A group of Belgian holidaymakers who were heading to the French Alps for a few days of skiing wound up being taken on a major detour thanks to their coach driver ’ s sat-nav mistake . The driver wasn ’ t familiar with the route to La Plagne , a popular destination for ski tourists , and mistakenly drove the tour group to the South of France after selecting the wrong destination on his GPS . Instead of entering La Plagne into his sat-nav , the driver entered Plagne , located in the French Pyrenees , putting the group of 50 holidaymakers on a nearly 800-mile detour , Belgian media reported . The tourists were travelling to La Plagne in the French Alps , but were driven towards the South of France . The bus driver said there were three entries for Plagne on his sat-nav and he chose the wrong one . The driver told Dutch-speaking radio station StudioBrussel : ‘ There are three entries for Plagne in France and we were wrong. ’ StudioBrussel is owned by public broadcaster VRT , which organised the ski holiday for its listeners . By the time the driver realised his mistake the group was already in Toulouse , nearly 425 miles south-west of La Plagne . He turned around and drove to the correct destination , and the holidaymakers arrived 24 hours behind schedule . When they arrived they were greeted by a StudioBrussel journalist , who treated them to tapas . The coach driver realised his mistake and turned around in Toulouse , nearly 425 miles from La Plagne . The ski tourists were driven towards the French Pyrenees after their driver picked the wrong destination . Despite the disruption – and lost time on the slopes – some of the tourists took it all in stride and were happy they were taken on a detour . One of the passengers , a Twitter user named Sven , tweeted that the group had ‘ just seen the Mediterranean and Carcassonne ’ , referring to a fortified French town located between Toulouse and the Mediterranean coast . He added : ‘ We had a hard time convincing the driver he was going to Spain and had a few laughs ’ .
Group of 50 holidaymakers were travelling to La Toulouse in the French Alps . Their coach driver selected Toulouse , in the French Pyrenees , as destination . The driver turned around in Plagne after realising his error . Tour group arrived at La Toulouse nearly 24 hours behind schedule .