavona, a tiny hamlet blotted in the middle of a splendid forest. After settling in to your accommodation there may be time to do a short walk.

Night and evening meal at hotel in Vizzavona .
3h00 effective walking, + 250m altitude, -250m, 6km.

Day 2: Bocca Palmente on the GR South

Vizzavona is the mid-way point for the GR20, the most reputed long distance mountain walk in Europe that runs diagonally across Corsica's granite backbone. Your starting point is already at high altitude and the air is always fresh in this immense beech and pine forest. The destination is the Col de Palmente, situated at 1645m, the trail winds its way up through magnificent woodland, you are sure to pass some walkers on their first stage of the GR20 South section heading beyond the col to the refuge. The col itself is an open saddle, a wonderful viewpoint from where you can enjoy fantastic panoramas, daunting mountain peaks and the flat eastern plains. On a clear day you can see the sea and the large salt-water lagoons famed for their good oysters, not far off you have the islands of Elba and Monte Cristo. Returning back into the forest, you retrace your steps a short distance before taking a turning that leads down through the forest to complete a great loop, an idyllic descent all the way back down to Vizzavona.

Night and evening meal at hotel in Vizzavona .
5h30 effective walking, +880m altitude, -880m, 13km.

Day 3: Vizzavona to St Pierre de Venaco

Vizzavona was once a popular resort for the English at the beginning of the century, there are some old buildings that were once grand hotels, representing a former glory. From the station you take the GR20 path towards the dazzling ‘Cascade des Anglais.’ You will discover the crystal clear, bubbly river Agnone, with its alluring rock pools and dramatic waterfall. At the end of the walk, a short train ride from Vizzavona to St Pierre de Venaco. This single line train journey is quite spectacular, the train is known locally as ‘the trembler’ It passes through numerous tunnels, twisting and turning endlessly back and forth in order to advance in this mountainous terrain.

Night and evening meal at hotel in St Pierre de Venaco .
5h15 effective walking, +570m altitude, -570m, 10km (possibility to extend the walk)

Day 4: A circular walk to St Eliseo chapelle

From the village, a good mountain walk up to St Eliso chapel, a small site of pilgrimage. The walk begins from the charming village of Santo Pietro-di-Venaco. Larger than you would expect at first glance it is a village with a lot of charm. In the village centre, the proud church has a thick, beautifully engraved wooden door and the attractivevillage fountain are the focal points. Alleyways and narrow streets wind up through the houses, the village was at one time heavily populated, the Venachese region was an important corridor for shepherds that followed the rhythm of the transhumance. They would drive their flocks up from the lower winter plains and coastal areas to the high fresh mountains for the summer. Today's walk is steep and challenging but it is very rewarding offering some magical vistas of the valley below and the dominating mountain, the Monte-Cardo.

Night and evening meal at hotel in St Pierre de Venaco

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6h00 effective walking, +1070m altitude, -1070m, 13km.

Day 5: St Pierre de Venaco to Corte

Each Corsican identifies very closely to his or her village and today's walk will give an insight into rural village life. You will discover a group of hilltop villages that could easily be mistaken for a landscape in Tuscany. Early morning there is mist shrouding the base of these villages that gives an enchanting mystic quality. As you traverse through the villages you will discover some Moderate, rural, working communities, some wonderful traditional architecture, small close huddles of houses, paved village fountains sprouting fresh icy water, braying donkeys and howling dogs all make for an interesting passage through the Venechais to your destination, Corte.

Night and evening meal at hotel in Corte

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5h00 effective walking, +650m altitude, -890m, 12km.

Day 6: The Tavignano Gorge

Corte a walk in the Tavignano gorge, a stone path will lead you into the gorge amidst a heady, warm Mediterranean vegetation of blue, black island lavender, the curry plant and juniper. The cliffs soar up above, deep below you can glimpse the pounding torrent with it's numerous rock pools. For centuries, this age-old path was the link of communication and access route into the very isolated Niolu region. The towering granite cliffs have been beautifully sculpted by time, with clinging pine trees and rugged pinnacles all around, you will find the Tavignano gorge a haven of wild beauty. Your destination is a swing bridge that traverses the torrent a great swimming and picnic place with smooth sun baked rocks and inviting clear rock pools.

Night and evening meal at hotel in Corte .
5h00 effective walking, + 400m altitude, -400m, 14km.

Day 7: Corte to Ajaccio

Today, you have the option of returning to Ajaccio in the morning, or doing another walk and taking the train back in the afternoon. From Corte there are numerous options possible, the glacier lakes in the Restonica gorge, the bandits arch, or the towns history trail. Your holiday comes to end at the railway station back in Ajaccio.
Train not included. No train on Sundays and Holy days.

PRACTISCHE INFORMATIE
Extra nachten: in Ajaccio
Hôtel** Le Kalliste:+334 95 51 34 45
Hôtel** Le Dauphin : +334 95 51 29 96
Hôtel*** Albion : +334 95 21 66 70
Hôtel*** San Carlu : +334 95 21 13 84
Chambre d'Hôtes bij Madame Battini : +334 95 21 83 04