Wednesday 24 March at Auvers

the church at Auvers sur Oise

Dear hikers, 

This week Serge Gallice will be our leader. Here is his information:

We will have a hike whose theme is Van Gogh, the unique, famous, awesome painter Vincent Van Gogh. I'm planning to do this hike between L’Isle Adam and Pontoise going through Auvers/Oise. This hike is roughly 10 miles (16km) long.

Let me now describe a little bit this great hike to you. It will start at L’Isle Adam Parmain, a town located in the Oise Department. We will linger by and along the Oise River. Then we will arrive at Auvers/Oise where we can visit the church, have a look at the cemetery at the Van Gogh brothers' tombs, Vincent and Theo's tombs. There is too the Van Gogh's room to be visited for a small fee. We can have lunch at the Park where there is a beautiful statue of Vincent. Do not forget along the way we can see reproductions of his paintings. Then, after Auvers sur Oise, we will proceed to Pontoise.

We'll start our hike from L'Isle-Adam Parmain.   So we'll take the train POVA from Paris Gare du Nord (surface) at 09:13 direction Persan Beaumont and go to L'Isle-Adam Parmain, arriving at 10:08. 

We will finish at Pontoise from where we'll take the train back to Paris.

There's a possibility to visit Van Gogh's house for a fee of 6€.

You will need the usual good hiking shoes, rain gear, water and a picnic lunch.

Regards,

Serge

village house at Chaponval