Article · 30 Jul 2022
Trekking the Robert Louis Stevenson Trail
Cicerone authors Nike and Jacint had a wonderful time walking, and writing about, the Robert Louis Stevenson Trail in France. This video shows a couple of highlights from their...
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Article · 4 May 2022
History along the Brittany Coast Path (GR34): Part 2
Brittany’s history is distinctive and interesting, and Walking the Brittany Coast Path author Carroll Dorgan has a story to tell for each stage of the trek. In Part 2 of his...
Article · 30 Apr 2022
History along the Brittany Coast Path (GR34): Part 1
Brittany’s history is distinctive and interesting, and Walking the Brittany Coast Path author Carroll Dorgan has a story to tell for each stage of the trek. In Part 1 of a...
Article · 23 Apr 2022
Highlights of the Brittany Coast Path (GR34)
The first section of the Brittany Coast Path from Mont-Saint-Michel to Roscoff (around 624km), includes some of the most spectacular scenery of the Breton coast. Carroll Dorgan,...
Article · 5 Mar 2022
The unmissable castles of the Cathar Way
While researching the new edition of Cicerone’s guidebook for The Cathar Way, a 260km long-distance path through Languedoc in Southern France, Luke Smith and Nell Sleet trekked to all nine of the medieval castles that emerge from the rocky...
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.
Focus · 13 Dec 2021
Kev Reynolds: Remembering the man with the world's best job
Fond memories of Kev Reynolds – writer, photographer, journalist, lecturer. An inspiration to many, and a wonderful friend. So many stories, here we have pulled together a few...
Article · 11 Dec 2021
Chasing the first snow in the French Pyrenees
Ever since Alecsa Stewart moved to a valley at the foot of the French Pyrenees, the high-altitude peaks surrounding it have been an indicator of the weather patterns and the...
Article · 13 Nov 2021
Autumn tour of the Aiguilles Rouges
Iain Davidson gives an account of his five-day tour around the Aiguilles Rouges mountains near Chamonix. Close to the end of the season, the trail was undertaken in a fast and light style, staying in mountain huts and camping in the Chamonix valley...
Podcast · 10 Nov 2021
Paddy Dillon’s top winter sunshine destinations for hiking and trekking
A dose of walking somewhere sunny can break up the cold and wet winter and, whilst we can't actually guarantee the weather, there are a few reliable destinations. Paddy Dillon...
Article · 11 Sept 2021
Highlights of the Robert Louis Stevenson Trail
Nike Werstroh and Jacint Mig, the authors of Cicerone's Trekking the Robert Louis Stevenson Trail, have made a film of the highlights of the 272km trail through France's Velay and...
Podcast · 4 Aug 2021
Trekking on Corsica with Paddy Dillon and Gillian Price
While most famous for the challenging GR20, renowned as Europe's toughest long-distance trail, Corsica also offers several shorter treks including the Mare a Mare and Mare e...
Video · 15 May 2021
Hiking Chamonix to Zermatt
In 2019, Brandon Neubert and his brother embarked on an epic journey across Switzerland on the Haute Route. Together they hiked 130 miles (210km) and climbed 30,866 feet (9408m) from Chamonix, France, to Zermatt, Switzerland. This film charts their...
Video · 15 May 2021
Preparing to hike Chamonix to Zermatt
Preparing for the Swiss Haute Route, from Chamonix to Zermatt, required hours of effort and weeks of planning. In this video, Brandon Neubert breaks down and shares some of the most important things he learned while plotting his adventure
Live · 6 Jul 2021
Walking and trekking on Corsica with Paddy Dillon and Gillian Price
In our July Cicerone Live event, join Cicerone authors Paddy Dillon and Gillian Price to explore walking and trekking on Corsica.
Article · 10 Apr 2021
Trekking on Corsica: connecting breathtaking coastlines and stunning mountains
South of Marseilles and worlds away from the French Riviera, the breathtaking Mediterranean island of Corsica is a paradise for walkers. In her Cicerone guidebook, Short Treks on...
Article · 27 Feb 2021
In the footsteps of Robert Louis Stevenson on the GR70
Some 140 years after Robert Louis Stevenson and his donkey Modestine set out on their 12-day hike through France's Velay and Cevennes regions, Nike Werstroh, the author of...
Video · 6 Feb 2021
Discovering the Robert Louis Stevenson Trail (GR70)
Greg Chase followed in Robert Louis Stevenson's footsteps in the mountains of southern France – and made a film!
Article · 8 Nov 2020
Post-lockdown travels in the Cevennes
France had been in lockdown for three months as Covid-19 took over normal life, with borders closed and inhabitants banned from travelling more than 1km. When restrictions finally started to lift, Cicerone author Pamela Harris hastily organised her...
Article · 12 Sept 2020
When Kev met Big Oz and Little Al on the TMB
Tour of Mont Blanc guidebook author Kev Reynolds regularly re-walks the route around Europe's most iconic mountain. On this trip he bumped into a couple of Australians he called...