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Mountains of the Auvergne
Auvergne - fine walking in rugged mountains

Holiday information
Nights: 7
Grade: 3, challenging, long ascents each day

Terrain: narrow paths/tracks across pastures & broad ridges. Some sections may cause problems for those who suffer from vertigo, but these can be avoided by taking the poor weather alternatives, detailed in our notes 

Hotels: four 2-star hotels; two inns
Meals: breakfast each day, 6 dinners plus 5 picnics
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If you are travelling via Paris, one of Europe's greatest capitals, add on a city break for a real contrast to your walking holiday.

Why not take the train?

You can leave London St Pancras or Ebbsfleet in the morning and be at your destination by the evening, making it an excellent (not to mention environmentally friendly) way to reach this holiday. You can relax right from the start of your journey as Eurostar services whisk you through the Channel Tunnel to connect with the world-famous French high-speed TGV trains in either Paris or Lille. We reserve seats for you, there is plenty of luggage space, and refreshments are available on board.

You may even break your journey in Paris if you are travelling via the capital. Sit back and enjoy a truly great rail journey! Look for the ‘by rail’ prices in the Prices & Travel section, where you will also find journey details.take the train
  • self-guided hotel-to-hotel walking, luggage transported
  • full days of walking on thrilling routes
  • enchanting scenery, panoramic ridges
  • friendly inns

The Auvergne - in the very heart of France - is one of its most unspoiled, traditional regions, a unique landscape of rounded, ancient volcanoes (puys) coated in heather rising above old stone hamlets, vivid green pastures, and dense woodland. This is thrilling, rugged walking country, violent (but ancient) volcanic activity having created an array of spectacular formations here, with solidified lava flows filling valleys and damming streams and rivers to form lakes and waterfalls.
The Auvergne is certainly gloriously remote-feeling. Despite travelling in August, the only British tourists we saw all week were two other Inntravel customers, and even French holidaymakers were few and far between.
     
Travel diary by Beth Hancock, Marketing Team
You feel a real sense of discovery and achievement as you progress from village to village. The walk leads through the volcanic park, home to marmots, chamois, mouflon and wild boar, and takes in the highest peak of the range, the Plomb du Cantal, with fine walks along superb broad ridges. The hospitality is warm and sincere, and the traditional cuisine makes good use of the exceptional local cheeses, made from the milk of the chestnut-coloured Salers cows which graze in the mountain pastures.
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Walking Chart:Mountains of the Auvergne This is an approximation only. If comparing holidays, please note the scale of the chart as this can differ.
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