Routes tagged
Ancient ruins
19 routes
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Trek 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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City walk CambodiaAngkor Small Circuit: Sunrise Temples in a Day
The classic one-day loop of Angkor — sunrise at Angkor Wat, the smiling faces of the Bayon in Angkor Thom, and the jungle-swallowed ruins of Ta Prohm.
- Duration
- 1 days
- Distance
- 17 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
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City walk IsraelCaesarea Maritima: Herod's Roman Port by the Sea
One easy day through a Roman capital on the Mediterranean — theatre, seaside palace, chariot track, Crusader harbour and a great aqueduct on the beach.
- Duration
- 1 days
- Distance
- 3 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
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Trek IsraelEin Gedi Nature Reserve: Nahal David and the David Waterfall
A short, water-rich hike up a desert canyon to the David Waterfall, then higher to a hidden cave, a spring and a 5,000-year-old temple above the Dead Sea.
- Duration
- 1 days
- Distance
- 4 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
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City 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 days
- Distance
- 4 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
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City 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 days
- Distance
- 4 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
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City walk JapanKyoto Higashiyama: Kiyomizu-dera to the Philosopher's Path
The classic day through old Kyoto — hillside temples, preserved stone lanes, a geisha district and a canal-side walk under the cherry trees.
- Duration
- 1 days
- Distance
- 6 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
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Trek IsraelMasada Snake Path: Sunrise Ascent to the Desert Fortress
A pre-dawn climb up the winding Snake Path from the Dead Sea shore to reach Herod's cliff-top fortress just as the sun breaks over the desert.
- Duration
- 1 days
- Distance
- 4 km
- Difficulty
- Moderate
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City walk IsraelOld City of Acre: Crusaders, Khans and the Sea Walls
One easy day inside a walled port city where a Crusader fortress hides underground beneath an Ottoman capital, ringed by sea walls that stopped Napoleon.
- Duration
- 1 days
- Distance
- 2 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
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City walk JapanOld Tokyo on Foot: Asakusa Temples to Ueno Park
A single easy day linking Tokyo's oldest temple to its grandest park — from the lanterns of Sensō-ji through kitchen-town backstreets to the museums and cherry trees of Ueno.
- Duration
- 1 days
- Distance
- 4 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
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City 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 days
- Distance
- 3 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
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City 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 days
- Distance
- 5 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
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City 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 days
- Distance
- 9 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
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Trek 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 days
- Distance
- 4 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
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Trek 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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Trek IsraelThe Jesus Trail: Nazareth to Capernaum
Four days on foot across the Lower Galilee, from Nazareth over the hills to the Sea of Galilee, tracing a path Jesus may have walked and stringing together ancient towns, panoramic ridges and lakeside holy sites.
- Duration
- 4 days
- Distance
- 65 km
- Difficulty
- Moderate
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Trek IsraelTimna Park — Copper, Sandstone and Solomon's Pillars
A full day threading the red sandstone of the southern Negev: the Mushroom, the Arches, ancient Egyptian copper mines and rock carvings, and the towering Solomon's Pillars.
- Duration
- 1 days
- Distance
- 10 km
- Difficulty
- Moderate
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City 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 days
- Distance
- 6 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
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Trek 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 days
- Distance
- 14 km
- Difficulty
- Moderate