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Walking holidays

September 2024

  • Clint Eastwood as ‘Blondie’ at Sad Hill cemetery near Santo Domingo de Silos.

    One Spanish region where tourists are welcome – especially spaghetti western fans

    A new walking route around Burgos, in northern Spain, offers film pilgrims a close-up of the iconic locations used in Sergio Leone’s movie The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

August 2024

  • Car parking in the Greek capital, Athens.

    An epidemic of falls on the ‘mean streets’ of Athens

  • Above Gotthard, Switzerland

    In the footsteps of DH Lawrence: across the Alps from Germany to Italy

  • Mountain hiking in France by Rhiannon Batten Rhiannon and family with guide Bernard walking up to refuge Dormillouse, France

    Leaving the herd behind on a family trip in the peaceful southern French Alps

  • East Mill Tor, in the north of Dartmoor

    How I found my Dartmoor moment with the gift of wild camping

  • Readers' travel tips
    ‘I inched across rock faces, explored sea caves and plummeted off cliffs’: readers’ favourite active holidays in Europe

  • Walking the Netherlands’ new long-distance Salt Path

  • In search of Monet’s wild landscapes: a glorious art adventure in central France

  • An alternative guide to the Cotswolds: beyond the Chipping Norton set

  • Scaling the fairytale peaks of Saxon Switzerland in Germany

July 2024

  • Different clothing items collaged against a cartoon mountainous background

    What to wear...
    Walk this way: what to wear on a hike

  • Fishing village, Altja, Lahemaa National Park, Estonia.

    Baltic beauty: exploring Estonia’s northern coast

  • Basel, Swizterland - Munster Cathedral<br>Basel, Switzerland. Rhine River and Munster Cathedral, Swiss Confederation medieval city.

    Seven ways to experience the best of Switzerland

  • Aerial view of the ruins of Grosmont Castle.

    Three castles, three days, three writers in Wales’ border country

  • A high-wire family adventure in the Swiss Alps

  • Readers' travel tips
    ‘Stunning lakes and majestic mountains’: readers’ tips from Europe

  • ‘Walking away from the world in Scotland’: an easier way to plan long Highlands hikes

June 2024

  • Vikos Gorge, Greece

    Our epic family adventure hiking through Greece’s Vikos gorge

    A rail trip across Europe to the spectacular Zagori region of Greece is the perfect bonding experience for the writer and her 11-year-old son
  • Sarah Baxter Isle of Man

    How I conquered the Isle of Man’s summit trails

    With huge views taking in four countries – on a good day – the Isle of Man’s fells and peaks offer walkers a true sense of untapped adventure
  • The Red House near Braemer, Scotland, a new addition to the Mountain Bothies Association, viewed from a track a few hundred metres from the property.

    ‘The merry fellowship of bothies’: hiking in the Scottish Highlands

    A hike between bothies – one old, one new – in the Cairngorms fosters a sense of community among strangers sheltering in the Highland wilderness
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