
Why settle for just one trip when Retrouvance offers 6!
At each stage, discover new landscapes and taste new atmospheres. Sparkling lakes, crystal-clear springs, secret forests, alpine meadows and peaks over 3000m high are just some of the natural wonders that await you. And every evening, you’ll be amazed as the stars put on their most beautiful lights.
Day or night, a change of scenery is guaranteed!
Embark on Retrouvance Adventure for a 100% natural holiday, filled with common sense. Follow the guide who will take you off the beaten track, away from the crowded mountains.
Choose a relaxing, unplugged option (no phone calls!) in one of France’s most beautiful natural sites: the Mercantour National Park. You don’t have to cross the planet to enjoy this unique experience. And don’t be surprised if you come across wildlife along the way.
Thanks to our all-inclusive, full-board formula, we take care of all the logistics. So relax, your only concern is to enjoy your Retrouvance holiday to the full!
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Take as much as you like with you, as luggage transport is included at every stage.
Day 1: Thorame-Haute Peyresq
500 m ascent / 3h walk
Day 2: Peyresq Congerman / 970 m D+ / 8h walk
Day 3: Congerman la Fruchière / 700 m D+ / 7h walk
Day 4: La Fruchière Col des Champs Couesto
750 m D+ / 6h30 walk
Day 5: Couesto Garrets 800 m D+ / 7h00 walk
Day 6: Les Garrets Lac d’Allos Colmars
600 m D+ / 5h30 walk
On a journey, it’s not the destination that counts, but always the path taken, and especially the detours.
Philippe Pollet-Villard, French director, screenwriter, writer and actor.
Accommodation in traditional, comfortable forest lodges in the heart of nature.
And recipes with Alpine and Provencal influences, for 100% local cuisine.
A safe trip with the service of a certified mountain leader, passionate and enthusiastic, as well as a logistician throughout the trip.
The Mercantour National Park is one of the most famous in France, for the beauty of its landscapes and its biodiversity.
And the prestigious Lac d’Allos, ranked Europe’s largest high-altitude lake.
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accommodation including bed linen and meals as described, drinks (hot, cold, aperitif, wine), supervision, baggage transport, transfers necessary for the normal progress of the hike, the trip on the Pignes train from Thorame-Haute to the Peyresq stop.
personal expenses, insurance, transportation to and from the meeting point.
Thorame station.
Attention from Digne-les-Bains to Thorame gare, the train of the Chemins de fer de Provence will be replaced by a bus for an indefinite period.
Free parking at Thorame station. Train journey to Peyresc station, then itinerary on foot.
The Mercantour National Park is a protected area.
its regulations
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Standard hiking gear is all you need.
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