hiking

Newcastle and Hadrian's Wall By PatrickLondon from London, England, Summer 2006 A brief look at Newcastle/Gateshead and three days walking the central section of Hadrian's Wall. This trip report was originally posted on slowtrav.com. 17/18 June: Preliminaries: Why Hadrian's Wall? And an...

June 2024 - A Week in Vittel My husband Steve and I spent a night in Vittel last year when driving from the UK to Switzerland and decided to have a week here in June on our drive to Switzerland. Vittel is a small spa town in the Vosges department east of the mountains that run parallel to the...

By alpinista from Virginia, Summer 2010 Alpinista spends a week hiking the Hadrian's Wall trail in July 2010. This trip report was originally published on SlowTrav.com. Background When my legs were much younger (and my wife more tolerant of my adventures), I climbed mountains in Europe, Asia...

We leave for Switzerland tomorrow, driving from the UK. We’ve been doing this trip every September for several years now. We will be doing the same driving plan - drive to the Chunnel and into France, first night in Arras, second night in Colmar, arrive Friday after in Lenk (in the Berner...

In the 1990s Chet and Carolee Lipton wrote a brilliant set of books about hiking in Europe: Walking Easy in the Swiss Alps Walking Easy in the Italian Alps Walking Easy in the French Alps Walking Easy in the Austrian Alps In the 2000s these books were updated and combined into two books. New...

By teaberry from USA, Fall 2012 September 22 to October 3, 2012 Terry and her husband spent three days in London and a glorious week in the Cotswolds, touring, hiking and visiting with friends. This trip report was originally published on SlowTrav. Arrival We landed at Heathrow at 10:02am; it...

By teaberry from USA, Summer 2013 Four days in Munich, Germany and a week in Castelrotto, Italy, in the Dolomites, in July, hiking and enjoying the local ambiance. Heaven. This trip report was originally posted on SlowTrav. The Trip that Almost Didn't Happen This is the trip that almost...

The Amalfi Coast is a south facing peninsula in the Campania region, south of Naples. It is lined with mountains that drop steeply to the coast. Towns spread up the mountain sides from the water. The main towns from west to east are Positano, Praiano, Amalfi, and Ravello. There are more towns...

Heavy cloud over the mountains from Positano. This is not a good day to walk the Path of the Gods.

Praiano to Bomerano. Grotte di Santa Barbara.

Praiano to Bomerano.

Praiano to Bomerano.

Praiano to Path of the Gods via San Domenico. You have reached the trail!

Praiano to Path of the Gods via San Domenico. This route is steep and rocky.

Praiano to Path of the Gods via San Domenico.

Praiano to Path of the Gods via San Domenico.

Praiano to Path of the Gods via San Domenico. This route is steep and rocky.

Praiano to Path of the Gods via San Domenico.

Praiano to Path of the Gods via San Domenico.

Praiano to Path of the Gods via San Domenico.