Mailing food supplies
My friend and i are planning to hike the trail form south to north in September and would like to send some street clothes ahead to Calanzana for wearing after the trip. Can parcels be mailed General Delivery like in the US? Anyone know how to get the address?
It also made me wonder if the Hotel Monte d'oru receives mail delivery or UPS? Could a food cache be sent there? What about the Hotel at Haut Asco? Would they make it in time if sent from Porto Vecchio? (about 6 days)
No one's mentioned doing this, so it seems pretty unlikely. Anyways, just a thought.
Posted: Thu, Jul 22, 2010, 21:40
Posted: Fri, Aug 20, 2010, 22:05
It worked for us in france mainland ...
We landed at Marseille, on the way to GR-20, and sent a package to the hotel in Paris for the vacation after the trail.
I would suggest finding a French speaking friend and calling the hotel in advnac asking them to keep the package for couple of days
Posted: Sun, Sep 19, 2010, 22:10
If you are are like most hikers arriving at one of the bigger airports and have to hire a car to get to the start of your hike then you could drop off a food package at the Hotel Monte d'Oro. We did no problem. We arrived in Ajaccio and drove to Calvi.
Not sure about the ski station.
Travel and delivery can be slow on Corsica, the day we finished we over heard a man chatting about his luggage that was missing for 6 days. They were hiking with day packs and having a company carry their gear.
Check out if the airport has a left luggage.
Have never tried the thru hiker package system in France, but it worked in Spain when we did the Camino de Santiago.
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Posted: Tue, Jun 15, 2010, 1:58