Article · 9 Mar 2016
A Tale of Six Guidebooks (Tell Us Your Story)
In a guest blog post, Mick Borroff tells us a tale of six guidebooks - how the weather led to some changes of plan, but it all worked out beautifully.
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Article · 19 Feb 2016
Malta: A very potted history
In this blog post, Paddy Dillon gives us a very potted history of Malta - reputedly the most bombed country in the world - and certainly a fascinating place to go walking.
Feature · 8 Feb 2016
Walking in the Val d’Hérens
Mike Hawtree first came to Switzerland just over ten years ago, working for a well-known food company based in Vevey, on the shores of Lake Geneva. His wife, Jude, has worked in Evolène every summer since 2007, as a housekeeper and caterer for a...
Article · 27 Nov 2015
7 Reasons to visit the Costa Blanca
Think Costa Blanca and, as likely as not, you'll think Benidorm and lager louts. Well get ready to think again. There's so much more to the Costa Blanca than the hotspots for drunken tourists. Terry Fletcher, author of the new Cicerone guide to...
Article · 13 Nov 2015
Top Winter Walking Destinations
Looking for the best places to go winter walking? Here are some of our recommended destinations - let us know in the comments if there's any we've missed.
Feature · 13 Oct 2015
‘Far from the madding crowd’ in the Dordogne
After a successful trip to Var last year, James Benson ended up trail-testing another Cicerone walking guide to France with his family this year – this time Walking in the...
Feature · 14 Sept 2015
Sardinia in the Springtime
Armed with Paddy Dillon’s Walking in Sardinia and some recently-acquired Italian, Peter Thomasson and his wife Dorothy set off to explore the contrasting landscapes, fascinating pre-history and challenging road surfaces of Corsica’s big brother...
News · 27 Aug 2015
Another Cicerone Ultra trail success
Another Ultra Trail success story for Cicerone. Joe Williams completes the TDS Courmayeur to Chamonix Ultra Trail. Placed 158 out of 1600 runners. Here's how it unfolded.
Feature · 6 Aug 2015
A gentler pace in the Auvergne
For Rachel Crolla walking the mountains of the Auvergne in central France will always be associated with a unique time in her life – the time when she and Carl were completing the research for their second Cicerone guidebook ‘Walking in the...
Feature · 28 Jun 2015
Eagle-spotting in the Sierra de Gredos
Cicerone author Mike Dunn recommends some high-altitude day walking among the eagles, kites and vultures in the granite peaks of the Sierra de Gredos, in the Sistema Central in central Spain, just two hours west of Madrid.
Feature · 10 May 2015
Jebel el Kest: A stunning day in the Moroccan Anti-Atlas
The ascent of Jebel el Kest in Morocco’s Anti-Atlas is a stunning day in remote mountains – one of the very best hill days. Cicerone’s Publisher, Jonathan Williams, explored...
Feature · 10 May 2015
Climb Every Mountain: A musical history tour above Salzburg
The Sound of Music and Hitler's Eagles Nest are secondary to the stunning walking and trekking in the hills of Berchtesgaden, close to Salzburg. Andy Hodges describes some walking...
Feature · 14 Apr 2015
Spring and autumn in the Drôme Provencale
Local trek leader Hilary Sharp highlights the best places to walk in spring and autumn in the Drôme Provençale area of southern France, including Mont Ventoux, Saint Julien,...
Feature · 14 Apr 2015
How to choose your guides, bikes and mules in Peru's Sacred Valley
Will Janecek, for several years an adventure tour guide and hotelier in Ollantaytambo, Peru, shares his advice on the best way to go walking, biking or trekking – on foot or by...
Feature · 10 Mar 2015
Spring flowers of the Fenouillèdes, France
Spring is a gorgeous time of the year, no matter where you are. For Kat Morgenstern, however, one of the best places to spend the season of flowers is in the Fenouillèdes, in the...
Article · 24 Feb 2015
Walking on Lanzarote with a Cicerone guidebook
In this blog post, two regular Cicerone fans go walking on Lanzarote with the aid of a Cicerone guidebook. They took the latest edition of Paddy Dillon's guide Walking on...
Feature · 10 Feb 2015
Winter walking trails in the Black Forest
A guide to making the most of the Black Forest's dedicated winter walking and snowshoeing trails, in the mountains of southern Germany.
Feature · 10 Feb 2015
Springtime in Turkey's Taurus mountains
Dave Porter's first trip to the Taurus mountains of Turkey came about following the Foot and Mouth outbreak in 2001, when he decided to try and seek out alternative Easter/Spring walking destinations relatively close to home - places where big...
Article · 14 Jan 2015
The pleasures of autumn walking in Provence
Armed with both new volumes of Walking in Provence, courtesy of Cicerone's New for Old scheme and a clutch of IGN maps, we visited the small market town of Buis-les-Baronnies...
Article · 13 Jan 2015
Alan Hinkes: Schoolboy turned superstar climber
Today we received a letter containing a review of Alan Hinkes' 8000 Metres: Climbing the World's Highest Mountains and it was so lovely that we had to share it with you.