Speciality Walking

From easier walking to navigation holidays, we offer a range of speciality walking holidays that are led by our experienced and knowledgeable guides. If you would like more of a challenge, our challenger walking holidays are the most demanding on offer in both the UK and Europe. Our Discover Britain holidays give insight into Britain's heritage, with knowledgeable guides who share your passion for history. We also offer guided walking for solos, and under 40s holidays, where you can share the experiences with other travellers.

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  • Two smiling women walking through a gate in woodland
  • A blue rimmed compass with red and white arrows over a map
  • Men ascending a steep and curvy path up a mountainside
  • A woman in a red coat high up on a grey rocky snowcapped mountain

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Yorkshire Dales

4 days - From £299

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  • Winter Challenge, Yorkshire Dales
  • Speciality Walking

Choice of walks:

  • Harder

What do the gradings mean?

  • A circuit of the Howgill Fells from east to west
  • From Hawes to Horton-in-Ribblesdale
  • Above the River Eden on the Mallerstang Round

Snowdonia

3 to 7 days - From £209

Walkers descending path towards mountain lakes
  • Guided Walking for Solos at Conwy, Wales
  • Speciality Walking

Choice of walks:

  • Easier
  • Harder
  • Hardest

What do the gradings mean?

  • Conwy is a World Heritage Site with its ancient town walls and 13th-century castle
  • Climb or take the steam train up Snowdon; the highest mountain in England or Wales
  • Bare rocky mountain summits, plummeting waterfalls, wood-clad valleys and sandy beaches

Next Step Navigation

3 days - From £249

close up of a compass
  • Next Step Navigation Course at Conwy, Wales
  • Speciality Walking
  • Making the most of your map
  • Navigating in open countryside
  • How to walk on a bearing

Advanced Navigation

3 days - From £259

close up of a compass
  • Advanced Navigation Course at Haytor, South West Peninsula
  • Speciality Walking
  • Detailed map interpretation
  • Contour navigation
  • Navigating in open countryside away from linear features

Mallorca

7 days - From £599

View through trees and past rocks towards blue sky and sea
  • Guided Walking on Mallorca, Spain
  • Speciality Walking

Choice of walks:

  • Easier
  • Harder
  • Hardest

What do the gradings mean?

  • Discover Mallorca’s spectacular coastline, stunning mountains and sleepy ochre villages
  • Superb walking in the breathtaking Serra de Tramuntana mountains
  • Wander through Mallorca’s peaceful rural scenery past aromatic orange and lemon groves

Brecon Beacons

7 days - From £632

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  • Walking with Sightseeing in Brecon, Wales
  • Speciality Walking

Choice of walks:

  • Easiest

What do the gradings mean?

  • Usk Valley and Brecon
  • Tretower Castle and Crickhowell
  • Big Pit – underground experience in a real coal mine

 

Umbria

7 days - From £539

flower filled fields in front of hilltop town
  • Guided Walking at Norcia, Italy
  • Speciality Walking

Choice of walks:

  • Easier
  • Medium
  • Hardest

What do the gradings mean?

  • Wander past tiny hamlets in the green rolling foothills of the Umbrian Appennines
  • Stay in the beautiful walled town of Norcia
  • Enjoy excellent local cuisine in our historic hotel’s award-winning restaurant

Lake Garda

7 to 14 days - From £589

view of lake with boat crossing in the distance
  • Guided Walking around Lake Garda, Italy
  • Speciality Walking

Choice of walks:

  • Easier
  • Medium
  • Hardest

What do the gradings mean?

  • Experience the charm and beauty of one of Italy’s most enchanting spots
  • Enjoy the superb location, excellent cuisine and panoramic views of 3-star Hotel Mercedes
  • Travel by ferry to historic Malcesine and ascend by cable car to the stunning Monte Baldo ridge

 

Isle of Arran

3 to 7 days - From £215

Standing stones on a green plateau
  • Guided Walking for Solos on the Isle of Arran, Scotland
  • Speciality Walking

Choice of walks:

  • Easier
  • Harder
  • Hardest

What do the gradings mean?

  • Beautiful island setting, easily accessible from the Scottish mainland and Glasgow airport
  • An ideal introduction to Scottish mountain walking
  • Superb wildlife including eagles, seals, and red deer with their spectacular rutting displays in the autumn

Piedmont

7 days - From £649

town in the distance, surrounded by fields
  • Guided Walking holiday for solos at Montelupo, Italy
  • Speciality Walking

Choice of walks:

  • Easiest
  • Easier

What do the gradings mean?

  • Gentle walking amongst the beautiful rolling countryside of Piedmont
  • Superb 4-star hotel with an excellent restaurant – voted ‘Best Cuisine 2009’ by our guests
  • Visit medieval hill-top villages, full of character and tradition

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