Treks in Europe

Multi-day treks in Europe, country by country. Each guide covers routes, days, altitude, best months, costs and what to ask your operator.

Italy

Rowing boats on the turquoise water of Lago di Braies, below the pale wall of the Croda del Becco and forested slopes

Italy

Alta Via 1

Duration: 8–13 days
High point: 2,752 m
Difficulty: Moderate
Best months: Jun–Sep

Rifugio Pisciadù, a large white hut with green shutters, between grey rock towers of the Sella group, with snow patches in early summer

Italy

Alta Via 2

Duration: 12–15 days
High point: 2,932 m
Difficulty: Hard
Best months: Jun–Sep

The layered cliffs of Seceda with the Odle peaks rising behind, above forests of Val Gardena, seen from Resciesa

Italy

Puez–Odle hut-to-hut

Duration: 2–4 days
High point: 2,617 m
Difficulty: Moderate
Best months: Jun–Sep

Rifugio Alpe di Tires with its red roof below the rugged rock wall of the Rosszähne, with paths and snow patches on the slopes

Italy

Rosengarten (Catinaccio)

Duration: 4–5 days
High point: 2,770 m
Difficulty: Hard
Best months: Jun–Sep

Rifugio Locatelli with its red roof and shutters in front of the three towering north faces of the Tre Cime di Lavaredo

Italy

Tre Cime di Lavaredo

Duration: 3–4 days
High point: 2,528 m
Difficulty: Moderate
Best months: Jun–Sep

Spain

The Gothic cathedral of León, a stage town on the Camino Francés, seen from its square

Spain

Camino Francés

Duration: 33–35 days
High point: 1,505 m
Difficulty: Hard
Best months: Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct

A wide gravel path under tall oak and chestnut trees in summer sun, with walkers far ahead, on the Camino in Galicia

Spain

Camino Francés from Sarria

Duration: 5–6 days
High point: 725 m
Difficulty: Moderate
Best months: May–Sep

The international bridge over the Minho between Valença in Portugal and Tui in Spain, where the Camino Portugués crosses the border

Spain

Camino Portugués

Duration: 10–13 days
High point: 400 m
Difficulty: Moderate
Best months: May–Sep

The round towers of the Roman walls of Lugo, which the Camino Primitivo crosses

Spain

Camino Primitivo

Duration: 13–14 days
High point: 1,146 m
Difficulty: Hard
Best months: May–Sep

A yellow Camino arrow painted on an old marker post on the cliffs at Islares, above the Cantabrian Sea

Spain

Camino del Norte

Duration: 32–36 days
High point: 708 m
Difficulty: Hard
Best months: May–Sep

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