Going on a self-guided walking or cycling holiday is about freedom. Freedom in nature, freedom from everyday stress, freedom from the norm. When you book with us, you’re also free of the hassle. Read many more reasons why self-guided is the way to go.
The secret to going on your first walking holiday is to start slowly, go easy and treat yourself to having your accommodation booked and bags transferred. Leaving you plenty of time to chill on the hills. Here are some of our favourite newbie walking destinations.
Montenegro is a must go. Because, although it is one of Europe’s smallest countries, it has five national parks, a plethora of peaks, with over sixty of them hitting heights of over 1,800m, spectacular lakelands and nearly 300km of coast. Do you need more reasons? If so, keep reading.
Hiking in the Cinque Terre is one of the most sought-after walking tours in Italy, but knowing where and when to go is vital to avoid the crowds. Here’s our guide to all five towns within the national park, as well as cinque top tips to walking there.
Ireland has many long-distance walking trails tucked into its relatively small island, but where there’s a will, there’s a way. And there are a lot of ways, which is what most of Ireland’s walking trails are called. Here are our favourite day hikes from this collection of emeralds.
Although the default for many is to fly to Ireland, it’s really not that far away from Great Britain by train and ferry. And, as an Irish travel writer, based in the UK, I have travelled to Ireland by train and ferry many many times. Here are my top tips on how to do so.
It may be brimming with stereotypes, but in this guide, we look past the tropes and out onto Bavaria’s trails. Germany’s southernmost region is actually called Freistaat Bayern, or Free State of Bavaria, and freedom is definitely what you feel when you step out onto its Alpine trails, or cycle around the lakelands.
Hikers go mad for Madeira, because there’s so much going on in these luscious landscapes. Such as the high-altitude mountains, the UNESCO laurisilva forests as well as their man-made levada channels. It’s hard to choose our favourites, but here are our top day hikes from a fine collection.
We’re often asked whether Mallorca or Menorca is better, and of course, given that we offer adventures on both islands, we’re going to big up both Balearics. There are differences between the two, however, as you can see in our latest Balearic blog.
Our in-house travel writer shares her thoughts about this walking holiday along England’s lesser-known pilgrimage, taking in the North Downs Way and ancient Pilgrims’ Way, between Rochester and Canterbury.
Our in-house travel writer shares her thoughts about going on solo walking holidays as a woman, the fears, the fun, the game changers and the gear, as well as the SECs appeal. Read more if you want to find out what that’s all about.
France has so many pretty villages that they have an official designation for the most stunning, Les Plus Beaux Villages de France. If you’ve got it, flaunt it, France. We chose the top 10 that feature on our adventure holidays.
