‘Humans are designed to connect outdoors’: community hiking in Slovakia’s High Tatras
A walking holiday with a group of strangers to the highest range in the Carpathians promises adventure, stunning views and camaraderie
A Canterbury trail: my pilgrimage from the cathedral to the white cliffs of Dover
After exploring the cathedral city, I battled the heatwave while walking to the Kent coast on the Via Francigena
A family group walking holiday in Exmoor: steam trains, tree climbing and lashings of ice-cream
Would walking buddies convince reluctant children that hiking can be fun? A group trip with an Enid Blyton vibe proved a hit with the whole family
Walking in France’s ‘garden of Eden’: a new route in the gorgeous Gorges du Tarn
Europe’s longest and most dramatic canyon is replete with exotic wildlife, including kingfishers and beavers, ruined castles and architectural oddities
‘The landscape offers the same russet and ochre hues as the Bayeux tapestry’: walking the 1066 trail in East Sussex
With the British Museum’s blockbuster Bayeux tapestry exhibition opening soon, we follow in the footsteps of William the Conqueror and King Harold’s armies around Battle and Rye
Six of the best long-distance European trails to walk in summer
From a less-crowded camino and the Slovenian Alps to a stunning river trail and Ireland’s remote Beara peninsula
Trekking through a living mountain culture: Spain’s Picos de Europa
A landscape of forbidding peaks west of Bilbao plays host to an improbable world full of wild flowers, animals and resilient cheesemakers
Incredible panoramas, wildflower meadows and the odd wild horse: readers’ favourite walks in Europe
From cliffside views of Lake Garda to post-hike saunas in Sweden, you share your most memorable walking trips
Art trails, swimming spots and punt safaris, all easily accessible from Cambridge’s new train station
With Cambridge South about to welcome its first passengers, it’s an ideal time to explore some of the university city’s lesser-known treasures on foot or by public transport
The ultimate beach hike: Portugal’s Fishermen’s Trail reveals the Algarve’s wild side
This long-distance coastal trek takes in towering rock faces, isolated beaches and tasty pitstops
Whale watching and skinny dipping: three leisurely days on the Tomaree coastal walk
The 27km trail on the NSW mid-north coast reveals wildlife of the land and sea, plus the option to go clothes-free
A family holiday on the hoof: donkey trekking in the Spanish Pyrenees
A week-long mountain trek with two young children felt like an ambitious undertaking – but they loved every minute
From churches and castles to wonderfully weird Portmeirion: exploring Wales’s north-west coast on foot and by train
The Cambrian Line hugs the shore, offering easy access to the Wales Coast Path, the Cadfan Way pilgrimage route and glorious Cardigan Bay
Five stunning walks on the new King Charles III England coast path
The 2,700-mile route covering the entire English coastline is almost complete. We walked less trodden sections big on scenery and history
Fabulous views, ferry rides and tucked-away beaches: readers’ favourite UK coast walks
From the wilds of Galloway and spectacular Pembrokeshire to the cockle sheds of Southend, our readers share their best seaside walks