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Juliana Trail

The Juliana Trail is a fairly new long distance trail in Slovenia that totals 205 miles (if you include additional stages). Most of the walk is circular, which is rare for long distance trails, with the circle traversing around the Julian Alps for 168 miles in 16 stages. Add in castles and an additional four stages, […]

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Wilderness Scotland

Wilderness Scotland is an award-winning Scottish company focused primarily on guided hiking but they do offer a few self-guided inn to inn hiking trips and self-drive trips that are top-notch. They are highly respected in the travel industry for their leadership in promoting sustainable practices and they have a huge fan base of happy customers.

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Wine Country Trekking

Wine Country Trekking is a US based company offering California inn to inn hiking walking holidays that include wine tasting, catered dinners on the beach, kayaking and luxury accommodations. All of their trips are self-guided but with concierge level services and excursions. This is luxury walking, no doubt about it, and it’s a great option

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Wild Rover Travel

Wild Rover Travel is fairly new to the scene. The Irish-Danish couple who started this are based in Denmark and are one of the few companies that offer self-guided walking holidays in Denmark. They also offer cycling trips and walking holidays throughout Europe. Something we noticed right away was how good their selection was, not

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We Love Small Hotels

We Love Small Hotels is a Portuguese business run by two sisters who focus on pairing active holidays with exceptional boutique lodging in Portugal and the Azores Islands. They offer self-guided walking holidays along traditional routes as well as other less-known paths. Trips often include dinners, cooking classes and other excursions. We LOVE their business

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Walking Mallorca

Walking Mallorca is the walking holiday landing page for Ca’s Curial, a hotel in Soller on the Spanish island of Mallorca. They offer 22 hiking routes, all with detailed walking notes that are available on this site. This is a center-based walking holiday that’s completely customizable, letting you choose the duration of your stay, what

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Walkers Britain

Walkers Britain is the UK based company formerly known as Sherpa Expeditions. They offer a large variety of self-guided and guided walking and cycling trips throughout Europe. This is a large company that subcontracts their trips to local operators, so you can find cheaper options for some of their trips. Loyal fans would rather not

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Walk Japan

Walk Japan was co-founded by American and English professors based in Hong Kong who wanted to create tours for people who love walking and learning about other cultures. They succeeded and are now one of the premier tour companies offering self-guided and guided walking holidays throughout Japan. Their routes include Nakasendo, Basho, Kiso, Kumano, Tokaido,

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