Article · 6 Nov 2021
Walking the Peaks of the Balkans Trail
In late May Cicerone author Alex Kendall and his friend Dieter walked the Peaks of the Balkans Trail, a circuit through the Dinaric Alps of Kosovo, Albania and Montenegro
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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...
Feature · 27 Dec 2020
Camping and kayaking in Norway: a packrafting adventure
Combining camping, walking and kayaking, Alex Kendall set out on a packrafting expedition to explore the peninsulas and fjords of Senja island in Norway.
Feature · 15 Aug 2020
Hiking on Greece's Cycladic islands
Cicerone author and walking guide Gilly Cameron-Cooper has watched Greece's Cycladic islands emerge as a charming but challenging hiking destination
Article · 5 Aug 2020
Back in the Italian Dolomites on the Alta Via 1
With Covid-19 precautions now in place, Cicerone's Italian Dolomites author Gillian Price is overjoyed to be in her favourite mountains and on her favourite trail. Yippee!
Article · 1 Aug 2020
Creating the Sulmona Valley loop in Abruzzo
Stuart Haines, author of Cicerone's Walking in Abruzzo, has created a long-distance footpath in the Apennines of central Italy
Feature · 8 Jul 2020
Trekking the Tour du Mont Blanc backwards
OK, Cicerone’s Jonathan Williams didn’t really walk the Tour du Mont Blanc backwards, he just went the 'wrong' way round.
Feature · 27 May 2020
How to write a guidebook: Jack or Jill of all trades – and master of... guidebook writing
Ronald Turnbull explains how writing is a rather small part of being a guidebook writer as well as dismissing once and for all some popular misconceptions about his chosen career.
Article · 17 May 2020
The awkwardness of book ideas in August
Ronald Turnbull on the particular difficulties you can encounter when pitching a book idea to Cicerone in August - normally peak holiday season.
Feature · 4 May 2020
The joy of walking
Kev Reynolds has been reflecting on why he fell in love with walking many, many years ago and, despite only being allowed to walk circuits of his miniature garden, he is still daydreaming of walking holidays.
Article · 29 Apr 2020
Whinge along with me
Kev Reynolds is famous among walkers and trekkers as one of the most prolific guidebook writers of all time (maybe). As a 'vulnerable' person he is limited to walking around his small garden and he's gone completely stir-crazy. Here he expresses his...
Article · 21 Mar 2020
Springtime walks in confinement
Confinement has put normal life on hold in France. But for Cicerone author Hilary Sharp, who lives in Provence, brief walks in the local area to enjoy the spring sunshine and flowers are still a vital part of her daily routine.
Feature · 22 Feb 2020
Flinders Island: a hiking jewel in the Bass Strait
If you’re looking for somewhere different, rarely visited, incredibly beautiful and with diverse walking opportunities, then Flinders Island should be ranked high on your list...
Feature · 25 Jan 2020
Walking in Zagori: Greece at its most wild and beautiful
With one route to go to finish his Zagori hiking guide and in a race against the turning weather, Aris-Dimitrios Leontaritis confidently set off for Mount Tymphi. But it doesn't...
Article · 11 Jan 2020
Trekking the GR31 across the Canary Islands
The island-hopping GR131 is an amazing trail offering the best possible route across all seven of the Canary Islands. It takes in some of the best scenery that each island offers...
Article · 5 Jan 2020
An intro to… Tasmania’s Overland Track
Combine a dramatic landscape with a vast wilderness and intriguing history and you get one of the world’s great walks – the Overland Track. Warwick Sprawson introduces Australia’s most famous hike.
Article · 1 Jan 2020
Explore Tenerife - from easy strolls, day-walks to long-distance trails
I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve found myself in Tenerife in the middle of winter. Sometimes I’ve visited to explore the island, and other times it’s been an...
Feature · 1 Jan 2020
The other side of the Canary Islands
Prolific walker and writer Paddy Dillon describes how the sun-kissed Canaries have transformed themselves into a great destination for day walkers and for trekkers since he first touched down, by accident, in Tenerife.
Feature · 28 Dec 2019
My first Cicerone guides
Good advice has always been central to Cicerone's guidebooks and, as they celebrate 50 years as a leading light in the outdoor world, nothing has changed, says Andy Hodges
Feature · 8 Dec 2019
Walking in the Altai mountains of Russia and Mongolia
Mike Wells and his partner Christine Gordon spent two weeks in the Altai mountains, trekking to mountain summits, hidden lakes and remote valleys on the borders of Russia and...