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Five of the best long-distance hiking trails in Europe

We sat down with Elmar Teegelbeckers from hiking-trails.com to discuss his practical approach to long-distance hiking and the story behind the website. Elmar explains how his early experiences in the...

GR20 experience: tackling Europe’s toughest hiking trail

We sat down with Abbie Barnes to chat about their experience tackling the GR20, often called one of the toughest long-distance trails in Europe. Abbie shared their insights on the...

The Carpathian Mountains – the last European wilderness?

By Jonathan Cook Jonathan Cook and his trekking companion, James, were looking for an alternative but affordable trekking destination that didn't involve flying to the ends of the earth. The...

The Picos de Europa: what you need to know

The Pyrenees, the Sierra Nevada, the Guadarrama to the north of Madrid… the list of mountain ranges in Spain is as extensive as the country itself. But in the minds...

An introduction to trekking the GR20 Corsica

Corsica's celebrated GR20 is considered one of the most difficult of Europe's GR long-distance routes, traversing isolated mountain terrain with steep rocky ground that frequently calls for hands-on scrambling. But...

Website orders going to EU countries

If you're based in the EU, you can purchase your printed book from where ever you normally buy your books, not just from the Cicerone website. You can also purchase...

Coastal Walks in Andalucia: a complete planning guide

Just a few hundred metres from Andalucia's famous beaches, the mountains of the Subbetica range rise steeply from the coast to offer some of the finest walking in southern Europe....

An introduction to the GR7 Route in Andalucía

When Spain and long-distance treks come to mind, the thoughts of many walkers will invariably turn to the Camino and the network of paths leading to Santiago de Compostela. The...

Peaks of the Balkans experience: what it’s like to hike the remote cross-border trail

We caught up with Rudolf Abraham to hear about his experience hiking the Peaks of the Balkans trail while researching and writing our guidebook. Spanning three countries — Montenegro, Albania,...

Everything you need to know about Spain’s Sendero Histórico, the GR1

The Sendero Histórico (or GR1) is a trail that combines great scenery with a gentle lesson in Spain’s fascinating history. Traversing the north of Spain it sits in the shadow...

Walking in the Algarve: a complete planning guide

Portugal's southernmost region is far more than its famous sandy beaches suggest. The Algarve offers 32 graded day walks ranging from 4 to 18km (2 to 11 miles), taking walkers...

An Introduction to the Camino Portugués (Portuguese Way)

Starting in Portugal’s capital, Lisbon, and ending in Santiago de Compostela in Spain, the 620km Portuguese Camino – ‘Caminho Português’ in Portuguese and ‘Camino Portugués’ in Spanish – has attracted...

Discover the Via Francigena — everything you need to know

The Via Francigena is one of Europe’s great pilgrimage routes — a journey through landscapes rich in history, culture and natural beauty. From Canterbury Cathedral to Rome, then beyond to...

Cycling the Danube: Budapest to the Black Sea

The 2772km-long Danube is Europe’s second longest river (behind the Volga). Rising in the German Black Forest, it runs through 10 countries on its way to the Black Sea. In...

What are GPX files?

Gone are the days when planning a hike meant unfolding a paper map and plotting your route by hand. With GPS technology and digital mapping apps now widely available, many...

Walking Lake Garda and Iseo: a complete planning guide

At the foot of the Alps in north Italy, the magnificent expanse of Lago di Garda is an irresistible magnet for sport and nature lovers, along with its attractive western...

In conversation with Rudolf Abraham: Hiking the High Scardus Trail

Rudolf Abraham has been walking the mountains of the Balkans for more than two decades, and his guidebook, Hiking the High Scardus Trail, is the first to cover this remote 314km route through North Macedonia, Kosovo and Albania. The trail crosses the vast pastures of the Shar Mountains, climbs Mount Korab, the highest peak in both Albania and North Macedonia, and finishes at the UNESCO-listed Monastery of Saint Naum on the shores of Lake Ohrid. Here, we talk to Rudolf about how the trail came about, what sets it apart from the neighbouring Peaks of the Balkans, and the wildflowers, wildlife and hospitality that make it one of the last places in Europe where you can genuinely feel off the map.

Trekking from Munich to Venice: Der Traumpfad

By John Hayes Der Traumpfad is a must-do trek for walkers looking for an epic trans-alpine adventure between Munich and Venice, combining challenging terrain, spectacular scenery and culture. Ever since...

Walking the GR221 through Mallorca’s Tramuntana mountains

By Joakim Steinsvåg Keen for a hike before winter, Joakim Steinsvåg spent a week under blue skies hiking the GR221 through Mallorca’s Tramuntana range. After the huge disappointment of having...

The GR5 Trail – Benelux and Lorraine: a complete planning guide

The thought that you can step off a ferry on the North Sea coast and follow a single waymarked trail all the way to the Mediterranean is both thrilling and...

GR5 Vosges and Jura – walking the borderlands of France

By Les Smith and Elizabeth Smith When the time came to update their Cicerone guide, Les and Elizabeth Smith were happy to have an excuse to revisit the Vosges and...

Bikepacking King Alfred's Way: a conversation with Ed Hunton

Bikepacking King Alfred’s Way offers a journey through some of southern England’s most evocative landscapes, weaving together chalk downs, wooded hillsides, ancient tracks and quiet river valleys. We caught up...

Tour of Monte Rosa experience: tackling the ultimate Alpine trek

We caught up with Maddy Williams to hear about her experience trekking the Tour of Monte Rosa while researching and writing our TMR guidebook. As one of the most spectacular...

Hiking the High Scardus Trail: a complete planning guide

Few long-distance trails in Europe deserve the word epic quite like the High Scardus Trail (HST). Running for 314km (195 miles) through the mountainous borderlands of North Macedonia, Kosovo and...