Where to walk by month
Where to walk in September
140 routes list September among their best months, grouped here by country.
Canada
41 routes-
Photo: Pkvan · CC BY-SA 4.0Attraction CanadaCN Tower
Toronto's 553-metre icon from the inside: a glass-fronted elevator to the 346-metre observation level, the Glass Floor, The Top at 446.5 metres, the revolving 360 Restaurant and the open-air EdgeWalk.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 1.1 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
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Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Itinerary CanadaMontreal in 3 Days
Three well-paced days: the old town and the Lachine Canal, a day on the mountain ending at Saint Joseph's Oratory, and a market-to-bagels walk through Little Italy, Mile End and the Plateau, with the Olympic Park as the swap for a rainy day.
- Duration
- 3 days
- Distance
- 26 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
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Photo: Flickr user: Peter Rivera Stamford, Connecticut https://www.flickr.com/people/riverap1/ · CC BY 2.0Itinerary USA&CanadaNew York to Toronto by Car: Hudson Valley, Finger Lakes and Niagara in Five Days
About 900 kilometres from Manhattan to Toronto the long way round: sculpture and mountain views in the Hudson Valley, Catskills waterfalls, the gorges of the Finger Lakes, both sides of Niagara Falls and the wine country of Niagara-on-the-Lake.
- Duration
- 5 days
- Distance
- 900 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
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Photo: Thomaswm · CC BY-SA 4.0Attraction CanadaNiagara Falls Day Trip from Toronto
The Horseshoe Falls from the brink, the boat and the tunnels behind them, then north along the Niagara Parkway to Niagara-on-the-Lake: the classic day out from Toronto, done properly.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 18 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
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Photo: User Gjm130 on en.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0City walk CanadaOld Montreal on Foot: From Place d'Armes to the Clock Tower
A compact half-day through the city's founding streets: the Notre-Dame Basilica, the ruins under Pointe-à-Callière, cobbled Rue Saint-Paul, Place Jacques-Cartier, the sailors' chapel and the river at the Old Port.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 3.5 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
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Photo: Xavier Fournier-Blais · CC BY-SA 4.0City walk CanadaOld Quebec on Foot: The Walls, the Château and the Lower Town
A five-kilometre loop through the only walled city north of Mexico: along the ramparts, across the Château Frontenac's terrace, down the Breakneck Stairs to Place Royale, and back up the hill.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 5 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
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Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Bobanny assumed (based on copyright claims). · Public domainTrek CanadaThe Stanley Park Seawall: Coal Harbour to English Bay on Foot
A flat, ten-kilometre loop around the edge of Vancouver's great forest park, from the marinas of Coal Harbour past totem poles, a lighthouse, the Lions Gate Bridge and a lone sea stack, to the sunset beaches of English Bay.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 10 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
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Photo: Dillan Payne · CC BY-SA 4.0Itinerary CanadaToronto in 4 Days
A first-timer's Toronto: the old town and the CN Tower, the lake and the islands, the museum, the castle and the neighbourhoods, and a full day at Niagara Falls.
- Duration
- 4 days
- Distance
- 36 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
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Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Itinerary CanadaVancouver in 5 days
Five days that show why Vancouver is different from every other big North American city: the seawall and Stanley Park, the rainforest canyons of the North Shore, Granville Island and the beaches, the Sea-to-Sky Highway into the mountains, and a day across the water in Victoria.
- Duration
- 5 days
- Distance
- 40 km
- Difficulty
- Moderate
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Photo: MARELBU · CC BY 3.0City walk CanadaVictoria in a day from Vancouver
British Columbia's capital as a long day trip: the ferry through the Gulf Islands, Butchart Gardens, and a walk around the Inner Harbour from the Parliament Buildings and the Empress to the Royal BC Museum and Canada's oldest Chinatown.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 6 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
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Photo: Markus Säynevirta · CC BY-SA 4.0Attraction CanadaCapilano Suspension Bridge Park
Vancouver's most famous thrill: a swaying footbridge 137 metres long and 70 metres above the Capilano River, with a treetop walkway through old Douglas firs and a cantilevered cliffside path on the far side of the canyon.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 2 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
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Photo: Priscilla Jordão from São Paulo, Brasil · CC BY-SA 2.0Attraction CanadaCasa Loma, the Baldwin Steps and Spadina House
Toronto's Edwardian castle, from the climb up the Baldwin Steps to the Great Hall, secret passages, towers, the tunnel to the stables and the gardens, finishing next door at Spadina House.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 2.6 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
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Photo: V. L. · CC0Trek CanadaDon Valley Ravines: Beltline to the Brick Works and Down the Don
A subway-to-subway day through Toronto's ravines: an old railway line, a forested creek valley, the Evergreen Brick Works and its quarry garden, then down the Don River to a skyline lookout.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 11.8 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
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Photo: No real name given · CC BY 2.0City walk CanadaEnglish Bay to Kits Beach: Vancouver's Beach Walk
A summer walk from the laughing bronze figures at English Bay along Sunset Beach, over the Art Deco Burrard Bridge and through the museums of Vanier Park to Kitsilano Beach and the longest outdoor pool in North America.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 5 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
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Photo: The Cosmonaut · CC BY-SA 2.5 caTrek CanadaGaribaldi Lake from Rubble Creek
The big day hike of the Sea-to-Sky: nine kilometres and about 900 metres up through old forest from Rubble Creek to a vast turquoise lake held back by a volcanic lava dam, with glaciers pouring into its far shore.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 18 km
- Difficulty
- Hard
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Photo: Lee Coursey from Decatur, GA · CC BY 2.0City walk CanadaGastown to Chinatown: Vancouver's Oldest Streets
A short, dense walk from the white sails of Canada Place through the cobbled saloon town where Vancouver began, past the steam clock and Maple Tree Square, into Canada's largest Chinatown and a Ming-style garden built by craftsmen from Suzhou.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 3 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
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Photo: Joe Mabel · CC BY-SA 3.0City walk CanadaGranville Island and False Creek by Ferry and Foot
Cross False Creek on a bathtub-sized ferry to Granville Island's public market and working studios, then walk the south-shore seawall past the Olympic Village to the geodesic dome of Science World.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 4.5 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
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Photo: Jeff Hitchcock from Seattle, WA, USA · CC BY 2.0Trek CanadaHigh Park to the Humber: Cherry Blossoms and the Lakeshore
An easy downhill walk from the Bloor Street gate through High Park's gardens, cherry trees and Grenadier Pond, past Colborne Lodge, to the lake and over the Humber Bay Arch Bridge.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 7.8 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
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Photo: JK Liu · CC BY-SA 4.0Attraction CanadaHockey Hall of Fame: The Cup, the Vault and the Shoot Out
Two hours in Toronto's hockey shrine: shoot on a virtual NHL goalie, walk the history of the game, then climb into a Victorian bank hall where the Stanley Cup stands.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 1.1 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
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Photo: Clementp.fr · CC BY-SA 4.0Trek CanadaJacques-Cartier National Park: The Les Loups Trail
A day hike from Quebec City into a glacial valley 550 metres deep, climbing the Les Loups trail to two cliff-edge lookouts over the Jacques-Cartier River.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 11 km
- Difficulty
- Moderate
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Photo: Giuseppe Milo · CC BY 2.0Trek CanadaJoffre Lakes: Three Glacier Lakes Under the Matier Icefield
A five-kilometre climb past three turquoise lakes, each brighter than the last, to Upper Joffre Lake at the foot of a hanging glacier. One of the most photographed hikes in BC, with a pass system and cultural closures you need to plan around.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 10 km
- Difficulty
- Moderate
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Photo: Arild Vågen · CC BY-SA 4.0City walk CanadaKensington, Chinatown and Queen West
An afternoon through downtown Toronto's most layered neighbourhoods: Gehry's AGO, Chinatown on Spadina, the lanes of Kensington Market, Graffiti Alley, Queen Street West and sunset in Trinity Bellwoods.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 4.7 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
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Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0Trek CanadaLynn Canyon: Suspension Bridge, 30 Foot Pool and Twin Falls
A short rainforest loop on the North Shore that locals prefer to Capilano: a free suspension bridge 50 metres above Lynn Creek, a green swimming hole, and a second bridge over Twin Falls, all in about three kilometres.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 3 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
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Photo: Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.5Attraction CanadaMontmorency Falls and the Île d'Orléans Loop
An 83-metre waterfall a quarter of an hour from Old Quebec, seen from its base, its cliff-top suspension bridge and its long staircase, then a drive around the farm island across the river.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 3 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
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Photo: Chicoutimi · Public domainTrek CanadaMount Royal: Olmsted's Road to the Cross, the Lake and the Lookout
A long, gentle loop over the mountain that gave Montreal its name: up Frederick Law Olmsted's switchbacks from the Cartier Monument, past the illuminated cross and Beaver Lake, to the Kondiaronk Belvedere and down the stairs into downtown.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 8 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
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Photo: Xicotencatl · CC BY-SA 4.0Attraction CanadaMuseum of Anthropology at UBC, Nitobe Garden and the Wreck Beach Stairs
The finest room in Vancouver, a hall of Northwest Coast totem poles behind a wall of glass, followed by a Japanese garden next door and a few hundred steps down to the wildest beach in the city.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 4 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
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Photo: Geo Swan stitched by Marku1988 This image was created with Hugin. · CC BY-SA 3.0City walk CanadaOld Town Toronto: Union Station to the Distillery District
Toronto's founding blocks on foot: Union Station's Great Hall, the Gooderham Flatiron, St. James Cathedral, St. Lawrence Market and the Victorian whisky town of the Distillery District.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 3.3 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
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Photo: No machine-readable author provided. LilDice assumed (based on copyright claims). · CC BY-SA 2.5Trek CanadaQuarry Rock from Deep Cove
A short, rooty forest climb on the Baden-Powell Trail from the seaside village of Deep Cove to a bare granite outcrop with a sweeping view over Indian Arm, the fjord at the eastern edge of the North Shore.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 3.8 km
- Difficulty
- Moderate
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Photo: EuroCarGT · CC BY-SA 4.0Attraction CanadaRipley's Aquarium of Canada
Toronto's aquarium at the foot of the CN Tower: Canada's cold waters, an Indo-Pacific reef, a moving walkway beneath sharks and sawfish in Dangerous Lagoon, touch pools, jellyfish and rays.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 1.1 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
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Photo: Eddar27 · CC BY-SA 4.0Trek CanadaRouge National Urban Park: Vista and Mast Trails
Canada's first national urban park on foot: up to the Vista Trail's viewing platform over two river valleys, then the old Mast Trail through Carolinian forest to Glen Rouge and back.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 7.2 km
- Difficulty
- Moderate
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Photo: Maksim Sokolov (Maxergon) · CC BY-SA 4.0Attraction CanadaRoyal Ontario Museum
Canada's largest museum in one well-paced visit: Libeskind's Crystal, the First Peoples gallery and crest poles, Gordo the Barosaurus and the dinosaur halls, the Burgess Shale, Chinese temple murals and ancient Egypt.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 1.7 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
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Photo: Paolo Costa Baldi · CC BY-SA 3.0Attraction CanadaSaint Joseph's Oratory: Canada's Largest Church, Level by Level
Up the pilgrims' stairs and through the shrine a doorkeeper built: Brother André's first chapel, the candlelit Votive Chapel and his tomb, the crypt church, the great Art Deco basilica under the dome and the Way of the Cross garden on the mountainside.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 1.5 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
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Photo: Dillan Payne · CC BY-SA 4.0Trek CanadaScarborough Bluffs: Under the White Cliffs to Guild Park
Toronto's lakeside cliffs from below: Bluffer's beach at dawn, down the Doris McCarthy Trail through Gates Gully, then a wild shoreline walk under the Bluffs to the architectural ruins of Guild Park.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 9.9 km
- Difficulty
- Moderate
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Photo: DarkNight0917 · CC BY-SA 4.0Attraction CanadaSea to Sky Gondola, Shannon Falls and the Chief
An hour north of Vancouver on one of the great coastal highways: a 335-metre waterfall at the roadside, a ten-minute gondola to 885 metres above Howe Sound, a suspension bridge across the void and a straight look at the face of the Stawamus Chief.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 4 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
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Photo: giggel · CC BY 3.0Attraction CanadaSpace for Life and the Olympic Park: Gardens, Bugs, Ecosystems and Stars
A full day in Montreal's east end: the Botanical Garden and its Chinese and Japanese gardens, the Insectarium, the leaning tower of the 1976 Olympic Stadium, the five ecosystems of the Biodome and a dome show at the Planetarium.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 6 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
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Photo: Guillaume Cattiaux · CC BY-SA 2.0City walk CanadaThe Citadelle and the Plains of Abraham: Where Quebec Changed Hands
From the Château Frontenac along the cliff on the Governors' Promenade, into the star-shaped Citadelle, across the battlefield of 1759 and back down Grande Allée to the Parliament Building.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 6 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
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Photo: Pburka at English Wikipedia · Public domainTrek CanadaThe Grouse Grind
Vancouver's famous fitness test: 2.5 kilometres and about 800 metres of relentless climbing, much of it on stairs, straight up the face of Grouse Mountain through rainforest to a chalet with a view over the whole city. You ride the gondola down.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 2.5 km
- Difficulty
- Hard
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Photo: Chicoutimi · Public domainCity walk CanadaThe Plateau and Mile End: Staircases, Smoked Meat and the Bagel Duel
An eating walk through Montreal's most lived-in neighbourhoods: a Victorian square, Parc La Fontaine, streets of twisting outdoor staircases, a smoked-meat sandwich on the Main and a head-to-head of the city's two great bagel bakeries.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 7 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
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Photo: JK Liu · CC BY-SA 4.0Trek CanadaToronto Islands Loop: Ward's Island to Hanlan's Point
A car-free crossing of Toronto's islands on foot or by bike: ferry to Ward's Island, the lakeshore boardwalk, Centre Island, the oldest lighthouse on the Great Lakes and sunset on Hanlan's Point Beach.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 6.4 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
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Photo: Mark Bradshaw · CC BY 3.0City walk CanadaToronto Waterfront: Harbourfront to Sherbourne Common
A flat four-kilometre walk along Queens Quay through the parks that won Toronto its lakeshore back: a garden built as a Bach suite, umbrella beaches, Harbourfront Centre and a glowing water channel at the end.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 3.9 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
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Photo: Iiii I I I · CC BY 4.0Attraction CanadaVancouver Aquarium: The Pacific Coast Under One Roof
A two-to-three-hour loop through Vancouver's aquarium, tucked into the trees of Stanley Park: the cold, strange life of the BC coast first, rescued sea otters and sea lions outside, then a humid detour into the Amazon.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 1.5 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
USA
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Photo: Ingfbruno · CC BY-SA 3.0City walk USABoston's Freedom Trail: Following the Red Line
A single day tracing the red line of the Freedom Trail, from Boston Common through the old town to the North End and across to Bunker Hill and USS Constitution.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 4 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
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Photo: Gfgbeach · CC0Attraction USAEpic Universe: Five Worlds Through the Portals
Universal's newest Orlando park — a garden hub world with four themed universes opening off it through portals: wizarding Paris, Super Nintendo World, the Isle of Berk and the monsters of Dark Universe.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 10 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
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Photo: Lennart Sikkema · CC BY 3.0Trek USAGrand Canyon Rim-to-Rim — North Kaibab to Bright Angel
The classic crossing of the Grand Canyon: down the North Kaibab Trail from the cool, forested North Rim to the Colorado River at Phantom Ranch, then up the Bright Angel Trail to the South Rim.
- Duration
- 3 days
- Distance
- 38 km
- Difficulty
- Hard
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Photo: TheWanderingTraders · CC BY-SA 4.0Attraction USAMagic Kingdom: The Castle Park, Done Properly
One full day through all six lands of the most-visited theme park in the world — from the rope drop on Main Street to fireworks over Cinderella Castle.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 10 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
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Photo: Dansnguyen · CC0City walk USAManhattan on Foot: The High Line to the Brooklyn Bridge
One long, flat day across the best of downtown — an elevated park on an old freight line, Village squares, cast-iron SoHo, and a walk over the East River into DUMBO.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 9 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Photo: Flickr user: Peter Rivera Stamford, Connecticut https://www.flickr.com/people/riverap1/ · CC BY 2.0Itinerary USA&Canada
New York to Toronto by Car: Hudson Valley, Finger Lakes and Niagara in Five Days
About 900 kilometres from Manhattan to Toronto the long way round: sculpture and mountain views in the Hudson Valley, Catskills waterfalls, the gorges of the Finger Lakes, both sides of Niagara Falls and the wine country of Niagara-on-the-Lake.
- Duration
- 5 days
- Distance
- 900 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
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Photo: osseous from Oakland Park, U.S.A. · CC BY 2.0Itinerary USAOrlando in 11 Days
The full sweep at a humane pace: four Disney parks, a real rest day, all three Universal parks including Epic Universe, then SeaWorld, Kennedy Space Center, and a water-park finale.
- Duration
- 11 days
- Distance
- 95 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
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Photo: Gfgbeach · CC0Itinerary USAOrlando in 14 Days
Two full weeks, nothing skipped: every Disney and Universal park, two water parks, Discovery Cove or SeaWorld, Kennedy Space Center, a kids-or-gators day, and a slow Winter Park finale.
- Duration
- 14 days
- Distance
- 110 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
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Photo: WillMcC · CC BY-SA 3.0Itinerary USAOrlando in 7 Days
One tight, well-ordered week: the four Walt Disney World parks first, then Universal's two classic parks, and a slow Disney Springs morning before the flight home.
- Duration
- 7 days
- Distance
- 65 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
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Photo: Frank Schulenburg · CC BY-SA 4.0City walk USASan Francisco Waterfront: Fisherman's Wharf to the Golden Gate
A day along the northern shore — wharf, Embarcadero, one absurd crooked block, and then the long approach to the bridge and a walk across it.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 13.5 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
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Photo: Euphoria42 · CC BY-SA 4.0City walk USAThe Chicago Loop: A Day Inside American Architecture
One day on foot through Chicago's central business district — Millennium Park, the Riverwalk, the Skydeck and the Art Institute, with the skyline overhead the whole way.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 6 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
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Photo: Matti Blume · CC BY-SA 4.0City walk USAWashington, D.C.: The National Mall on Foot
One free-flowing day across America's front lawn, from the Lincoln Memorial past the Washington Monument and the Smithsonian to the Capitol and a view of the White House.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 5 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
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Photo: Sebastián Saiter V. · CC BY 4.0Attraction USAAquatica Orlando: The Water Park With Dolphins in the Plumbing
SeaWorld's South-Seas water park on the I-Drive corridor — a see-through slide past Commerson's dolphins and leopard sharks, twin wave pools, dueling rivers and one of Orlando's best kids' water fortresses.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 3 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
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Photo: JZ85 · CC BY-SA 3.0Attraction USABlizzard Beach: The Ski Resort That Melted
Disney's snow-themed water park — a freak Florida blizzard built a ski resort, the snow melted, and the slopes became slides, with Summit Plummet free-falling off the top.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 3 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
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Photo: Palacemusic · CC BY-SA 3.0Trek USADelicate Arch — The Classic Half-Day Climb
A short but strenuous out-and-back from Wolfe Ranch, past a Ute petroglyph panel and up an open slickrock slab, to the most photographed arch in the American Southwest.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 4.8 km
- Difficulty
- Moderate
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Photo: NASA · Public domainAttraction USADiscovery Cove: The Day Orlando Slows Down
A reservation-only, all-inclusive swim resort across the road from SeaWorld — snorkel a reef of rays, drift a warm river into a walk-through aviary, and add a dolphin swim if you book it in time.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 2 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
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Photo: Antgiant · CC BY-SA 4.0Attraction USADisney Springs: The Free Evening at Disney World
Disney's open-air shopping, dining and entertainment district on Lake Buena Vista — four waterfront neighborhoods, free admission, free parking, and best from late afternoon into the night.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 5 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
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Photo: Jedi94 · CC BY-SA 4.0Attraction USADisney's Animal Kingdom: Half Zoo, Half Theme Park, Entirely Its Own Thing
A day in the largest theme park in the world — a real African safari, the floating mountains of Pandora, an Everest coaster and animal trails that reward slowing down.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 10 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
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Photo: Jedi94 · CC BY-SA 4.0Attraction USADisney's Hollywood Studios: Coasters, Star Wars and a Show on the Water
One day through Disney's movie park — the Tower of Terror and Rock 'n' Roller Coaster, a full afternoon on Batuu in Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge, and Fantasmic! after dark.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 8 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
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Photo: Jedi94 · CC BY-SA 4.0Attraction USAEpcot: Around the World in One Very Long Walk
A figure-8 day through Epcot — headline rides in the front half of the park, then eleven country pavilions around the World Showcase Lagoon, ending with the nighttime show over the water.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 12 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
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Photo: The original uploader was Bobak at English Wikipedia. · CC BY-SA 2.5Attraction USAGatorland: Old Florida, Still Biting
The self-styled Alligator Capital of the World, open since 1949 — gator-wrestling kitsch out front, a genuinely wild breeding marsh and bird rookery out back, and a zip line over the whole toothy lot.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 4 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
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Photo: Kiran891 · CC BY-SA 4.0Attraction USAICON Park: An Evening Above International Drive
The 120-meter observation wheel at the heart of I-Drive, with a wax museum, an aquarium tunnel and a promenade of restaurants underneath it — Orlando's best easy evening.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 2 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
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Photo: Robert Linsdell · CC BY 2.0Attraction USAIslands of Adventure: Six Islands Around a Lagoon
A clockwise lap of Universal's ride park — Marvel coasters, Toon Lagoon soakers, the VelociCoaster, Hagrid's motorbikes and Hogwarts castle, ending in the candy-colored calm of Seuss Landing.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 9 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
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Photo: Kim Shiflett · Public domainAttraction USAKennedy Space Center: A Day at America's Spaceport
A full day on Merritt Island with the real Space Shuttle Atlantis, a genuine Saturn V moon rocket, launch pads on the horizon and astronauts who actually flew — about an hour east of Orlando.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 6 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
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Photo: Nathan Forget · CC BY 2.0Attraction USALegoland Florida: A Day Built from Bricks
The kid-scale theme park in Winter Haven, about 45 minutes from Orlando — coasters sized for first-timers, Miniland USA built from millions of bricks, and a historic botanical garden hiding inside.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 7 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
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Photo: King of Hearts · CC BY-SA 4.0Trek USANavajo Loop & Queen's Garden — The Bryce Amphitheater Circuit
The classic half-day combination: drop off the rim at Sunset Point through the Wall Street switchbacks, cross the hoodoo floor of the Bryce Amphitheater, and climb back out through Queen's Garden to Sunrise Point.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 4.6 km
- Difficulty
- Moderate
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Photo: Marc Averette (talk) · CC BY-SA 1.0Attraction USAOrlando Science Center: The City's Rainy-Day Ace
Four floors of hands-on science in Loch Haven Park — indoor alligators, a brilliant under-7 floor, dinosaur digs and Florida's largest public telescope, ten minutes north of downtown.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 3 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
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Photo: Jeremy Thompson · CC BY 2.0Attraction USASeaWorld Orlando: The Coaster Park That Keeps Whales
One day at Orlando's quiet thrill capital — Mako, Kraken and Manta before the queues build, marine habitats through the midday heat, Sesame Street for the kids, and orcas at the stadiums to finish.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 8 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
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Photo: Ebyabe · CC BY-SA 3.0Attraction USAThe Morse Museum & Winter Park: The Anti-Theme-Park Day
The world's greatest Tiffany collection, a reassembled 1893 chapel, an oak-lined brick main street and a pontoon cruise through lakeside estates — Orlando's grown-up day out.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 3 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
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Photo: Jon Sullivan · Public domainTrek USAThe Narrows — Bottom-Up Day Hike
A one-day out-and-back wade up the Virgin River from the Temple of Sinawava, through the towering Wall Street slot canyon to Big Spring and back.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 14 km
- Difficulty
- Moderate
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Photo: Rhododendrites · CC BY-SA 4.0Trek USAThe Upper Geyser Basin Boardwalk Walk
An easy day on the boardwalks of the Upper Geyser Basin — Old Faithful, the Castle, Grand and Riverside geysers, Morning Glory Pool, and a loop through Black Sand Basin.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 8 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
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Photo: JZ85 · CC BY-SA 3.0Attraction USATyphoon Lagoon: Disney's Shipwreck Water Park
Disney's castaway-themed water park, built around one of the largest wave pools in the world — with the shipwrecked Miss Tilly stranded on the mountain above it all.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 3 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
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Photo: NBCUniversal · CC BY-SA 3.0Attraction USAUniversal Studios Florida: A Day on the Backlot
One day inside Universal's original Orlando park — full-scale movie streets, Diagon Alley hidden behind a London facade, Springfield built brick for brick, and Men in Black to finish.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 9 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
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Photo: NBCUniversal · CC BY-SA 4.0Attraction USAVolcano Bay: A Day Under the Volcano
Universal's tropical-island water park — a 200-foot volcano over a wave lagoon, slides from gentle to vertical, and ordinary standby lines that reward an early arrival.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 3 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
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Photo: Diliff · CC BY-SA 3.0Trek USAYosemite Valley Floor — The Classic Day
A flat day on the floor of the valley, from the view at Tunnel View to Bridalveil Fall, El Capitan meadow, the base of Yosemite Falls and Cook's Meadow under Half Dome.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 13 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
Italy
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Photo: Clemens Stockner · Public domainTrek ItalyAlta Via 1 — The Classic Dolomites High Route
A six-day rifugio-to-rifugio highlights traverse of the Dolomites, from the emerald water of Lago di Braies over WWI passes and beneath the great walls of Civetta and Pelmo down towards Belluno.
- Duration
- 6 days
- Distance
- 120 km
- Difficulty
- Hard
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Photo: Fabio Ciminelli · CC BY-SA 4.0City walk ItalyBologna Porticoes Walk: Piazza Maggiore, the Two Towers and San Luca
An easy day through the red-brick heart of Bologna — a great medieval square, two leaning towers, a food market, the oldest university in the Western world, and the longest portico on earth.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 4 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
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Photo: BenAveling · CC BY-SA 4.0Trek ItalyMount Etna from the South — Rifugio Sapienza to the Summit Craters
A single big day on Europe's most active volcano: lava cones at the road head, a cable car into the ash desert, and a guided walk to the steaming summit craters above the Valle del Bove.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 12 km
- Difficulty
- Hard
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Photo: Arne Müseler · CC BY-SA 3.0 deCity walk ItalyPisa & Lucca: Two Tuscan Towns in a Day
The Leaning Tower and its marble square in Pisa, then a short train ride to Lucca to walk the Renaissance walls, the oval piazza and a tower crowned with oak trees.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 4 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
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Photo: Carsten Steger · CC BY-SA 4.0City walk ItalyPompeii & Vesuvius: The Buried City and the Volcano That Buried It
A single big day that pairs the excavated streets of Pompeii — Forum, House of the Faun, Villa of the Mysteries, the casts of the dead — with the crater rim of the volcano responsible.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 5.5 km
- Difficulty
- Moderate
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Photo: FeaturedPics · CC BY-SA 4.0City walk ItalyRome Historic Center: Ancient Rome to the Baroque Heart
A single unforgettable day on foot, from the Colosseum through the Forum to the Trevi Fountain, the Pantheon and Piazza Navona.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 5 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
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Photo: Zairon · CC BY 4.0City walk ItalySiena on Foot: The Campo, the Duomo and the Contrade
One easy day through the medieval heart of Siena, from the shell-shaped Piazza del Campo up to the striped cathedral and out into the lanes of the contrade.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 2 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
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Photo: Bruno Rijsman · CC BY-SA 2.0Trek ItalyThe Blue Trail (Sentiero Azzurro) — Five Villages of the Cinque Terre
A coastal footpath threading the five cliff-clinging villages of the Cinque Terre — Monterosso, Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarola and Riomaggiore — above terraced vineyards and the Ligurian Sea.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 12 km
- Difficulty
- Moderate
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Photo: Luca Casartelli · CC BY-SA 2.0Trek ItalyThe Greenway del Lago di Como — Colonno to Griante
An easy day on foot along the western shore of Lake Como, from Colonno to Griante through lakeside villages, great villas and old mule tracks — finished with a ferry to Bellagio.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 10 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
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Photo: Bruno Rijsman · CC BY-SA 2.0Trek ItalyThe Path of the Gods — Sentiero degli Dei
A single unforgettable day walking a cliff-top balcony high above the Amalfi Coast, from Bomerano through Nocelle and down the old stone stairs into Positano.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 9 km
- Difficulty
- Moderate
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Photo: Bönisch · CC BY-SA 2.0 deCity walk ItalyThe Sassi of Matera — Cave City on the Ravine
A day on foot through the two cave districts of Matera — Sasso Barisano and Sasso Caveoso — their rock churches and cave houses, ending at the viewpoint across the Murgia ravine.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 5 km
- Difficulty
- Moderate
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Photo: Hseugut · CC BY-SA 4.0Trek France, Italy, SwitzerlandTour du Mont Blanc
A circular alpine classic looping 170 km around the Mont Blanc massif through France, Italy and Switzerland.
- Duration
- 7 days
- Distance
- 170 km
- Difficulty
- Hard
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Photo: Hoppend · CC0City walk ItalyVerona Historic Walk: The Arena, Piazza delle Erbe and the Adige
An easy day on foot through the compact old city of Verona — a Roman amphitheatre still used for opera, medieval market squares, the tombs and castle of the Scaliger lords, and the river bend crossed by the oldest bridge in town.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 4 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
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Photo: Gary Campbell-Hall · CC BY 2.0City walk ItalyFlorence Historic Center: The Renaissance on Foot
One compact day from Brunelleschi's dome across the Arno to the Oltrarno, taking in the Baptistery, the Uffizi and the Ponte Vecchio.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 4 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
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Photo: Tango7174 · CC BY-SA 4.0City walk ItalyPalermo Historic Walk: Arab-Norman Palaces and Street Markets
An easy day on foot through the layered heart of Sicily's capital — from the Baroque crossroads at Quattro Canti to golden Norman mosaics, two shouting street markets and Italy's largest opera house.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 3.5 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
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Photo: Matthias Süßen · CC BY-SA 4.0City walk ItalyVenice on Foot: San Marco, Rialto and the Ghetto
A single day walking north through Venice — from the basilica and the Doge's Palace over the Rialto to the quiet canals of Cannaregio.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 4 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
France
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Photo: Kristoferb · CC BY-SA 3.0Trek FranceChamonix, the Mer de Glace and the Grand Balcon Nord
A day combining a rack railway, France's largest glacier and its ice cave, a high balcony path under the Chamonix aiguilles, and the cable car to the Aiguille du Midi.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 8 km
- Difficulty
- Moderate
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Photo: Josh Hallett · CC BY-SA 2.0City walk FranceClassic Paris on Foot: Notre-Dame to the Arc de Triomphe
A single day walking the grand axis of Paris, from the island where the city was born, past the Louvre and through the Tuileries, up the Champs-Élysées to the Arc de Triomphe.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 6 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
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Photo: User:Tcherome · Public domainTrek FranceGR20 North — Calenzana to Vizzavona
Six demanding days across the granite spine of northern Corsica, from the maquis above Calenzana over the Monte Cinto massif and past Lac de Nino to the forests of Vizzavona.
- Duration
- 6 days
- Distance
- 98 km
- Difficulty
- Expert
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Photo: Aldg692VX · CC BY-SA 4.0City walk FranceLyon on Foot: Renaissance Traboules to the Silk Weavers' Hill
One day across two hills and a peninsula — the Renaissance lanes of Vieux Lyon, Roman Fourvière, and the workshops of Croix-Rousse.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 6 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
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Photo: Amaustan · CC BY-SA 4.0City walk FranceMont-Saint-Michel — Up Through the Village to the Abbey
A short but steep climb through a walled medieval island town, up the Grande Rue and the ramparts to the great abbey crowning the rock, ringed by one of Europe's biggest tidal bays.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 3 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
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Photo: Alexander Migl · CC BY-SA 4.0City walk FranceNice: The Promenade and the Old Town
A single easy day on foot along the seafront and through the sunlit lanes of Vieux Nice, from the Promenade des Anglais to a Russian cathedral.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 6 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
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Photo: Elizaveta Butryn · CC BY-SA 4.0City walk FranceStrasbourg: A Day on the Grande Île
An easy day on foot around the island heart of Strasbourg — from the great sandstone cathedral to the half-timbered canals of La Petite France.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 4 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
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Photo: Manfred Zentgraf, Volkach, Germany · CC BY-SA 3.0Trek France&SpainThe Camino Francés: Seven Iconic Stages to Santiago
A highlights walk along the famous French Way, from crossing the Pyrenees to the Iron Cross and Galicia's green hills, ending at the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela.
- Duration
- 7 days
- Distance
- 168 km
- Difficulty
- Moderate
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Photo: Chensiyuan · CC BY-SA 4.0City walk FranceThe Cité de Carcassonne: Double Ramparts and a Contested Restoration
A day inside the most famous walled town in France — 52 towers, the Château Comtal, and an argument about what 'medieval' means.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 4 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
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Photo: Chief Photographer's Mate (CPHoM) Robert F. Sargent · Public domainCity walk FranceThe D-Day Beaches: Omaha to Utah
A day along the Calvados coast, from Omaha Beach and the American cemetery at Colleville-sur-Mer to Pointe du Hoc, Arromanches and Utah Beach.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 110 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Photo: Hseugut · CC BY-SA 4.0Trek France, Italy, Switzerland
Tour du Mont Blanc
A circular alpine classic looping 170 km around the Mont Blanc massif through France, Italy and Switzerland.
- Duration
- 7 days
- Distance
- 170 km
- Difficulty
- Hard
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Photo: OT Avignon · CC BY-SA 4.0City walk FranceAvignon & the Pont du Gard: Popes, a Broken Bridge and a Roman Aqueduct
One day that runs from the largest Gothic palace in Europe to the best-preserved Roman aqueduct bridge anywhere — about 6 km on foot inside Avignon, plus a short hop out to the Gard.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 6 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
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Photo: Suavemarimagno · CC BY-SA 4.0City walk FranceLoire Châteaux Circuit: Chambord, Chenonceau, Amboise & Blois
Four of the Loire's greatest châteaux in one day — a driving circuit with roughly 8 km of walking in the grounds, not a continuous trail.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 8 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
Israel
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Photo: Edmund Gall · CC BY-SA 2.0City walk IsraelJerusalem: A Walk Through the Old City's Four Quarters
One day on foot through a single square kilometre that is holy to half the world — the Armenian, Jewish, Muslim and Christian Quarters, the Western Wall, the Via Dolorosa and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 4 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
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Photo: Emilio García from Parla, Spain · CC BY-SA 2.0City walk IsraelMahane Yehuda and Nachlaot: The Shuk by Day and by Night
Jerusalem's market at full volume, the courtyard lanes of Nachlaot behind it, and the shutter portraits that only appear after closing time.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 3.5 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
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Photo: Hanay · CC BY-SA 3.0Trek IsraelNahal Yehudiya — The Canyon, the Ladder and the Swim
A hard water route down a basalt canyon in the central Golan: an iron ladder bolted to the cliff drops you into a pool you can only cross by swimming, then the trail runs on past the falls and the hexagonal columns.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 5 km
- Difficulty
- Hard
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Photo: Chmee2 · CC BY 3.0City walk IsraelRosh HaNikra: The Grottoes at the End of the Country
A short, easy visit at Israel's northwestern corner — the steepest cable car in the world down a white chalk cliff, sea-carved grottoes, and a Mandate-era railway tunnel that stops at the Lebanese border.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 2 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
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Photo: Ynhockey · CC BY-SA 4.0City walk IsraelTel Aviv & Jaffa: From the Old Port to the White City
A single day on foot from ancient Jaffa north along the beach promenade through Neve Tzedek, Bauhaus boulevards and the Carmel Market to the Tel Aviv Port.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 9 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
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Photo: Hanay · CC BY-SA 3.0Trek IsraelTel Dan Nature Reserve: The Jordan's Source and the House of David
A short, shaded walk through the lushest corner of the Galilee — wading the cold Dan Stream, then climbing the tel past the world's oldest arched gate to where the 'House of David' inscription was found.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 2 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
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Photo: gugganij · CC BY-SA 3.0Trek IsraelThe Banias: Spring of Pan to the Waterfall
An easy day through the Hermon Stream reserve — from the cave and spring of Pan along a suspended riverside trail past Roman palace ruins to Israel's largest waterfall.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 4 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
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Photo: Hagai Agmon-Snir حچاي اچمون-سنير חגי אגמון-שניר · CC BY-SA 4.0City walk IsraelMount Herzl and Yad Vashem
A day on the western ridge of Jerusalem: Israel's national cemetery, and the Holocaust memorial that shares the hill with it.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 4 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
Spain
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Photo: Naotake Murayama · CC BY 2.0City walk SpainBilbao: Guggenheim to Casco Viejo Along the Nervión
A flat, easy day tracing Bilbao's reinvention — from Gehry's titanium museum along the river to the seven medieval streets and the pintxo bars of Plaza Nueva.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 4 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
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Photo: Fernando · CC BY-SA 4.0Trek Portugal&SpainCamino Portugués — the Coastal Way Highlights
Six sampled stages of the Caminho da Costa, from Porto's boardwalks up the Atlantic shore to the Minho ferry, across into Galicia and on to the Obradoiro square at Santiago.
- Duration
- 6 days
- Distance
- 142 km
- Difficulty
- Moderate
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Photo: Canaan · CC BY-SA 4.0City walk SpainGaudí to the Gothic Quarter: A Barcelona Day on Foot
One easy day walking the length of Barcelona — from the rising towers of the Sagrada Família down the Modernista boulevards to the medieval lanes of the Barri Gòtic.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 4 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
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Photo: Jebulon · CC0City walk SpainGranada on Foot: the Alhambra, the Albaicín and Sacromonte
One full day walking from the Nasrid palaces and the Generalife gardens down into the whitewashed lanes of the Albaicín, ending with sunset at San Nicolás and the cave quarter of Sacromonte.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 6 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
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Photo: Zarateman · CC0City walk SpainMadrid Historic Walk: From the Royal Palace to the Retiro
One easy day on foot across the old center of the Spanish capital — royal palace, arcaded squares, a literary quarter, the Prado, and a park that used to belong to kings.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 5.5 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
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Photo: Josep Renalias · CC BY-SA 3.0Trek SpainMontserrat: the Abbey and the Walk to Sant Jeroni
A day on the serrated mountain outside Barcelona — rack railway or cable car to the Benedictine abbey and the Black Madonna, then the funicular and a ridge walk to the summit of Sant Jeroni.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 7 km
- Difficulty
- Moderate
- Photo: Manfred Zentgraf, Volkach, Germany · CC BY-SA 3.0Trek France&Spain
The Camino Francés: Seven Iconic Stages to Santiago
A highlights walk along the famous French Way, from crossing the Pyrenees to the Iron Cross and Galicia's green hills, ending at the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela.
- Duration
- 7 days
- Distance
- 168 km
- Difficulty
- Moderate
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Photo: Boris Dzhingarov · CC BY 2.0City walk SpainValencia: Old Town to the City of Arts and Sciences
An easy day across Valencia — a Gothic cathedral that guards a cup venerated as the Holy Grail, a great medieval city gate, a modernista market and silk exchange, a park in an old riverbed, and Calatrava's white City of Arts and Sciences.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 6 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
United Kingdom
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Photo: Geof Sheppard · CC BY-SA 3.0Trek United KingdomCornwall's Coast Path: St Ives to Land's End
Three days around the wild granite tip of Penwith — from St Ives along Cornwall's roughest cliffs, past ruined engine houses and hidden coves, to Land's End.
- Duration
- 3 days
- Distance
- 42 km
- Difficulty
- Moderate
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Photo: Andrew Colin · CC BY 2.0City walk United KingdomEdinburgh: The Royal Mile and Arthur's Seat
One day from the castle on its volcanic rock, straight down the Royal Mile to Holyrood, then up an extinct volcano for the whole city at your feet.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 6 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
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Photo: The original uploader was Moyn2000 at English Wikipedia. · Copyrighted free useTrek United KingdomHadrian's Wall: The Central Section
Two days along the best-preserved stretch of Hadrian's Wall Path, where the Roman frontier rides the crags of the Whin Sill past Housesteads, Sycamore Gap and Vindolanda.
- Duration
- 2 days
- Distance
- 32 km
- Difficulty
- Moderate
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Photo: Mogens Engelund · CC BY-SA 3.0Trek United KingdomThe West Highland Way: Milngavie to Fort William
Scotland's best-loved long-distance walk — 154 km from the edge of Glasgow along Loch Lomond, across the wilds of Rannoch Moor and through Glen Coe to Fort William beneath Ben Nevis.
- Duration
- 7 days
- Distance
- 154 km
- Difficulty
- Moderate
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Photo: ThatsTheBoss · CC0City walk United KingdomWestminster to the Tower: A London City Walk
A single easy day on foot along the Thames, from Big Ben and Whitehall through Trafalgar Square to St Paul's and the Tower of London.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 6 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
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Photo: Diliff · CC BY 2.5City walk United KingdomBath: A Georgian Walk, From Roman Spring to Royal Crescent
One easy day through a honey-coloured city — the Roman Baths, the abbey, the great Georgian set pieces, and a bridge with shops all the way across.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 4 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
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Photo: Doug Sim · CC BY-SA 4.0Trek United KingdomScafell Pike from Wasdale Head
The shortest way up England's highest mountain (978 m) — about 900 m of climbing from Wasdale through Lingmell Gill and Hollow Stones onto a summit that is a bare field of boulders.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 9.6 km
- Difficulty
- Hard
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Photo: Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0Trek United KingdomYr Wyddfa (Snowdon) by the Llanberis Path
The longest and most gradual way up the highest mountain in Wales — about 6.8 km of steady climbing beside the mountain railway, past the cliffs of Clogwyn Du'r Arddu to the summit at 1,085 m.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 14 km
- Difficulty
- Moderate
Japan
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Photo: Suicasmo · CC BY-SA 4.0Trek JapanMount Fuji by the Yoshida Trail
Two days up Japan's sacred volcano on its most popular route, sleeping in a mountain hut near the eighth station to catch the goraiko sunrise from the 3,776 m summit.
- Duration
- 2 days
- Distance
- 15 km
- Difficulty
- Hard
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Photo: 663highland · CC BY 2.5Trek JapanMount Kōya: Okunoin, the Garan and a night in a temple
A day on the sacred mountain of Shingon Buddhism — the great cemetery avenue to Kōbō Daishi's mausoleum, the founder's temple complex, the head temple, and a night in a monks' lodging.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 6 km
- Difficulty
- Moderate
Peru
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Photo: Draceane · CC BY-SA 4.0Trek PeruThe Classic Inca Trail to Machu Picchu
Four days on original Inca stone paths over high passes and past cloud-forest ruins, arriving at Machu Picchu through the Sun Gate at dawn.
- Duration
- 4 days
- Distance
- 42 km
- Difficulty
- Hard
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Photo: Stevage · CC BY-SA 3.0Trek PeruThe Salkantay Trek to Machu Picchu
Five days around a 6,271 m ice giant — a glacial pass at about 4,630 m, a turquoise lake, and a long drop into cloud forest, all the way to Machu Picchu without a permit lottery.
- Duration
- 5 days
- Distance
- 74 km
- Difficulty
- Hard
Australia
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Photo: Nick Ang · CC BY-SA 4.0City walk AustraliaSydney's Bondi to Coogee Coastal Walk
About six kilometres of clifftop path linking Sydney's most famous beaches — Bondi, Tamarama, Bronte, Clovelly and Coogee — past ocean pools, a cliffside cemetery and sandstone headlands the whole way.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 6 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
Austria
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Photo: C.Stadler/Bwag · CC BY-SA 4.0Trek AustriaHallstatt & the Dachstein — Lake, Salt Mine and Ice Cave
Two unhurried days in the Salzkammergut: a lakeside village wedged between cliff and water, the oldest salt mine in the world above it, and an ice cave and clifftop platform in the Dachstein across the lake.
- Duration
- 2 days
- Distance
- 8 km
- Difficulty
- Moderate
Croatia
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Photo: Zysko serhii · CC BY-SA 4.0Trek CroatiaPlitvice Lakes: The Full Traverse
One day walking the length of Croatia's oldest national park on boardwalks laid across sixteen terraced turquoise lakes, with an electric boat over Kozjak and the 78-metre Veliki Slap at the end.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 18 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
Czech Republic
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Photo: Moyan Brenn from Italy · CC BY 2.0City walk Czech RepublicPrague on Foot: Old Town Square to Prague Castle
The classic royal route across the Vltava — from the Astronomical Clock over Charles Bridge and up through the Lesser Town to the castle and St Vitus Cathedral.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 3 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
Greece
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Photo: kallerna · CC BY-SA 4.0Trek GreeceMount Olympus — Prionia to Mytikas, the Home of the Gods
Two days from the Prionia trailhead through beech forest to Refuge A, then up to Skala and across the exposed Kaki Skala scramble to Mytikas (2,918 m), the highest point in Greece.
- Duration
- 2 days
- Distance
- 18 km
- Difficulty
- Hard
Iceland
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Photo: Andreas Tille · CC BY-SA 4.0Trek IcelandThe Laugavegur Trail — Landmannalaugar to Þórsmörk
Four days across Iceland's southern highlands, from the rhyolite mountains and hot springs of Landmannalaugar over an obsidian plateau and black-sand deserts to the birch woods of Þórsmörk.
- Duration
- 4 days
- Distance
- 55 km
- Difficulty
- Moderate
Jordan
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Morocco
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Photo: SimonKing74 · CC0Trek MoroccoMount Toubkal — North Africa's Highest Summit
Two days from a Berber village to the roof of North Africa at 4,167 m — mule tracks, a blue-painted shrine, a mountain refuge, and a long scree climb to a summit that sees the Sahara.
- Duration
- 2 days
- Distance
- 30 km
- Difficulty
- Hard
Nepal
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Photo: Rdevany · CC BY-SA 3.0Trek NepalEverest Base Camp Trek: The 8-Day Highlights
An accelerated highlights version of the classic trek through the Khumbu — from the airstrip at Lukla up the Sherpa valleys to the foot of the world's highest mountain at 5,364 m.
- Duration
- 8 days
- Distance
- 110 km
- Difficulty
- Hard
Portugal
1 route- Photo: Fernando · CC BY-SA 4.0Trek Portugal&Spain
Camino Portugués — the Coastal Way Highlights
Six sampled stages of the Caminho da Costa, from Porto's boardwalks up the Atlantic shore to the Minho ferry, across into Galicia and on to the Obradoiro square at Santiago.
- Duration
- 6 days
- Distance
- 142 km
- Difficulty
- Moderate
Switzerland
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Photo: Sergey Pesterev · CC BY-SA 4.0Trek TanzaniaKilimanjaro: The Machame Route to Uhuru Peak
Six days from rainforest to glaciers on the 'Whiskey Route', the most scenic way up Kilimanjaro, camping from gate to gate and topping out at Uhuru Peak (5,895 m), the roof of Africa.
- Duration
- 6 days
- Distance
- 62 km
- Difficulty
- Expert