European Walks and Trails

Walks throughout Europe that can be completed in a day. Click on the walk to read the post or use the interactive map to locate the route. 

A walk along the Grand Balcon Sud, Chamonix-Mont-Blanc

A walk along the Grand Balcon Sud, Chamonix-Mont-Blanc

My first visit to Chamonix was in 1993 when I walked there from the shores of Lake Geneva doing a ...
A walk along the Bisse du Torrent Neuf, Switzerland

A walk along the Bisse du Torrent Neuf, Switzerland

The ‘Bisses’ of the Valais region of Switzerland are long irrigation channels, many of them hundreds of years old, built ...
A walk up Carrauntoohil, Ireland's Highest Mountain

A walk up Carrauntoohil, Ireland’s Highest Mountain

MacGillycuddy's Reeks may sound like a character out of a Roald Dahl book but is in fact an extensive mountain ...
A walk up Puig del Vilar, Mallorca

A walk up Puig del Vilar, Mallorca

I am back for a second attempt at walking up Puig del Vilar. My first, halfhearted and unprepared effort was ...
Port de Pollença to Cala Sant Vicenç via Coll de Siller

Port de Pollença to Cala Sant Vicenç via Coll de Siller

The walk over the Coll de Síller begins in the attractive tourist resort of Port de Pollença with its bars, ...
A walk up Na Blanca

A walk up Na Blanca

The Formentor peninsula is the rocky, volcanic spit of land that sticks out into the blue Mediterranean on the north ...
A Walk up Puig de Santuiri

A Walk up Puig de Santuiri

Of all the walks around Pollenca, the walk up Puig de Santuiri is perhaps not the most exciting one to ...
A walk up La Mola, Mallorca

A walk up La Mola, Mallorca

La Mola looks down onto the pretty seaside town of Cala sant Vicenc in the far north east of the ...
A walk along the Vall de Boquer

A walk along the Vall de Boquer

If you are a walker staying in the Pollenca area of Mallorca, the pretty walk along the valley de Boquer ...
A walk up Puig de Maria

A walk up Puig de Maria

We’ve been visiting Mallorca for decades. In the early days it was Santa Ponca in the South West but over ...