Swap winter hibernation for a sunny sensation instead, on a walking holiday where you can put enough Vitamin D into your energy banks to get you through the sleepy season. Check out our endorphin-inducing idylls below, with winter sun walking holidays that take you to the likes of the Peloponnese, which is very easy on […]
You won’t believe your ears when you walk up towards some of Scotland’s best castles and hear bagpipes echoing out across the loch, because so many of them do stand proud on the shores of a loch. If castles aren’t your thing, they soon will be when you hear the pipers greeting you as you […]
The Lycian Way Trail is legendary for lovers of all things littoral. Although the 500km trail along ancient pastoral tracks and through idyllic Aegean villages has been here for centuries, it was only really put on the map in 1999 by British walker and writer, Kate Clow. You can walk the whole Lycian Way in […]
The Camino is many things. It’s challenging and exciting, spiritual and peaceful. It’s also a walking trail that is at the top of people’s wanderlust wish lists and, as such, it can get busy in peak season. If you don’t get in quickly to book the Camino Frances route, for example, there may be no […]
The hard won peaceful relationships between Balkan countries should be celebrated by visiting hikers and adventurers. And this is one heck of a way to do it, walking the Peaks of the Balkans, a 190km long-distance trail traversing the Western Balkans, on a circuit that encompasses the heritage highlights (and highlands) of Albania, Kosovo and […]
A real Highland fling must involve food and drink, with local produce never failing to fill your boots on our Scottish walking and cycling holidays. Scottish salmon and seafood, including the famous Arbroath haddock smokies, Aberdeen Angus Beef, game in season and, for dessert, the unique creamy cranachan, made with Scottish oats, whisky, cream and […]
The Canary Islands are like the misunderstood, slightly wild and wayward member of the family who acts unexpectedly, dresses a bit rebelliously but always turns up with the coolest gifts at Christmas. Except that in the Canarian family, there are eight members all vying for attention and many worthy of it too. So, if you […]
Sometimes it’s the tales, not just the trails that matter. Judging from the messages we get back from our adventurers who have embarked on the likes of the Tour du Mont Blanc, or the Via Dinarica, there are so many stories to tell. There is something about a long-distance walking trail that appeals to people […]
Some people make fun of the term ‘wild swimming’ but, given that so much of Scotland is spectacularly wild, if ever there was a place to use this term, it’s here. For most people, it’s really more a case of wild dipping, screeching and then delighting in having immersed themselves in Scotland’s chilling but totally […]
If you enjoy the slow travel aspect of a cycling holiday, watching landscapes gradually unfold around you, and taking in the view as you traverse new terrain, then you will love travelling by train. We appreciate that it’s not always practical for all our natural adventurers and not always the cheapest way to travel either […]
Our walking holidays on Crete cover all compass points of this mountainous island, the largest in Greece. Heading north to south through the White Mountains and stupendous Samaria Gorge is an epic Cretan adventure, ending up at Agia Roumeli beach in the west, because the coast always beckons when walking on Crete. Our eastern walking […]
The Norwegian capital has traditionally hosted the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony every year since 1901, with exceptional people being recognised for their contributions to world peace. Norway is also exceptional and merits a different kind of peace award for its panoply of tranquil mountains, valleys and lakelands, made accessible to all by its longstanding right-to-roam […]
