Corsica Trekking - GR20

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£11.99

Corsica Trekking is David Abram’s Trailblazer guide to the famous GR20 route across the spine of the island. The guide covers the entirety of the route diagonally across Corsica through a landscape of snow-streaked passes, Alpine meadows and massive boulder fields and pine and oak forests – often within sight of the Mediterranean. The trek is a physically demanding 170km route that typically takes around two weeks to complete.

The guide is structured in 4 main parts – Planning your Trek, Corsica, Gateway Towns and the GR20 – providing a comprehensive survey of the route itself and relevant background and historical information about the island itself. Part 1 provides practical guidance on whether to travel with a group or independently, getting to Corsica, budgeting, GR20 route options, what to take and mountain safety. In the second chapter there are facts about Corsica and information about flora and fauna, geology, climate, the people and an historical outline of the region.

Detailed route descriptions are accompanied by unique scale maps hand-drawn and specially designed by the author with walkers specifically in mind. The guide includes detailed trail maps with features including walking times, directions, tricky junctions, places to stay and eat and points of interest to help trekkers navigate the route. Additionally, gateway town guides to Ajaccio, Bastia, Calvi, Corte and Porto-Vecchio, providing information on accommodation and food and drink, help walkers plan their route accordingly and make the most of their trip.

About this series:
Trailblazer Guides are highly practical, informative and portable guides designed with the adventurous traveller in mind. They include trekking guides, rail guides, budget route guides and driving guides as well as guides to popular British walking destinations and adventurous world-wide destinations and activities. They are strong on practical information and also cultural background. The guides provide details of the best accommodation and eating options as well as advice on what's worth seeing and what's better to avoid. There is comprehensive background information on history, climate, food, and the people. Detailed sections are included on the environment, particularly in the trekking guides, each of which has a detailed Minimum Impact Trekking chapter.

According to The Sunday Times, ‘The Trailblazer series stands head, shoulders, waist and ankles above the rest. They are particularly strong on mapping.’