Meeting with your guide at 7 p.m. on Sunday night at the hotel in Aiguilles.

ACCESS

If you arrive by train : Arrived in Mondauphin-guillestre station - Line to BRIANCON

info : www.oui.sncf/

From the North : daily connections

- Night train : Paris (Austerlitz station) / Mondauphin-Guillestre

- Day train : Paris/Valnce or Paris/Grenoble then connection to Montdauphin-Guillestre (line to BRIANCON). As it is longer, we advise you to avoid all trains that are passing by Aix en Provence or Marseille

- Day train : Paris - Turin (OULX station)

From the south : line Marseille/Briançon

--> Arrive at in OULX (line Paris/Turin) : You can book a 05voyageurs shuttle (12 € to go/adult and 6€ for 5-12 year old children), to lead you to Briançon (1 hour). Call 05voyageurs 04 92 502 505 or www.05voyageurs.com. Then, the train will take you to Montauphin-Guillestre.

From the station to the hotel: On demand, we can book you a place for a round trip in a bus heading to the Queyras, (included in the price of your stay.) We will send you a voucher by mail. Without it, you will have to pay the transfer. You have to give us this information during your booking.

Show the voucher to the driver. For any arrival before or after these schedules, please check 05voyageurs (Phone: +33 4 92 45 502 505) or www.05voyageurs.com . You can also book a taxi (around 90€)

By Car

Once in France, the journey from Calais to the Queyras takes about 12 hours (excluding long breaks). Tolls amount to about 40 euros each way. Channel crossings are provided by the following companies. www.poferries.com  www.norfolkline-ferries.co.uk/ www.eurotunnel.com

For general information on routes and bookings see. www.ferrysavers.co.uk/

Parking available at first guest house. Taxi service to take you back to your car at the end of the week.

After the breakfast on Day 7.

If you came by train, you will be transferred by bus to the train station of Montdaupin Guillestre (included in the global price of your stay)

If you wish to arrive at the train station later during the day, you can use another bus (at your own charge). Information and booking: www.05voyageurs.com or +33 4 92 45 502 505)

2 to 3 shoes.

No experience in the activity is necessary to be a part of that stay. The daily altitude gain is of about 300 to 600m ascent for 4 to 5 hours of walkIing.

You walk with a light backpack containing the things you need for the day (picnic, warm clothes, thermos…). Your guide keeps a slow pace so can enjoy the discovery of the region without getting exhausting.

Walk on easy paths for most of the route with some passages on a more uneven ground.

In 2 beds bedroom.

Very well located in the village of Aiguilles, our partner host, offers the charm and comfort of a little mountain hotel.

You will find there, in a surrounding reminding you of lodges and refuges, a friendly and simple welcome. You will have dinner in the restaurant room where you will be served a generous and varied food. Breakfasts are adapted to mountain departure.

The cold meals you will have during the day are balanced and made of a salad, meat, cheese, fruit, biscuit… Picnic are booked at the accommodation or made by your guide.

Minibus

Your luggage stay at the hotel during the week. For the day, you only carry your backpack (35 to 40L advised) with your personal effects needed for the day. (picnic, warm clothes, thermos…)

mini. 4 people

maxi. 14 people

Local mountain leader.

Security: Some of the places we go during the stay are far from living spaces, making it hard or impossible for phones to get a signal. To avoid any kind of problems, our guides carry VHF radio making it possible for them to join directly the mountain rescue.

- A medium sized backpack (30L minimum advised)

- Warm clothes.

- Walking shorts or trousers

- High waterproof hiking boots

- Gourd, knife, plastic box and cutlery

- Small emergency kit

- Waterproof jackets

- Big plastic bag to protect anything that could get wet in case of rain. (a backpack is

- Never really waterproof)

- Swimsuit for the hot tub