Provence day trip: walking in Chateauneuf du pape wineries and trails
Provence day trip: walking in Gigondas vineyards - Easy
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- France - Provence
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- 1 day
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Walking
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- Guided
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- Monday to Sunday
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- English, French
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- Trip code : A1909
About the Provence day trip: walking in Gigondas vineyards - Easy
About the guided day trip in Gigondas
Group rate for 4 persons ( contact us if less or more)
This Provence walking day tour starts in the village of Gigondas, one of the most famous wine-making villages in Provence. It is a charming small medieval village, with a labyrinth of tiny streets leading up to the church.
Starting from the village square in Gigondas, your guide will lead you up farming tracks, through the gnarled vines of Grenache and Syrah, and to the imposing limestone cliffs that rise vertically behind the village: the famous ciseled Dentelles de Montmirail cliffs.
After a "provençal" picnic, we make our way back to Gigondas where we partake in some tasting of its renowned red wines (depending on opening days).
- 2 Loop Walk options - Gigondas > Gigondas
. 2 hours - 5km / 3.1 miles- Ascent: +200m/ Descent: -200m
. 3 hours 30 - 11km / 6.8 miles- Ascent: +300m/ Descent: -3200m - You meet your guide in Gigondas and start your hiking day
- Depending on our pace, we will be back in Gigondas and finished by 4 to 5 pm.
Highlights of the day trip
- Gigondas: one of the prettiest wine-making villages in the Rhône Valley
- Panoramic walk & view on the vineyards and Mont Ventoux
- 1 Picnic included
- 1 Wine tasting of Gigondas wine included (on opening days)
- Seeing the Dentelles de Montmirail up close
Day trip info
- This is a FIXED rate, from 1 to 4 participants maximum with 1 private guide
- We confirm the private tour within 7 working days (subject to availability)
- From Monday to Saturday
The walk
- The walk is 11 km long in total, and you can expect up to 3.5 hours of walking time along the trails.
- The paths are well-worn farming tracks but are rocky, with some steep portions both up and down. There is no scrambling involved, and no cliff edges to negotiate. You recommend to wear hiking boots with ankle support but good trail runners can be worn if you're used to wearing them on trails.
The program of the day
- Start of the day: 9AM in Gigondas
- 2 Loop Walk options - Gigondas > Gigondas
. 2 hours - 5km / 3.1 miles- Ascent: +200m/ Descent: -200m
. 3 hours 30 - 11km / 6.8 miles- Ascent: +300m/ Descent: -3200m - End of the day : around 5PM in Gigondas
INCLUDED
- 1 picnic
- 1 wine tasting ( on opening days)
- A local private English and French speaking guide during the day tour
NOT INCLUDED
- Your transfer to the start / end of the walk
- Drinks
- Insurance
- Entrance fees - Items of personal nature
DO NOT FORGET TO BRING - You will need:
- Small backpack (30 liters is a good size)
- Bottle of water
- Sun protection (hat, sun cream in summer; fleece or jacket in spring & autumn)
- Wind/Rain jacket in case of wind or rain that can be stored in your backpack
- Runnning shoes or hiking boots (ankle support is recommended if you aren't used to rocky trails with your running shoes)
More Provence day trip holiday
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- France - Provence
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Walking
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- Guided
Highlights of the day trip
- Easy walk with your guide through the famed vineyards
- Visit of 3 to 4 wineries in Chateauneuf du Pape
- Enjoy wine tasting in prestigious wine estate
- Lunch ( picnic amongst the vines or restaurant )
- Stunning views from the ruins of the medieval castle that crowns the village
- Learn about centuries-old history of wine making in the region
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- France - Provence
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Walking
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- Guided
Highlights of the day trip
- Easy walk through the olive groves that blanket the foothills of the Alpilles Mountains
- The ciseled wild crest of the Alpilles mountains
- Visit of St Paul de Mausole monastery where Van Gogh stayed
- Picnic with panoramic view (included)
- Olive oil tasting in St Remy (on opening days)
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- France - Provence
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Walking
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- Guided
Highlights of the day trip
- The majestic crest-line trail atop the Alpilles mountains, with wide-sweeping views
- Visit of St Paul de Mausole monastery where Van Gogh lived for a year
- Olive oil tasting in St Remy (on opening days)
- Picnic included
- Olive oil tasting in St Remy (on opening days)
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- France - Provence
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Walking
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- Guided
Highlights of the day trip
- The hilltop Luberon villages of Gordes
- The lavender fields in front of the Senanque Abbey
- Old stone farmhouses and huts along centuries-old paths
- 1 picnic lunch included
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- France - Provence
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Walking
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- Guided
Highlights of the day trip
- A scenic walk in the most remote part of the Luberon Mountains.
- Visiting the lost village of Sivergues.
- The lush vegetation and the beautiful gorge of the Aiguebrun valley.
- 1 picnic lunch or restaurant lunch included
- Optional : 3000 year-old "Fort de Buoux" ( entrance not included )
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- France - Provence
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Walking
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- Guided
Highlights of the day trip
- A walk from the lush valley up to the grassy hills of the crest of the Luberon
- Visiting the lost village of Sivergues
- The otherwordly Aiguebrun gorge with its limestone cliffs
- 1 picnic lunch included
- Optional : 3000 year-old "Fort de Buoux" ( entrance not included)
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- France - Provence
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Walking
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- Guided
Highlights of the day trip
- Gigondas: one of the prettiest wine-making villages in the Rhône Valley
- Panoramic walk & view on the vineyards and Mont Ventoux
- 1 Picnic included
- 1 Wine tasting of Gigondas wine included (on opening days)
- Seeing the Dentelles de Montmirail up close
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- France - Provence
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Walking
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- Guided
Highlights of the day trip
- A panoramic ridge-line hike atop the "Dentelles de Montmirail" cliffs
- A visit of the picturesque village of Gigondas
- 1 Picnic included
- 1 Wine tasting of Gigondas wine included (on opening days)
- Panoramic walk & view on the vineyards and Mont Ventoux
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- France - Provence
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Walking
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- Guided
Highlights of the day trip
- Beautiful forest paths, on Ventoux's only slope without a road.
- Views of the entire chain of the Alps, including Mont Blanc
- Probable encounters with chamois (wild goats) along the way
- 1 picnic or restaurant lunch included
- Alpine and even Arctic flowers along the upper slopes of Ventoux
Provence day trip: walking in Gigondas vineyards - Easy
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- France - Provence
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- Group rates
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- 1 day
Total | 600€ |
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