easy hiking trails in Europe
Got two hours in Nice? The French Riviera is best understood not as a region or an area but as a single town, a thin coastal strip of settlements never more than a kilometre deep that is stretched out over a distance of 50 miles, like an extruded French version of Los Angeles. With two…
Urban Walks in the French Riviera Our one-week stay in Antibes has allowed us to savour the place like a real local. We managed to do leisurely strolls in and around the town in the evenings on days our hiking excursions were not too demanding. On one of those strolls, we discovered the charming alleys…
Easy hikes in the South of France Oh, Yes We Cannes Cannes was the final stop on our recent hiking trip to the South of France. We did indeed manage to do some easy hiking in the Iles de Lerins, but, to be honest, not all that much. Apologies all around, but on the final…
Easy hiking in the South of France The French Riviera is not all of one piece and offers quite a lot of variety along its coastline of roughly 150 miles between Hyeres and Menton: geographical variety, cultural variety, even climatic variety, but most importantly, a stark contrast between the Plebeian and the Princely. The French Riviera…
Here’s Mrs Easy Hiker to show you how she made….. A Salad Nicoise We’re back in the French Riviera. This time, in Cannes. And on the day we got there, summer seems to be refusing to budge for the arrival of autumn. It was scorching hot! We were in the city of celebrities for three and…
Easy hiking in the French Riviera Villefranche-sur-Mer If you only have time for one hiking trail during your holiday in the French Riviera, do yourself a favour and make it this one. The tour around Mont Alban near the picturesque village of Villefranche-sur-mer was the best trail we took during our stay in the area….
Walking Holidays in France On our return trip on the Train des Merveilles from Tende to Nice, we made use of the opportunity to stagger our return and to visit one of the picturesque hilltop villages along the way. The train schedule allows you to put in one or two stopovers and still arrive in…
A Ride on the Train of Marvels No easy hiking trip to the PACA region – the acronym for “Provences Alpes Cote d’Azur“– would be complete without a sojourn into the first half of that double bill, the mountainous hinterland of the French Riviera with a ride on the Train of Marvels (Train de Merveilles)….
Easy hiking in the South of France To get the best out of an easy hiking trip to the French Riviera, you must adapt your schedule to your surroundings and the opportunities they provide: this, after all, is not the Black Forest. Take it easy: the Côte d’Azur is best enjoyed in small portions –…
Easy hiking in the French Riviera Finally, we were able to get some hiking done after a day of enforced inactivity. The normally sun-spoilt French Riviera has been blessed by the country’s worst weather all week, and the azure which is usually the cote’s trademark has been fading to a dark hue of grey. The…