Day 5 - Leaving Breil sur Roya (Don and Kerry Helmrich) 
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£595.00 (2008)
7 nights
2 Half Board, 5 B&B
Medium - Hard
4 - 6 hours per day
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What previous customers have

said about this walk

“Spectacular scenery, flowers and bird watching (look out for Royal Eagles near Berghe!) and lovely food.”

 

“More richly varied, beautiful and dramatic than we could have anticipated.”

 

“The route was masterly as usual but with a stroke of genius at the end”.

 

 

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From the Alps to the Mediterranean
How to get there:

Fly to Nice

 

(All flights are subject to change at short notice - please check carefully before you book your holiday)


From:
Belfast Aer Lingus, Easyjet;

Birmingham bmibaby/BMI;

Bristol Easyjet;

Cork Aer Lingus;

Dublin Aer Lingus, Ryanair;

East Midlands Airport bmibaby/BMI;

Edinburgh Easyjet;

Exeter Flybe;

Heathrow BA;

Gatwick Easyjet;

Leeds-Bradford Jet2;

Liverpool Easyjet;

London City BA;

Luton Easyjet;

Manchester Jet2;

Newcastle Easyjet;

Southampton Flybe;

Stansted Easyjet

 

Typical rail journey

London: 06:30 Eurostar to Paris (N) transfer by metro to Paris (L) for 11:50 TGV to Nice Ville, to catch 17:55 to La Brigue, arrive 19:57. ~12.5 hrs.

 

Menton: 20:14 Night train to Paris (A) arrive 07:45, transfer by metro to Paris (N) for 10:13 Eurostar, arrive 10:35. ~16.5 hrs.

 

Getting to the start of the walk:

The first hotel is in La Brigue, and the last on the coast in Menton. Best airport is Nice.

 

NICE AIRPORT:

 

Land by: 16:00 (no time limit if using taxi)

 

Outward: Bus then train: 3½ hrs (c. €26)

Allow 2 hrs from touchdown at Nice airport to train departure time from Nice-Ville. Aim for arrival in La Brigue between 18:00 & 20:00 if possible. 


For train times (Nice-Ville to La Brigue) on your day of arrival check the website: www.ter-sncf.com.

OR 

Taxi the whole way from airport rank: 2 hrs (c. €75 pp)

 

Return: Bus 1 hr (c. €20)

 OR

Taxi the whole way from Menton hotel to Nice airport: 40 mins (c. €35 pp)

 

Return flight earliest:  11:00

 
Nearest railway stations:

Start: La Brigue

Finish: Menton

 

IMPORTANT: Do not book your flights until we have confirmed that we have provisionally reserved accommodation for you.