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Review

spring in paradise

Run Provence: A Self-Guided Trail Running Vacation

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Rating
Reviewed by: Scott LaBerge

This was meant to be a marital tranquility trip for our 40th anniversary; we’re in our late 60s. I had a great experience on a Run the Alps trip trail running around Mont Blanc. I liked the way they organize an adventure. I really like the way they pick the places you stay small and local feeling and they must have good relationships with the hotels because they always seem happy to see you when you arrive. This was a hiking trip for us, I’m sure it would have made a great trail running trip, but I wasn’t sorry to be hiking this time. The trails are so varied and beautiful and the villages so interesting. All of the luggage transfers and taxis worked seamlessly, the packet of materials about towns and restaurants/packing/trails etc was spot on. The GPS tracks worked great– you got to love that blue dot, and the written materials were helpful and really interesting. Oh and the price was so fair, no surprises, I doubt I could have done better on my own and there would have been stress; there was none of that on this trip.
Thank you to the entire crew at Run the Alps.

Why

I've done a Run the Alps self guided tour of Mont Blanc with a trail running pal and we had a great time. All of the essentials were taken care of, well above any expectations. It was a great adventure. I choose the Provence trip to do with my wife who is a hiker not a runner, Ian said he could make that work and he sure did. He arranged for some extra rest days to explore the fabulous towns we were staying in.

Advice

If this is something you're thinking of doing in your life, well get on it before it's too late. There's no better people than the ones at Run the Alps to organize a great adventure.

Highlight

We loved waking up every morning to a new adventure, coming into town a little tired and a lot happy every afternoon with all kinds of new things to think and talk about.