Mare e Monti North: Galéria - Piana
6 days / 5 nights
Corsica - Independent walking
Without guide - Luggage transfer
Last updated: 16/07/2024
This tour is an adapted version of the Mare e Monti North, one of Corsica's most famous walking routes. Our team has chosen beautiful coastal walks and comfortable accommodation to give you the best possible holiday. While you hike through forests and maquis, with this Mare e Monti trip, you will have perfect ingredients for an unforgettable walking holiday!
Remember to take sleeping bags with you for the nights in shared bedrooms.
Your day by day program
Your trip will begin in Galeria, a village accessible by bus or taxi from Calvi. Please contact us for fares and timetables.
Today’s stage will take you past the Scandola Natural Reserve, a site which has is on the UNESCO World Heritage List for its outstanding natural beauty. The beautiful coves, turquoise waters and the shaped rock formations will offer you truly unique landscapes. The enchanting little hamlet of Girolata is only accessible on foot or by boat, and is a heavenly place for hikers, once the boats leave for the day.
No access to luggage tonight (overnight gear required). Night in a glamping site near the beach on Half-Board basis.
About 11 km, 5h00, +900 m, -900 m.
As you walk along a coastline path called the ‘sentier du Facteur Guy’, you will enjoy some great panoramic views over the Golf of Girolata, this is beautiful coastal hiking. You will follow a lesser trodden path, beach to beach from Col de la Croix, that skirts around the coast (short section on the road midway) all the way to Serriera beach.
Night in a hotel by the beach in Serriera on Half Board basis.
About 13 km, 5h30, +900 m, -725 m.
Your journey will take you from the pebble beach at Bussaghlia, around the coast to the turquoise waters of the Gulf of Porto. You have three options for today that will offer some of the most amazing coastal views in the Mediterranean, before dropping down at the end of the walk to Porto's famous marina for the night.
Night in a 3* hotel in Porto on B&B basis.
About 10 km, 4h30, +850 m, -900 m.
Today, your final path climb into the majestic Calanches de Piana, another UNESCO World Heritage Site. After a short walk around the coast, you are taking a trail through the woods to the road, you will climb into the maquis, pines and the red rocks through the Calanches. The views from this old mule track are out of this world, and then finally reach Piana, one of the most beautiful villages in France.
Night in a 3* hotel in Piana on B&B basis.
About 11 km, 4h30, +870 m, -969 m.
Your trip ends after breakfast. Possible transfer to Calvi, Porto or Ajaccio. Or buses available from Piana to Ajaccio - please ask for details).
Departure board
Every day from mid-April to the end of September.
Technical information
- Galeria.
- Piana.
- Prices based on two people travelling and sharing a double room.
- From 2.
- You will need to be in good physical condition and used to walking. Walking: from 3h30 to 6h00 a day.
- Luggage transfers by vehicle except for your night in Girolata, where you will need to take your luggage with you. On other days though, you will only need to take your day bags with you (for picnics, water, cameras etc.).
- 2 evening meals , breakfasts, 2 nights in gîtes (shared bedrooms) and 3 in hotels (Porto and Piana), luggage transfers (except in Girolata), route notes and maps on our app (a smartphone is required), local assistance.
- Transport options to the meeting point and from the point of dispersal, transfers which are not included in the tour, personal travel insurance, luggage transfers in Girolata, beverages, visits of tourist sites, optional activities which are not included in the tour, personal expenses.
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