The 4 Best Hiking Tours in France

1.Marseille: Calanques National Park Guided Hike with Picnic

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 516 reviews · 5 hours · from $41Our pick

Join a five-hour guided hike from Marseille’s Luminy campus into Calanques National Park. Guides such as Adrien, Jade, Geoffroy, and Sebastian lead routes to coves including Morgiou, Sugiton, and Sormiou, with local nature stories, a shared picnic, photo stops, and time for a sea swim.

“A brilliant tour and we had an equally brilliant group! We all became friends quickly and enjoyed the hike. The views from the Calanques are beautiful and definitely worth the visit. Our tour guide Gregory was really friendly and always checked if we were okay. Highly recommend as it’s a great way to meet new people!”

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2.From Marseille: Calanques National Park Guided Hike

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 489 reviews · 4 - 5 hours · from $41

Meet your English or French-speaking guide at Luminy for a 7.51-kilometer hike through pine woods and rosemary to a beautiful calanque. Expect steep, rocky sections, a picnic, swimming, and an optional 700-meter round-trip swim to the Blue Grotto. Guides including Alex, Yana, Freddy, and Geoffroy are praised for safety, local knowledge, and good group spirit.

“Such a beautiful hike!! Alex was a great guide and we all had such a fun day!”

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3.Hiking Adventure in Van Gogh’s Footsteps with 6 miles walk

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 239 reviews · 5 hours (approx.) · from $96Top rated

Meet Victor at Gare du Nord for a small-group walk through the countryside and villages of Auvers-sur-Oise. You’ll follow the Oise River, visit Van Gogh’s final home, see the church from one of his best-known paintings, and finish at his grave. Bring lunch, water, and sturdy shoes.

“Victor’s hiking adventure was amazing! As someone who loves Van Gogh’s art and the outdoors, this was a perfect blending of the two. Victor was extremely knowledgable about Van Gogh’s life and his art and made our excursion fun and engaging, connecting the dots so that we could appreciate and enjoy the places that inspired Van Gogh. The hike (about 7 miles) was beautiful and pleasant, mostly on paved paths, nature trails, or village/hamlet roads. There is one short hill that we climbed up in a small patch of woods, but it was manageable for this 55+ woman, without any assistance. 😄. Lastly, Victor is the critical ingredient to this…”

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4.Hiking in the Calanques National park from Marseille

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 211 reviews · 5 hours (approx.) · from $42

Join Planetazur for a roughly five-hour hike from Marseille’s Luminy campus into the Calanques National Park. Guides such as Adrien, Alex, David, Freddie, Yana, and Yassine lead small groups along rocky trails toward Sugiton and Morgiou, with a seaside picnic and time to swim. Bring sturdy shoes, water, and a swimsuit.

“This was the perfect way to add nature to our tour of france. The meeting place was very easy and the bus ride to Luminy relatively short as the Olympics has created a lot of traffic. Our guide, Yassine lead the group in a lovely qi ging warm up and advised everyone of the necessity to “breathe in” nature. The hike was listed a s moderate but be advised it is steep so make sure you have good shoes. The snack breka by the water was amazing and allowed for us to swim and enjoy the scenery - we stayed longer than expected which was fine for us. Those that…”

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