Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
TRAIL FINDER
There are numerous resources to help you plan a day in the great outdoors. Here is a selec-
tion of the very best - note that many are in French only.
»Fédération Française de Randonnée Pédestre (
Click here
)
has the most comprehensive
walking guides; some are now available as ebooks.
»The excellent
Guides RandOxygène
(
www.randoxygene.org
)
, published by the Alpes-
Maritimes
département
, include three walking guides, as well as mountain-biking, canyon-
ing and snow-shoe guides detailing itineraries of varying difficulty. Tourist offices stock
the paper guides; electronic versions are available on the website.
»Non-French speakers will love
Walker's Provence in a Box
by Adrian Woodford, a col-
lection of 35 illustrated walking itineraries, each printed on a card and presented in a box.
»Download cycling, mountain-biking or walking itineraries from
Escapado
(
www.escapado.fr
)
; it is also available as an app.
»The Var
département
(
www.var.fr
)
publishes an excellent cycling topoguide for the St-
Tropez to Toulon area containing 22 detailed itineraries, which you can download.
»
IGN
(
www.ign.fr
)
is France's official mapping body and has a range of topographical
maps.
