Retreat-Holidays
Alps of Haute-Provence:
Dates, prices and flights
Dates
Tuesday 4 - Tuesday 11 May 2010
Price
£949 half board
NO SUPPLEMENT FOR SINGLE OCCUPANCY OF A DOUBLE ROOM
What is included:
Flights and taxes; transfers between airport and hotel; half-board (bed, breakfast and evening meal) in en suite room at Hotel le Colombier for seven nights; four local excursions; the services of the retreat-leader.
What is NOT included:
Travel between home and UK airport; lunches; drinks; personal expenses; fuel surcharges; any increase in Air Passenger Duty after 17 July 2009; telephone; taxis; gratuities for hotel staff and minibus drivers (we recommend 40 euros per person for the week); insurance (valid insurance is obligatory - Pilgrim Travel can offer insurance cover, subject to conditions - ask us for a quote).
Flights
From Gatwick
There are also possibilities of flying KLM via Amsterdam. All the following departure airports currently offer KLM flights to Marseille.
Aberdeen
Birmingham
Bristol
Cardiff
Dublin
Durham Tees Valley
Edinburgh
Glasgow
Humberside
Leeds-Bradford
Liverpool
Manchester
Newcastle
Norwich
These KLM routes tend to be more expensive, so there will usually be a supplement. Ask us to quote if you're interested.
Travel by train
It is also possible to travel by high-speed train (Eurostar + TGV), with just one change of trains in Lille. The journey time from London to Aix is only between six and seven hours. There may be a supplement for train travel, depending on fares at the time of booking - they generally go up as the date of travel approaches. Ring us and ask for a quote if you're interested.
Accessibility
The picturesque charm of the hotel and the surrounding villages comes in great part from the fact that they are on hills, which inevitably means that there are slopes and steps. However, we are not going to the villages which have the steepest slopes and the walking from the hotel is fairly flat.
We regret that we cannot accept the responsibility of looking after people who know before they travel that they have serious problems of health or mobility.
All arrangements are subject to change.
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