Loire Wellbeing Walking Week — Randonnées Loire

The Loire Wellbeing Walking Week is a guided wellness programme organised by Randonnées Loire, operating from the Office de Tourisme de la Loire in Tours and covering the Amboise to Blois corridor along the UNESCO-listed Loire Valley banks in Indre-et-Loire and Loir-et-Cher. The programme runs from May to October and is structured as a five-day walk of between 12 and 18 kilometres per day along the Loire à Vélo cycle-and-footpath network, with nightly stops at selected châteaux villages and organic gîtes. The wellness philosophy centres on slow travel and sensory immersion in the Loire's distinctive flat light and wide riverscape. Each day's walk is led by a certified rando-guide holding a BPJEPS outdoor guiding qualification recognised by the French Ministry of Sport. Evening yoga sessions of 45 to 60 minutes are conducted in varied outdoor and indoor settings — barn floors, château gardens, riverside meadows — by a participating yoga teacher with 200-hour Yoga Alliance certification. A wine meditation hosted by a Loire natural wine domaine is included on the third evening, using the vineyard landscape as a context for mindful tasting and silent sitting. Vegetarian farm dinners at organic smallholdings along the route are provided on three of the five evenings. One guided forest bathing session in the Sologne edge woodland is included. The programme departs monthly with a group of 6 to 12 participants. Cycling variants of each daily route are available for participants who bring or hire their own bicycles. Prices of €680 to €950 cover five nights' accommodation in châteaux village guesthouses and organic gîtes, the guiding service, all yoga sessions, the wine meditation evening, and three farm dinners; two evening meals and any bicycle hire are at participants' own expense. Solo travellers are accommodated at no single-supplement charge on most departures.