GR10 week7 hiking in the Ariege and Pyrenees Orientales |
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From Plateau la Beille to Mantet
The seventh GR10 week starts from Tarascon in the Ariege and ends in Mantet where you spend the
night in a hotel in Vernait les Bains. This week you leave the green Ariege and you enter the
Pyrenees Orientales. Also this week you hike some beautiful stretches with several nights in
the refuges where a car can not come.
Highlights are the hikes to and from refuge the Ruhle and the yellow train.
Also the fort at Mont Louis is interesting.
Saturday September 25, You arrive in Tarascon where you spend the night in a hotel (half board).
You can fly with Easyjet from London to Toulouse.
The price will be around 65 euro for a return.
You can also fly with Ryanair from London to Carcassonne.
Pick-up by the Bergtopper Van in Toulouse and Carcassonne.
Sunday September 26, the Bergtopper Van will bring
you to Plateau la Beille where you start your hike of 5 hours. Your difference in altitude
today is about 600 meters. You spend your night in the very beautiful refuge the ruhle (half board).
Monday September 27, after breakfast you hike to
Merens les Vals. It is a very nice walk where you can take your time. You pass a lake where
you can take a very lovely stop. This day is about 5 hours going down. Very beautiful.
Tonight you sleep in the gite of Merens les Vals.
Tuesday September 28, You start hiking after your
breakfast on your way to refuge des Besines. Today you enter the Pyrenees Orientales.
This is also a very nice day, you climb the whole
day with a great reward. The track is about 5h40 and you climb 1300 meters and go down for 400
meters. The luggage is already transported to the gite in Planes.
You sleep in the refuge based on half board.
Wednesday September 29, after breakfast you start your day.
This day is about 7 hours and you climb about 500 meters and you descend about 400 meters.
This night you sleep in a gite at the lake at Bouoillouses.
Thursday September 30, this day is a simple hike
, about 5 hours and 500 meters of difference in altitude. Today you go through Mont Louis so
you could visit the Fort. This night you sleep in a very beautiful gite in Planes.
Friday October 1, another nice and beautiful hike where
you spend the night in a basic refuge (half board). But the area is beautiful.
The stretch is about 6 hours and 900 meters difference in altitude.
Saturday October 2, the last hike of GR10 week 7
is a short one about 4 hours where you descend 800 meters and ascend 500 meters.
You end in Mantet from where the Bergtopper Van will bring you to Vernet les Bains.
Here you close week 7 in a hotel (half board) and you meet the members of group 8.
Maybe this is also your start of week 8.
Sunday October 3 after the breakfast you will be transferred by the Bergtopper Van to
Carcassonne, Toulouse or Tarascon
Easyjet flies Toulouse to London.
Ryanair flies Carcassonne to London.
General
The lunch is not included with the price. The Bergtopper can take care for the lunch, for 7 euro
a lunch.
We sleep twice in a gite. If the Bergtopper takes care for the food, this is possible for 17 euros 50
a day (breakfast and dinner, including consumptions). Most of the time it is also possible
to take half board in the gite. This will cost you about 25 euros (breakfast and dinner) and must
be mentioned in advance. On the other hand, it is very cozy to prepare dinner together......
If the Bergtopper takes care for all the food (4 x lunch, 2 x breakfast and 2 x dinner),
it will cost you and extra 60 euros.
In the refuges you can take a packed meal for 10 euros.