The Julian Alps take centre stage in Slovenia’s hiking havens. However, there are actually three ranges that add to the country’s mountainous magic. Creating an alchemy we embrace on our walking holidays. Here are some of our favourite day hikes, all part of longer trails.
Our Destination Manager, Katya Panchenkova is a regular hiker and mountain aficionado, who loves nothing more than being immersed in nature. Usually a solo hiker, she chats with us about her recent adventure, on a guided group tour on the Peaks of the Balkans.
La France is ‘fabuleuse’. She’s also feminine, which sadly is only because her name ends in the letter e. We think it’s because she has multi-layered beauty. She’s a multi-tasker balancing cultural heritage alongside natural wonders in almost one breath and, of course, she’s passionate. Read more.
Turkey beholds an array of beautiful landscapes, from mountain to maritime, arid plateaus to snow-covered peaks. Temperatures vary dramatically depending on location. However, one thing’s pretty constant – you are guaranteed to have a magical, mythical, and mystical tour.
The best time to go to the Czech Republic is when you’re ready to check your bags. Simply because it’s a wanderlust paradise. Now known officially as Czechia, our walking and cycling holidays run between April and October, so it’s a three-season paradise really. Read more.
The top tip for travelling in Austria is to get good boots, because this is a country where the Alps take the limelight. Read more for many other tips, from saunas to the Salzkammergut, wild swimming to wildlife.
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.
Our team member Gregor Stewart recently walked Hadrian’s Wall Path and, although we wouldn’t say that he’s obsessed with the Roman Empire, he’s definitely into hiking. Here are his top tips for this iconic Roman ramble.
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.
