Feature · 10 Mar 2019
War Walks on the Swiss Jura Crest Trail
The Jura Crest Trail is the perfect starting point for exploring Swiss escape routes and World War II historical locations. Ali Rowsell describes some of the highlights.
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Feature · 9 Mar 2019
Hiking the GR249: Andalucia's La Gran Senda de Malaga
The Great Malaga Path is a wonderful long-distance hiking route that circumnavigates the province of Malaga in Andalucia and offers the best walking in southern Spain. Whether...
Feature · 3 Mar 2019
Why you should trek the classic Arctic Circle Trail, with a few top tips from Paddy Dillon
There might be big changes coming to Greenland’s Arctic Circle Trail, so now would be a good time to start making plans in order to experience the ‘classic’ route, says...
Feature · 2 Mar 2019
Rewilding Abruzzo - bears and wolves and learning to live together
Stuart Haines explains how the natural balance of the extraordinary biodiversity in Abruzzo in central Italy has been recovered through the practice of rewilding.
Feature · 10 Feb 2019
A winter camino... On Gran Canaria
After finding the summer heat insufferable on his first trip along the Camino de Santiago in Spain, Paddy Dillon decided to try a cooler alternative on Gran Canaria.
Feature · 3 Feb 2019
Be a bigfoot - give snowshoeing a try
It's not very surprising, given our mostly fickle winters, that not many people have tried snowshoeing. But Mick Borroff urges you to give it a go.
Feature · 12 Jan 2019
The Canal de la Garonne from Bordeaux to Toulouse – a cyclist’s dream
The Canal de la Garonne links the two historical cities of Bordeaux and Toulouse. It passes through countryside laden with charm and culture, all of it haunted by the shadow of...
Feature · 30 Dec 2018
What Cicerone staff have been doing this year... 2018
Everyone who works at Cicerone is a bit of a fleece-wearing outdoor adventure junkie and we try to practice what we preach. Here's what we've all been up to in 2018.
Feature · 29 Dec 2018
Snowshoeing in the Swiss Jura: a perfect weekend winter wonderland
Not far from Geneva, the opportunities for snowshoeing in the Jura mountains of Switzerland are superb. Accessible even for a weekend of winter walking, these mountains can be...
Feature · 1 Dec 2018
Celebrating Fifty Years... The Zermatt Safari
Bill O’Connor remembers a trip to ski-safari paradise Zermatt. This short story is taken from the commemorative book Fifty Years of Adventure.
Feature · 28 Nov 2018
Hiking the Tour of Mont Blanc with my dad
My dad’s a keen hiker and it has always been a dream of mine for us to hike together somewhere in the world. However, the logistics were always tricky; he lives in Australia and...
Feature · 10 Nov 2018
The Keschtnweg: A chestnut walk in northern Italy
With few English-language guides to the area, and in the spirit of pioneering lesser-known paths, Kevin Thomas describes the Eisacktal chestnut path – Keschtnweg – in South...
Feature · 28 Oct 2018
Trekking in the Parc Nacional D’Aigüestortes in the Spanish Pyrenees
When Clive and Jennifer Darley were invited by their colleagues Kath and Simon to join them for a trek through the Spanish Pyrenees, they accepted with enthusiasm. Simon is a...
Feature · 21 Oct 2018
The joys of fastpacking
Lily Dyu recounts some of her most memorable adventures (and misadventures) while multi-day running.
Feature · 20 Oct 2018
Hiking the Chariots of Fire trek in the Spanish Pyrenees
Jonathan Cook battles against snow and broken boots in a world of twisted water, towering mountains and shattered stone as he takes on a challenging high mountain circular route...
Feature · 7 Oct 2018
Discover the history of the GR5 Trail: Benelux and Lorraine
Carroll Dorgan, the author of Cicerone’s guidebook to the GR5 Trail: Benelux and Lorraine, described the highlights of that trail in a previous Cicerone Extra article. Here, he...
Feature · 3 Oct 2018
Hidden gem – St Moritz without the glitz – walking in the beautiful Engadine
The Engadine, the 'valley of the Inn people', is a high valley of contrasts, and home to one of Switzerland's national parks. In the Upper Engadine between Maloja and St Moritz at...
Feature · 29 Sept 2018
Discover the highlights of Benelux and Lorraine on the GR5 Trail
The GR5 is a long trek, running all the way from the Hoek van Holland to Nice in France, crossing the French alps along the way. The northern part of the GR5 trail, through...
Feature · 23 Sept 2018
Ultra Tour Monte Rosa – the hardest race no-one’s heard about
Have you run the Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc (UTMB)? Did you find it too easy? Do you wish you could challenge yourself a bit more? Well, legendary runner and five-times UTMB...
Feature · 22 Sept 2018
Camino Mozárabe – a time travelling pilgrimage in Iberia
The Camino Mozárabe is a 1500km pilgrimage route from the Mediterranean port of Almería to the Tomb of Saint James in Santiago de Compostela and onwards to Finisterre on...