Focus · 1 Mar 2022
Hiking in France, or cycling, or skiing... France has it all
From cycling to snowshoeing, Alpine hiking to flower-spotting, caminos to canals, France has got it all. Here's a selection of our favourite things to do in France.
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Article · 22 May 2021
5 reasons to choose a gravel bike
Suitable for cycling on both tarmac and muddy trails, gravel bikes are versatile and fantastic for off and on-road routes. Here are five reasons why Richard Barrett, a long-time road bike enthusiast, believes your next bike should be a gravel bike.
Focus · 18 Apr 2021
Cycling routes and bikes: guidebooks, expert advice, touring, kit and adventure stories
Day rides, cycle touring, mountain biking, sportives, bikepacking or just a bike ride. Here we focus on all aspects of getting on your bike for a great adventure, starting with...
Focus · 21 Mar 2021
Family-friendly outdoor adventures
Routes and ideas for the holidays – walks, bike rides, hiking, paddling, scrambles and overnight camps. Share outdoor adventures with the whole family, have fun together and inspire the youngsters to love and cherish wild and rural landscapes.
Article · 11 Oct 2020
Mountain-biking Harris's Postman's Path
After years of thinking of excuses not to, Cicerone author Peter Edwards finally tackled the Postman’s Path on the Isle of Harris in the Outer Hebrides
Feature · 11 Jul 2020
Exploring mountain bike trails in Rwanda
Mountain bike enthusiast and Cicerone author Jan Bakker is on a quest to find mountain bike tracks in the east-central African country of Rwanda
Feature · 13 Jun 2020
Guidebooks: a source of inspiration and memory
Mark Charlton reflects on his love of guidebooks and the memories of walking and trekking around the world that each contains.
Feature · 12 May 2020
Travel to open spaces, but not to the mountains
The Government has relaxed rules related to travel and unlimited exercise, however there is an important and unified message coming from various authorities in mountain areas...
Feature · 8 May 2020
Meet our Cicerone Connect members: "Oh the places we have been!"
Cicerone Connect, our new Facebook community, has become a brilliant place to share your trip photos, planning questions and bucket-list ideas. We thought we'd share a few...
Feature · 29 Dec 2019
What Cicerone staff have been doing this year... 2019
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 2019.
Video · 17 Nov 2019
Explore the world with a Cicerone guidebook
Choose a Cicerone guidebook for your activities - guidebooks cover walking, trekking, climbing, scrambling, trail running, cycling, mountain biking and more. There are hundreds of...
Video · 15 Nov 2019
Discover mountain biking with a Cicerone guidebook
Discover mountain biking with a Cicerone guidebook. Choose a Cicerone guidebook for mountain biking in the UK, Europe and beyond. Our range includes guidebooks to mountain biking...
Article · 31 Jul 2019
Hidden Gem – Nidderdale, a Yorkshire Dale often overlooked
Nidderdale – not necessarily the first name you would think of when visiting the Yorkshire Dales, and yet it is no less worthy than its better-known neighbours of Wharfedale and...
Feature · 16 Jun 2019
Why you should get out more with the kids
Outdoors writer and primary school teacher Rachel Crolla, co-author of a new child-oriented guide to the Lake District, explains why having outdoor adventures with the children is...
Article · 2 Jan 2019
Celebrating Fifty Years... Enduring Cicerone titles
If you look on the website, you will see that Cicerone has an enviable, and really quite staggering, collection of nearly 400 titles, available as both printed books and e-books...
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.
Article · 8 Dec 2018
Cicerone Press at 50: From then to now
In this abridged extract from Fifty Years of Adventure, Kev Reynolds and Jonathan Williams look back at Cicerone's story, from then to now.
Article · 19 Sept 2018
An intro to... Innsbruck, the Capital of the Alps
How about a destination combining a variety of outdoor adventures and vibrant culture alongside quick access to the mountains? Welcome to Innsbruck, the Capital of the Alps.
Article · 26 Aug 2018
What is bikepacking?
Jim Sutherland explains what bikepacking is: the combination of lightweight backpacking with mountain biking, or touring on a mixture of roads, gravel tracks, single track and sometimes walking paths for multiple days with an overnight stop.
Article · 18 Nov 2017
Bikepacking the Moray Coast Trail
Jim Sutherland describes his bikepacking trip along the Moray Coast Trail in Scotland - plenty of hills, laughs and some good food.