Camping
-
1000 Year Abbaye Saint Martin du Canigou in Pyrenees-Orientales, France | Day 1 of Tour du Canigou Trail
This was the first day of our Tour du Canigou trail that we started in the middle of September and planned to do the whole 69kms in 5 days. We meant to do this trail a long time ago but were always busy with other hikes and didn´t have time for it. But this year it was finally happening. We planned to make a detour and ascend to the peak de Canigou itself of 2784m on the second day and then continue doing the Tour. Canigou is a very symbolic mountain for the locals and some say it may be even a sacred one. It unites the Mediterranean coast region…
-
Tour de Cerdagne- Beautiful 4 Day Trail to do in Pyrenees | Odeillo Solar Furnace, Bolquere, Eyne, Font-Romeu
On this 4th and final day of Tour de Cerdagne we completed the hiking tour and did 15kms starting from Eyne village, then walking through Bolquere, Via, Solar Furnace Odeillo and coming to the town Font-Romeu. We had a quite disturbing night with a lot of rain and thunderstorm in the evening and then cold in the morning. We thought in the early morning the temperature was descending down to several degrees Celsius and we had to wear all of our warm clothes on us. But because our sleeping bags comfort temperature was +11 degrees we still got pretty cold. So we didn’t have a good sleep. But in the…
-
Discover 12 incredible mountain lakes of Pyrenees in one day | Day 2 of Carlit Lakes Hike in Bouillouses natural site, France
In this trip report we are going to share Day 2 of our hike around the lakes of the Carlit mountain range in Bouillouses natural site, Eastern Pyrenees, France. It is a 26 kms hike with the elevation change of around 800m. This is an easy to moderate hike that is accessible to most of the people. It is a wonderful opportunity to get to know the region more and enjoy beautiful mountainous landscapes. The day began early in the morning with the first rays of the sun hitting our tent. At night we had a hard time battling with the cold air and trying to fall asleep. Even though…
-
Camping at the field with hot air balloons | Tour de Cerdagne Train Jaune, Bains de LLO, Centrale solaire Ello in Pyrenees, France
This was our third day of GR de Pays Tour de Cerdagne in Pyrenees-Orientales, France. We hiked 17 kms from the town Bourg-Madame, passing through villages Err, Vedrinyans, Llo and getting to Eyne. The night was pretty warm for the start of September there was no wind so we had a good sleep. We woke up that day quite early disturbed by the weird sounds that seemed to us like a gas burning so we thought it to be the work on the railway that was passing right above our camp spot. To our surprise when we looked out of the tent we could see no signs of it but…
-
Crossing the Pyrenees ski trails | Day 1 of Carlit Lakes Hike in Bouillouses natural site, Pyrenees, France
In this trip report we are going to share Day 1 of our hike around the lakes of the Carlit mountain range in Bouillouses natural site, Eastern Pyrenees, France. It is a 26 kms hike with the elevation change of around 800m. This is an easy to moderate hike that is accessible to most of the people. It is a wonderful opportunity to get to know the region more and enjoy beautiful mountainous landscapes. We started our hike in the town of Font Romeu Odeillo Via. It was an early July and we were excited to finally start the hiking season. The weather has been unstable during all the spring,…
-
Walking through historical roman villages and Santa Maria de Bell-Lloc church | Tour de Cerdagne Day 2 Dorres to Puigcerda in Pyrenees, France
This was our second day of GR de Pays Tour de Cerdagne in Pyrenees-Orientales, France. We hiked 17kms from the old Roman village Dorres, Santa Maria de Bell-Lloc church, passed by La Tour de Carol-Enveigt and Spanish town Puigcerda and crossed back to Bourg-Madame, France. The day before we had to spend quite a bit of time wandering around and had to get away from the official trail in order to find a camp spot. It was quite tiring and we got exhausted. In the end we climbed up right into the fields on quite a slope and were able to find a more or less flat spot there. We…
-
First day hiking the beautiful trail GR de Pays Tour de Cerdagne in Pyrénées-Orientales, France | Font-Romeu to Dorres
This was our first day of GR de Pays Tour de Cerdagne trail that we decided to do as a tribute to this beautiful region where we have been living for the last 3 years now. It is a circular trail that can be done in either direction and we decided to go counter clockwise starting in Font-Romeu village. Previously we have done the parts of this trail here and there but have never had a chance to hike it as a whole. So we thought it would be an amazing hike to do to be able to pass by many interesting attractions and overall show the different parts of…
-
First time hiking with the trekking poles – Will it be a fail? | Perfect One-day Hike to Cambre d’Aze Peak in Pyrenees, France
On this one-day hike we conquered the mountain peak Cambre d’Aze (2711m) which is located in Eastern Pyrenees, France. We started the hike at the Eyne ski station (1800m) and had to do around 1000m uphill and 1000m downhill. We spent full day hiking this trail and did 26 kms in total. It was our first one-day hike in the summer season 2020 and we were very excited to do it. We’ve been planning of doing this particular hike for a long time looking at this beautiful mountain from aside. It is not the highest peak in the region but one of the most scenic ones for sure. So we…
-
All you need to know about Travelling and Backpacking in Italy | Food, People, Camping, Hitchhiking..
In today’s post we want to share with you all the tips, peculiarities and interesting things that we’ve learned about travelling in Italy. We’ve been staying in Italy for almost three months and we feel like we have quite a lot to tell you. This post will be especially useful if you’re a backpacker and it’s your first time in the country. We are going to talk about the Italian people, delicious food, hiking and wild camping, public transportation and many other things. First of all Italy is a very big or rather say long country and there’s so much to see in it. You will be fascinated by the…
-
Discovering the land of old Roman Thermal Baths in Bagno Vignoni | Day 13 of Via Francigena to Castiglioni d’Orcia
It was the day 13 of Via Francigena trail when we hiked around 15 kms from San Quirico d’Orcia to the town Castiglione d’Orcia. We woke up to another sunny morning in the fields of Tuscany close to the village Quirico d’Orcia. The night was quite calm just in the evening the dogs were barking but then fortunately they were quiet. That night we felt like it was hotter than the previous ones and sleeping with stuffy air was not good. In the morning we saw the baby roe deer coming out of the bushes just beside our tent and before it saw us he was behaving so naturally and…
