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This video shows a walk from St. Bees in the east to Robin Hood’s Bay in the west, traversing the width of the North of England through the Lake District, the Yorkshire Dales and the North York Moors.  

In this video travel guru, David Wickers gets first hand experience of the practicalities of walking & cycling holidays. Catalonia provides ideal territory for either with a combination of well managed and varied routes, diverse landscapes within a relatively small area and some great hotels and restaurants.  

Some of the fiercest and bloodiest battles in World War I were fought in a small corner of western Belgium – the Ypres Salient. Today an area of bucolic farmland sprinkled with reconstructed villages, the region is nevertheless filled with soldiers’ cemeteries and war memorials, reminders of the brutal destruction of four years of trench warfare. The world’s eyes will be on Belgium this year for the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War. The first soldier to be killed in the fighting died in Liège at dawn on 4 August 1914; the first and the last British [More]

There are people who don’t like holidays on which they have to stay indoors all the time. Europe is blessed with scenic beauty which is too good to be left unexplored. If you want to stretch your legs and enjoy nature’s splendour simultaneously, then walking holidays in Europe can be a good option for you. There are various locations in Europe where you can trek. In fact, there are several types of holidays for walkers and trekkers which are now available. Here are some of the best choices. Cultural If you want to look at the various cultures which are [More]

The South Downs Way is one of 15 National Trails in England and Wales. It was the first bridleway National Trail in England and is the only National Trail to lie entirely within a National Park, running right through the heart of the South Downs National Park

Vilaflor is the highest village in Tenerife and Spain. Featured by volcanoes, pine trees, vineyards, orchards and flowers everywhere, Vilaflor has become an ideal destination for visitors who are looking for walking trails. The following are 3 of the trails (from 2 to 5 hours) which you can walk along while enjoying your Vilaflor holidays. Camino del Piloacuten: 2 Hour Trail [Length 3,200m and of low difficulty] – A crevice running through pine trees, terraces and various villages. During the walk, you will have the opportunity to see typical farmhouses and traditional farmland interspersed with pine forests. The trail heads [More]

Here are a few reasons why you should choose a self guided walking holiday with Macs Adventure. There are loads of self guided holidays to choose from and each with its own particular character and highlights.

A short video taking in the beautiful sceenery of some walking tours in Gomera. At La Gomera Walking they are firm believers in the old adage that walking is for enjoyment and not endurance! They offer a selection of guided walks to suit the relaxed and laid-back walker.

Video footage of walking holidays in Andalucia, as well as its culture and people. Walk Andalucia arranges a variety of interesting walking holidays in Andalucia – Spain’s southernmost region. Their Spanish walking holidays are for singles, couples or groups.

This video shows luxury travel in Venice, Portofino and the Amalfi Coast. Hotels Featured are the famous Orient-Express Cipriani, Hotel Splendido and Hotel Caruso. The video starts with the Amalfi coast which is one of Europe’s finest locations, a place of beauty where Sorrento and Capri light up the Italian landscape. There is nothing more inspiring than shimmering light combined with an exhilarating landscape – and the Amalfi peninsula offers both, with paths that curve round sheer cliffs offering glorious views in all directions. The sea far below is a seductive, opal blue, with the beautiful island of Capri clearly [More]

Walking the Battlefields provides a great insight as to what the soldiers were experiencing and seeing during the conflicts of World War One & World War Two.

Macs Adventure provide high quality walking adventures in the UK and Europe.

Wild Frontiers Adventure Travel’s, Jonny Bealby, explores Romania on our walking holiday ‘Wild Walk: Along the Enchanted Way’ in the stunning Carpathian Mountains. For more information on travelling in Romania and our next walking holiday in the region visit www.wildfrontiers.co.uk

Jane Austen in Bath: Walking Tours of the Writer’s City Jane Austen in Bath: Walking Tours of the Writer’s City is a beautifully illustrated book organized into four walking tours around the city of Bath–where she set both Northanger Abbey and Persuasion–two novels that mirrored her own experience: that of an impressionable, optimistic young girl hoping to meet the man she would marry and later, that of a mature woman disappointed in love. It was in Bath that many of Austen’s own romantic adventures and misadventures occurred, and this book artfully weaves together the story of Austen’s life there with [More]