Paliri to Conca

GR20 · Stage 16

13kmStage distance
317mMapped ascent
16Stage number

The last stage is hot: fill your bottles at Paliri. The park lists an on-request shuttle from Conca to Sainte-Lucie and Porto-Vecchio.

Best season: Mid-May to early October, while the refuges are guarded. The park's refuges are guarded, with meals, from 16 May to 4 October 2026; it has not published 2027 yet. Snow can lie at the Brèche de Capitellu, between Manganu and Petra Piana, early in the season. From mid-June to mid-September the massifs can be closed at any time of day when the fire risk is severe; the fire-risk map is updated at 18:00 for the next day. Before you go

Paliri to Conca

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Green: Paliri to Conca. Grey: full trail. Elevation follows this mapped track.

Paliri to Conca

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Where this stage starts and ends

Facts read from the operators' own pages and OpenStreetMap on 25 September 2026. A page can change after we read it, so confirm with the hut before you rely on a date or a bed.

Stage start

Paliri

Mountain refuge · 1,054 m · Parc naturel régional de Corse

Season
2026 16 May 2026 to 4 October 2026 Guarded, with meals, from 16 May to 4 October 2026. pnr-resa.corsica, read 25 September 20262027 2027 dates not published The park has not published its 2027 season or prices. pnr-resa.corsica, read 25 September 2026
Places
Number of places not published · Restaurant meals Dinner, breakfast and packed lunches from the guardian (order by 18:00), a small shop, running water. The last stage is hot: fill your bottles.
Booking
Book online Book every night online with the park before you go, your own tent included: in 2026 a bunk is €20, a pitch for your own tent €12 a person, a rented tent €27 for one or €39 for two. The place is held until 19:00; changes up to 48 hours ahead; a full refund only if you cancel two months ahead. Meals are ordered on arrival and paid on site in cash or by cheque.
Contact
Official site

OpenStreetMap

Stage end · overnight

Conca

Town

The finish. The park lists an on-request shuttle to Sainte-Lucie-de-Porto-Vecchio and Porto-Vecchio; call ahead, it is not a timetabled bus.

A town or village: find accommodation yourself. TrailSplits has not checked what is open.

OpenStreetMap

What the operators say about this leg

Make it your trip

Book every night with the park

The park takes bookings for every night in its refuges, your own tent included, and camping elsewhere along the route is forbidden. Vizzavona, E Capanelle, the Cuscionu bergeries and Castel di Verghju are private and booked directly. Each night below shows its 2026 season and how to book.

Calenzana to Conca

The park's sixteen stages, a stay every night: the park's refuges, private gîtes and bergeries, and the hotels of Vizzavona.

Plan this journey

Calenzana to Vizzavona

The northern GR 20, the higher and harder half, ending at the train in Vizzavona.

Plan this journey

Vizzavona to Conca

The southern GR 20 from the train at Vizzavona, over the Cuscionu plateau and Bavella to Conca.

Plan this journey

Weather this week

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Weather by month

Typical weather on this stage: at the lowest point (251 m) and the highest point (1,055 m). Select a month to see why it is rated as it is.

Monthly climate averages and daylight
Month
WeatherMixedMixedGoodGoodGoodGoodMixedMixedGoodGoodGoodMixed
High point, day / night7°/3°7°/2°9°/4°12°/6°16°/10°20°/14°24°/17°24°/17°20°/13°16°/11°11°/7°8°/4°
Low point, day / night13°/6°13°/6°15°/8°18°/10°22°/14°26°/18°30°/21°30°/21°26°/17°22°/14°17°/11°14°/8°
Rain, mm6555565046221312539113090
Snow at high point–Frost––––––––––
Daylight9 h 2710 h 3511 h 5213 h 1814 h 3015 h 1114 h 5713 h 5512 h 3311 h 109 h 529 h 10

Source: TerraClimate 1991–2020 monthly averages. Averages for the area at each point’s elevation (4 km grid, corrected for height). Not a forecast or a report of current trail conditions. Snow at the high point is estimated with a simple snowpack model from these temperatures and precipitation, not observed; steep islands and high summits can hold more snow than it shows. Daylight is for the 15th of each month. Hut, transport and park seasons are separate: check them for your dates.

Before you go

Prepare for the GR 20

Arrange your stays, food and travel first, then check conditions again near departure.

Book before you go

Every night in the park's refuges must be booked online, including a pitch for your own tent: in 2026 €20 for a bunk, €12 to pitch your tent, €27 or €39 for a rented one. Places are held until 19:00, and the guardian cannot change your dates on the spot. The FFRandonnée says Ortu di u Piobbu, Carrozzu and Usciolu fill first.

The park's booking site

Stages 4 and 5 after the fire

The FFRandonnée reported on 17 July 2026 that the prefecture had closed Ascu Stagnu to Tighjettu and Tighjettu to Ciottulu di i Mori from 14 July, after the Albertacce fire. We found no reopening by 25 September 2026, and the park's own pages do not mention it. Ask the park before you plan to walk them.

The park: the GR 20

Fire rules and closed massifs

No fires and no smoking in the forests and mountains from 15 June to 30 September. When the fire risk is severe the massifs can be closed at any time of day; the fire-risk map is updated at 18:00 for the next day. No departure from Calenzana is allowed after 11:00.

The park: fire risk and access (links the daily map)

Storms and snow

Violent storms happen even in summer: check the mountain forecast and be ready to turn back. Early in the season snow lies at the Brèche de Capitellu. The park's list of kit to carry is on its GR 20 page.

Météo-France: Corsica mountains

Water, signal and help

Stages 1, 2, 3 and 12 are short of water; fill up at the refuges and the springs the park names. The phone signal is unreliable at most refuges, which have an emergency phone while guarded. Call 112 in an emergency.

The park: safety on the GR 20

Getting there

Connect your journey

Travel around Paliri to Conca.

Directions to this start Travel from this finish

Google Maps journey searches, not confirmed services. A mountain endpoint may need a booked transfer or an additional walk.

To Calenzana from Calvi

Les Beaux Voyages runs Calvi to Calenzana; its page now shows only the school-term bus at 15:45 on weekdays, so check the summer times with the operator.

Les Beaux Voyages: bus lines

Vizzavona, half way, by train

Vizzavona station is on the Bastia to Ajaccio line of the Chemins de fer de la Corse, with about five trains a day each way in the autumn 2026 timetable. It is the way in or out between the two halves.

Chemins de fer de la Corse: timetables

Col de Bavella and Conca

In summer buses C3 and C4 leave Col de Bavella in the morning for Propriano and Ajaccio. From Conca the park lists a shuttle on request to Sainte-Lucie and Porto-Vecchio: call ahead.

Collectivité de Corse: buses

Take your trip with you

Offline maps

Prepare each stage while you still have a connection: the park says the phone signal is unreliable at most refuges.

Keep your route and maps on your phone for places without a signal. For multi-day trips, prepare them in the installed TrailSplits app.

  1. Open this trail in the app. Install TrailSplits, then open this trail there. On iPhone, downloads in a browser may not be available in the installed app.
  2. Choose your route or stages. Choose Prepare offline above. Wait for the route and maps to finish downloading.
  3. Try it before leaving coverage. Switch offline, close and reopen the app, then use My Hikes to start navigation. Repeat for every part you will need.

Saving a bookmark is not a map download. Storage can be cleared by your device; keep a backup map for remote trips.

Route & sources

About this map

The park walks the GR 20 in sixteen stages, north to south; the FFRandonnée's guide gives 200 km. The line here is the route on OpenStreetMap (relation 12484370, version 32, planet of 21 September 2026), 183.6 km, cut at the park's stage ends. It crosses the Pointe des Éboulis where the Cirque de la Solitude has been closed since 2015. The short walks from the line to each refuge are extra. The park gives times, not distances: the times shown are its north-to-south times.

Official guidance and mapped-source comparison checked 25 September 2026. Map data is a route reference, not confirmation of today's path, weather or accommodation availability.

Parc naturel régional de Corse: the GR 20

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors · Source relation

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