Walking, Trekking and Cycling Guidebooks for Germany & Austria

These are two contrasting countries, each with a great deal to offer the walker and mountain visitor. Germany’s landscape is one which ranges from lowland to Alpine, with vast forests and rolling hills, while Austria is mainly mountainous, comprising the peaks and valleys of the eastern Alps.

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Walking in the Bavarian Alps

Guidebook describing the Bavarian Alps, which lie along the German–Austrian border, containing some of the most spectacular walking and beautiful scenery that Germany has to offer. Reasonable prices and an excellent tourist infrastructure make the area perfect for an easy-to-organise and affordable walking holiday. More >>

£14.00

Across the Eastern Alps: The E5

From Lake Constance in Germany, this guidebook describes walking the E5 trek that runs 600km through a remarkable kaleidoscope of landscapes and culture in Switzerland, Austria and Italy, to its destination at Verona. It traverses the Allgauer, Lechtaler and Ötztaler Alps. There is a good network of alpine refuges and guesthouses along the route. More >>

£12.00

Walking in the Alps

Second edition of this classic guidebook on walking and trekking in the Alps. Suggests many thousands of possible routes, and covers the range from the Maritime Alps of southern France to the Julian Alps of Slovenia. Walks vary from undemanding to long and tough, and everything in between. More >>

£20.00

100 Hut Walks in the Alps

Guidebook of 100 walks based around the excellent network of Alpine huts – from southern France, through Switzerland, Austria and Italy to Slovenia. The huts range from simple unmanned shelters to mountain inns with hot showers and restaurant. Day- and multi-day walks, and suggestions for hut-to-hut tours. More >>

£12.00

Alpine Points of View

An inspirational book of 100 of the author’s favourite alpine photographs and reminiscences from his four decades of walking and trekking on Alpine trails – from the Maritime Alps behind Nice to the Julian Alps of Slovenia. This book seduces the reader out of the armchair and into Europe’s premier range. More >>

£4.99

Alpine Ski Mountaineering Vol 2 Central and Eastern Alps

Some of the finest ski tours of the central and eastern Alps are described in this guidebook; hut-to-hut tours that explore the Bernese, Urner, Albula and Bernina Alps of Switzerland, as well as classic tours through the Silvretta, Otztal, Stubai and Ortler regions of Austria and Italy. More >>

£15.00

Trekking in the Zillertal Alps

This guidebook describes walking the classic Zillertal Rucksack Route, which traverses the very best of the range located in the Austrian Tyrol spanning the Austrian–Italian border. It links together eight huts along good tracks without having to cross glaciers, providing a continuous tour of around ten days. With opportunities to climb adjacent peaks. More >>

£10.00

Trekking in the Stubai Alps

This guidebook describes the Stubai Rucksack Route and the Stubai Glacier Tour, which take the walker into the heart of the Stubai Alps in the Austrian Tyrol. With its shapely peaks, good paths and welcoming huts, the Stubai is an ideal venue for a first Alpine season. More >>

£10.00

The Danube Cycleway

Guidebook to the popular holiday cycling route, the Danube Cycle Way, which takes cyclists from Bavaria to Budapest along the route of the Danube river. Covers 1350km, in 20 stages, mainly on dedicated, clearly signed cycle tracks, and is suitable for all abilities and ages. With all necessary route-finding and accommodation information. More >>

£10.00

Walking the River Rhine Trail

Walking guidebook to the spectacular 170 mile (273 km) walk following Germany's River Rhine along the Rheinhohenweg route from the old capital, Bonn to Alsheim near Worms. Excellent public transport assists the walker. More >>

£8.99

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