A very enjoyable holiday! A very enjoyable week away. Comfortable rustic accommodation with friendly staff set in the beautiful surrounding Chianti countryside. A relaxed balance of healthy moderate walking, interesting wine tasting and well planned city visits.
Excellent, Tough Trip but Very Rewarding We did this trek in July and had perfect blue sky weather every day, but rain on the last day for the walk into Zermatt. The trek for us was one of the best European treks we have done and was very challenging/tough but extremely rewarding with stunning and changeable scenery every day. We really enjoyed the camping although the mountain huts and auberge were a little close for comfort but manageable once you got use to the idea of sleeping closely with other people!! This trek had it all for us. High col passes, snow walking and bum sliding, steep ascents, steep descents, rough terrain, boulder jumping, chains, forests, gushing rivers, waterfalls and lakes and absolutely stunning snow capped mountains and scenery. However, we were a little disappointed that the itinerary was not followed on the first day of walking and we missed not starting from the teleferique at Plan Praz and also the high level contour walk with ladders and chains.
We decided to book this tour as we would be back in Barcelona by 1.30 pm and all other tours to the Dali museum took a whole day. We were picked up by taxi from our hotel at 7.30 am and taken to the train station where we were met by a representative of the company who made sure we boarded the correct train. We went by high speed train to Figures where our guide Jessica met us and gave us one of the best experiences we have had with guides! Organizing a guide for this museum is a must, as the whole place comes to life in greater depth as we shared Jessica's passion for Dali, his life, perspective on life and work particularly useful as my husband was totally clueless about Dali and usually adverse to visiting 'arty' museums he has now become a fan! Our guide's anecdotal stories really brought this place to life! We highly recommend this tour.