Features section is where Easy Hiker mulls on things other than but related to easy hiking
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all our friends and readers! New Adventures for Beginners in 2026 will take us into the hidden world of France’s second city … … up and down the riverside of the European capital of Rock’n Roll … … and into newly created open spaces of somewhere closer…
Overtourism is in the headlines. Natives in some of Europe’s favourite destinations are protesting, demanding restrictions and aiming water pistols at foreign visitors – for the time being, they still leave it at that. For decades, tourists – inasmuch as they were thinking at all about the impact they were having on their host towns…
Winter is the season that most dramatically divides the world into North and South. But here is a comforting thought for all those among you who are currently in the grip of the cold and the dark: the people who inhabit the gentler climes of the Mediterranean may be spared the worst of the weather,…
Are you sitting comfortably? Enjoying your Christmas holidays in the warmth of your home while you can hear the winter rains coming down and the cold winds blow? Good. Because today’s post is not meant to chase you out of the house in search of some outdoor experience but to make you lean back and…
Book Review Today’s post is about more reading matter, not for quiet contemplation (in contrast to last week’s Christmas reading list) but focusing instead on a single book for your active planning. If you are looking forward to travelling through Europe in 2018, intending to rely on public transport for any part of your journey, this book…
Across most of the northern hemisphere, the Christmas season has always been a time for quiet contemplation rather than hectic activity, the time for thinking things through rather than actually doing them. For hikers, it is a time for remembering past adventures and for planning new ones – and for reading about hikes from the…
I have always found, going (a long way) back to the time when I was a child, that the week between Christmas and 1 January had something magical about it: the old year is clearly over – newspapers and TV schedules are full with reviews and “this was the year that was” analyses – while…
GUEST POST There are many myths about how hard it is hiking mountains. But these five mountains we are presenting today will prove that such myths are to be taken with a grain of salt. Mountain hiking is not just about ropes, the cold and the tremendous efforts required. It is also about the beauty the…
Aristotle, Train Stations and the Romance of Travel Christmas may not be the best time of the year for hiking, but it is surely perfect for reading about it: so much time on your hands, so few incentives to step out your front door (with either the rain pouring down in buckets or the temperature…
From Easy Hiker to Easy Hikers My Christmas Presents for Hikers This Christmas may already have come and gone, but it is never too late to receive presents, is it? Which is why today’s post is filled with little gifts from the international travel press that may have been overlooked in the hustle-and-bustle of our…