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For thousands of years, Europeans have stepped out their front door and walked to Santiago, Spain. The purpose of this Pilgrimage, known as the Camino de Santiago, is to visit the bones of the Apostle James purported to be buried under the Cathedral.

Like most Americans, Cindy was inspired to walk the Camino after watching The Way, a movie released in 2011. Since then, an increasing number of Americans make up the 200,000+ Pilgrims who annually walk the Camino. Modern Day Pilgrims walk and bike the Camino...

A guide to trekking a 687km (427 mile) route along the length of the Vosges mountains and the Haut-Jura plateau of north east France. The GR5 is one of the great hiking routes across Europe and the route described here is the central section, from Schirmeck to Nyon on Lake Geneva (Lac Leman). By combining it with a section of the GR53 (Wissembourg to Schirmeck), the guide presents a complete traverse of the Vosges and Jura. The route is presented in 11 sections: the whole route would take five or six weeks to complete, but it could also be tackled in smaller sections. Some of the finest...

This guidebook covers more than 100 hikes in Scotland's Cairngorm mountains, including the 18 Munro summits of the region. The book provides low-level, mid-level and mountain hikes, which range from 1 to 26 miles in length. For the adventurous there are rocky scrambles and the two celebrated and particularly demanding longer routes of The Cairngorms 4000s and The Lairig Ghru. For those seeking a more gentle alternative, there are easy, sandy trails wandering among the tall pines and along the banks of the great rivers Spey, Nethy and Dee.

From the granite plateau and its Arctic...

This guidebook describes 87 walks and scrambles on the Isle of Skye, visiting the island's most awe-inspiring scenery including Sleat and South-East Skye, Strath, Minginish, Duirinish, Waternish, Trotternish and the Cuillin.

The routes explore many different landscapes on the island, ranging from coastal walks, lonely lochans, coastal cliffs and forests to Munros and mountain traverses, with exposure for experienced scramblers. There are hard, demanding days as tough as anything in the British Isles and the walks are in wonderfully isolated situations. The guide includes notes on...

Guidebook to walking and trekking in the Maritime Alps on the border of Italy and France, just north of Nice. It includes 18 graded day walks, on both the French and the Italian sides, ranging from 6km to 20km in length and suitable for a range of abilities. There are also 6 long treks, including a 5-day traverse of the Parc National du Mercantour and a 7-day traverse of the Parco Naturale delle Alpi Marittime.

Detailed route descriptions sit alongside colour maps, and there is full information about accommodation options down in the valleys and up in the mountains. Useful...