Walking Holidays
Savouring Julia Bradbury's spectacular Iceland
Launched on 11 May at 9 p.m. on BBC 4 is the intrepid Julia Bradbury’s latest walking adventure across 60 kilometres of Iceland’s most famous hiking route – which ends at the volcano which brought air traffic across Europe to a standstill.
A guided walk through glorious Colombia
Britain’s leading guided walks operator, Ramblers Worldwide Holidays, is offering 16 and 18 day tours to Colombia a relatively undiscovered Latin American destination.
Undiscovered Portugal – 8 day walking holiday
The Sao Marmede Natural Park, on Portugal's frontier with central Spain, is one of Europe's best kept secrets. Life has changed little in the picturesque villages where bread, cheeses and regional wines are still produced in traditional ways.
Ramblers Worldwide Holidays to Thailand
Britain’s leading guided walks operator, Ramblers Worldwide Holidays, is offering an 18 day holiday to Thailand embracing, the capital, Bangkok, the mountainous north, the north-east plateau and the fertile rice-growing Central Plains.
Celebrate Everest Day with Gap Adventures
Everest Day is coming up on 29 May, marking the achievements of Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay who were the first to reach the summit of Mount Everest on the Nepal-China border.
Hiking the Corfu trail
Walks Worldwide offers the chance to enjoy one the most famous walking routes in Europe, the Corfu Trail. Whilst two weeks are required to walk the entire route which stretches the entire length of the island, Walks Worldwide also offers a 10 day trip to enjoy selected sections.
Springtime hiking in Cyprus
At the heart of Cyprus are the Troödos Mountains, a haven for walkers with paths that traverse cedar and pine forests, olive groves, vineyards and orchards of lemon trees.
Keep on track with Fine Individual Hotels best UK walks
With milder weather and the British countryside reawakening with spring flowers and wildlife, what better time to dust off those walking boots and book a stay away to explore by foot some of the UK’s most scenic areas; secure in the knowledge that after an invigorating days walk a sumptuous dinner and a comfortable night’s sleep awaits.
Sales soar for Chameleon Worldwide
Chameleon Worldwide, the name behind leading specialist travel brands including Wildlife Worldwide, Walks Worldwide, Families Worldwide, Dive Worldwide, Oceans Worldwide and Schools Worldwide reports a significant uplift in bookings.
Walking in Poland
Walks Worldwide has a trip to Poland which offers the chance to discover the far south east of the country – the wild and sparsely populated region of the Bieszczady (a popular hiking haunt of Pope John Paul II).
Travel the 'Pilgrim's Way' - Camino de Santiago
'The Way' is a stunning new movie hitting the big screens in May, starring Martin Sheen and directed by Emilio Estevez. The film is about the ‘Pilgrim’s Way’ better known as the Camino de Santiago. Over the centuries millions have walked the trail, located in North West Spain, to venerate the tomb of the Apostle St. James–Santiago.
Martin Sheen walks 'The Way'
Once the assassin in ‘Apocalypse Now’ and president in ‘The West Wing’, legendary actor, Martin Sheen, now stars in ‘The Way’ – a drama set on the Camino de Santiago – pilgrimage of Christian’s venerating the remains of St James at the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in Northern Spain.
Follow in famous footsteps along the Camino de Santiago
Actor Martin Sheen first achieved his dreams of walking the ancient 800km pilgrimage across Northern Spain in 2003 but pledged to return as the walk ‘proved too magical to experience in such a short space of time’.
Hit the trail for history, heritage and exercise in Derbyshire
Don your walking boots and turn the clock back to follow in the footsteps of the wealthiest woman in Elizabethan England… or walk back in time to explore the most northerly place in Britain where Ice Age man came to hunt.
Wildlife watching on a Norfolk walking tour
For a lovely spring break amid the stunning British countryside, HF Holidays – the UK’s largest walking and leisure activity holiday organisation – suggests its seven-day self-guided itinerary along Norfolk’s coastline which is internationally renowned as a nature-lovers paradise.