Self-Guided Walking Holidays

About our Self-Guided Walking trips

Our self-guided walking holidays allow you to discover the highlights of Europe on foot. We'll send you the detailed route notes with maps to follow, and transfer your luggage between night stops leaving you free to enjoy the very best views and walking experience. You choose the date, your travel companion and even your start times and lunch or swim stops along the way. Our self-guided holidays offer excellent value for money and flexibility.

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Our most popular Self-Guided Walking holidays

Self-Guided Coastal Trails of Portugal

Portugal Walking and Trekking Trip code WSPO

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9 Days From NZ$1140 without flights

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Self-Guided Gran Canaria

Canary Islands, Spain Walking and Trekking Trip code WSGC

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8 Days From NZ$1590 without flights

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Self-Guided Walking in South-West Crete

Greece Walking and Trekking Trip code WSCR

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8 Days From NZ$1100 without flights

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Self-Guided Walking in Madeira

Madeira, Portugal Walking and Trekking Trip code WSMP

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8 Days From NZ$1640 without flights

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Self-Guided Andros Trail

Greece Walking and Trekking Trip code WSGA

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9 Days From NZ$1200 without flights

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Self-Guided Walk Sicily and the Aeolian Islands

Italy, Sicily Walking and Trekking Trip code WSSI

8 Days From NZ$1140 without flights

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Why travel on a Self-Guided Walking holiday?

Maximum flexibility - Choose the best date for your self-guided walking trip and depart on any day of the week. Get up when you want, start your day early to catch the sunrise or enjoy a lie in – it’s your holiday after all! Walk at your own pace, stop for coffee and cake or to take a photo whenever you feel like it.
Choose your travel companions – Travel on your own, as a couple or with friends – you choose who you holiday with.
Local support – On a self-guided holiday you still have full support from our local crew. They transport your luggage while you walk and provide 24/7 emergency back-up in case you lose your way or need help.
Feel good factor – Navigating from point to point and completing a well-planned route, as well as the physical exertion of getting yourself to your destination under your own steam will give you a great sense of satisfaction.
Hand-chosen accommodation - Our hotels are hand-selected for their character, comfort, warm welcome and of course location. We use a wide range of 2 to 4 star accommodation types including family-run, locally owned, hotels, farmhouses, charming chateaux and guesthouses. Whilst trekking in the mountains we sometimes stay in refuges - 'rifugi' – typical mountain lodges where you can share your experiences of the trail with fellow walkers.
Walking trips for different abilities - Many of our self-guided walking holidays are graded from Easy to Moderate or Moderate and they are perfectly suited to first-timers and weekend walkers of moderate fitness. We also offer some Challenging grade trips with longer distances and more mountainous terrain. You can find route and terrain information along with the daily distance walked and walk approximate times on the tour notes.
Luggage transported for you - On almost all nights your main luggage will be transferred from hotel to hotel while you relax and enjoy the trail. Very occasionally, you will need to take your luggage with you on local transport. Each day, you will just need to carry your essentials in a rucksack, and you’ll be reunited with all your belongings at the end of the day’s walk.

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