We have just returned from a trip to the northern coast of Sicily and will tell you all about it in a three-part series of posts starting next week. As usual, we will tell you where to go for scenic “easy hikes” but also how to discover some off-the-wall sites and where to go for top-quality and top-value meals in Sicily.
We will begin in with a visit of Palermo, Sicily’s largest town and ancient capital: a place where different traditions meet, often in fascinating and unforeseeable ways.
Hikers can explore the Sussex Coastal Culture Trail from Eastbourne to Hastings – all 29 km of it – comfortably in two or, better still, in three stages. Such a longer trip ensures a better balance as otherwise, there is a risk that your Sussex Coastal Culture Trail experience will be all trail and no…
Lakeside hiking trails are, in general, good fun. Good fun: it is this lack of more profound ambitions that makes lakeside hiking trails popular but that also limits their appeal. If one were to classify hiking routes according to their level of complexity, trails around small inland lakes would wind up at the very bottom…
Hiking in Mallorca Hiking in Mallorca in Ermita de Betlem Mallorca is a small island and nearly as densely populated as Holland, without even counting the 9 million visitors who come here each year. So it’s all the more striking if you consider that you can walk for hours in the Park Natural de Llevant…
The shorelines of Lake Mergozzo and the Lago Maggiore are less than a mile and a world apart. Where the Lago Maggiore is sublime and dramatic, Lake Mergozzo is serene and understated – and where the former is besieged by crowds, you can conduct a walk around its near neighbour in blessed solitude. The contrast…
What does a hiking festival in Italy need to do to attract the punters? Serve a five-course lunch along the way, for example – and do not skimp on the wine Not everybody loves hiking in large, organized groups, … … but whatever their drawbacks, these “hiking festivals” clearly have their advantages, too. One such…
Today, we will start our second set of walks in Emilia-Romagna. In contrast to the first group of hikes that we posted a few weeks ago – which were full day trips – the shorter walks from this second group require less of a commitment and take a much smaller chunk out of your holiday…