easy hiking trails in Europe
Some Festivals in Germany There’s more to German festivals than the Oktoberfest. Why not combine your hike with a trip to coincide with one of the festivals in Germany – or vice versa? Here are some suggestions. 1) Rhine in Flames – Nights of Bengal Fire A night of fireworks on the Seven Mountains. Ideal if…
An Easy Paris Hiking Trail Get a feel for France profonde an hour away from Paris in Santeuil (Val d’Oise). Take this Paris hiking trail in the Valley of the Viosne. Have a break from the shopping and sight seeing you’ve done in the City of Lights and breath the French countryside.
Day Trips from Paris The Hiking Trail in Versailles This time, Monsieur et Madame Easy Hiker continue their exploration of the hiking trails near Paris, this time in the Forest of Versailles. One of the most attractive features that a hiking landscape can have is a lake. Think about it: when did you last encounter…
Hiking in Germany The Rheinsteig Hiking Trail Trail A very, very long 320 km from Bonn in the north (near Cologne) to Wiesbaden in the south (near Frankfurt) in 23 stages. Who has time for that? Which is why I strongly recommend to concentrate on the views-and-castles-galore central stretch between Koblenz and Rüdesheim on stages…
Easy hikes in Spain Easy Hiking in Mallorca Who would have thought there is easy hiking in Mallorca? Let Fiona McLean tell you about hiking in Mallorca to do to walk off that hangover after that stag night. by Fiona McLean Mallorca is a much misunderstood and often maligned Mediterranean island. It is so…
Hiking in Germany A Black Forest Hike The Black Forest offers varied hiking trails to those going hiking in Germany. This is one of them. Laurel tells us about one she did. A guest post by Laurel Robbins This Black Forest hike is a circuit hike near Freiburg in the southern Black Forest that leads…
Hiking in Germany Oktoberfest and Easy Hiking Altmuehltal-Panoramaweg Trail 200 km in 10 stages from Gunzenhausen to Kelheim, an east-west stretch between Nuremberg and Munich (home of the Oktoberfest) in Bavaria, the southeastern corner of Germany. The western half of the hiking trail (the five stages west of Eichstätt) is easily accessible by train. The…
Guest Post: Easy hiking – UK by Natalia Kent is often called ‘The Garden of England’. In the country’s South-East, most parts are easily accessible from London by road and rail, and the area is home to a wealth of National Trust and English Heritage properties. It is also an ideal area for walking. Not only does…
Hiking in Germany Hiking Eifelsteig Trail In 2008, sections of several older German hiking trails through the rural and underdeveloped Eifel region (southwest of Cologne, near the German-Belgian border) were patched together to form the continuous Eifelsteig: 300 km, divided into 15 stages, from Aachen to Trier. Profile The Eifel is different from other easy…
Walking near Paris A Hiking Trail in Chantilly This time, our Paris hike brings us to a hiking trail in Chantilly, 30 minutes by train from the Gare du Nord, for a short hike of two hours with much to see on the way – particularly for people with at least a passing interest in…