A week of hiking on the Mare a mare Sud
2024
Highlights of the trip
During your stay you can enjoy the following highlights: Faune and flora, Adventure / Sports & Leisure.
Best times to go
The best time(s) to go is/are : Printemps, Eté, Automne, Hiver.
Where to stay - Porto-Vecchio ?
The map of your stay "A week of hiking on the Mare a mare Sud"
Detail of the stay : A week of hiking on the Mare a mare Sud
How to get there - Porto-Vecchio
Departure from Port-Vecchio
Steps: Porto-Vecchio
When you arrive in Porto-Vecchio, you take the time to arrive, to rest and to gather the food and the material necessary for the excursion. If you have time, you can take a bath on the beach of Cala-Rossa, Santa-Giulia or Golfo di Sogno. For the first night, the city has many campsites, hostels and hotels: you will be spoilt for choice.
Porto-Vecchio - Cartalavonu
Steps: Porto-Vecchio
The first stage of 15 km, with 1,130 m of positive and 100 m of negative altitude difference, consists in going from Porto-Vecchio to Cartalavonu. It takes 5 hours of walking - rewarded by a panoramic view of Porto-Vecchioat the Ospedale - to reach the charming refuge located in the heart of the forest. Warm atmosphere and typical dishes will congratulate this first walk.
Cartalavonu - Levie
Steps: Levie
Then it will be a question of reaching Levie, located at 12 km. There again, 5 hours of walking for 670 m of positive difference in altitude and 1,120 m of negative difference in altitude: be careful with your knees! On the way, you can stop at the pretty village of Carbini and make a detour to the Punta di a Vacca Morta to enjoy a superb panorama of the gulf, the villages of the Alta Rocca and the .
Levie - Serra-di-Scopamena
Steps: Serra-Di-Scopamène
It is then necessary to count 6h30 of walk to join Serra-di-Scopamena, it is the most difficult portion. 18 km on the program, with 900 m of positive difference in altitude and 630 m of negative difference in altitude, on a path lined with historical sites , Saint-Laurent chapel), dense vegetation and impressive granite blocks.
Levie - Sainte-Lucie-de-Tavano
Steps: Sainte-Lucie-De-Tallano
The next step is Sainte-Lucie-de-Tallano, 10 km away. The 570 m of positive difference in altitude and 800 m of negative difference in altitude are covered in 4 hours of walking. Various possibilities of bathing are offered to you in this deep valley. On arrival, do not miss the convent of Saint-François, the parish church and the oil mill. Camping, gîte d'étape and bar-grocery available.
Sainte-Lucie-de-Tallano - Propriano
Steps: Sainte-Lucie-De-Tallano
From Sainte-Lucie-de-Tallano to Propriano, it is necessary to count 12 km, 710 m of positive difference in altitude and 720 m of negative difference in altitude for 6 hours of walking. On the program: a magnificent Romanesque church and the crossing of the Rizzanese, to finish with a breathtaking view of the Gulf of Valinco. Once in Fozzano or Burgo, you can opt for a Propriano cab transfer to avoid walking on the roadside.
