Expert Insights

May 11, 2016 A Walking Tour Du Mont Blanc

Read time -3 minutes The Alps are not Europe’s last unexplored wilderness. They’re well mapped, lovingly crisscrossed with a silvery web of paths held in adulatory high esteem by walkers, trail runners and cyclists alike. Anyone walking the Tour du Mont Blanc is propelled up and over the passes by cheery yellow plastic signposts, impossible to...

May 09, 2016 Walking in the French Alps

Read time – 2 minutes Creaking glaciers carving their way down to pine forests and flower-flecked meadows, ancient shepherds’ hamlets perched beside glassy lakes and hundreds of peaks to conquer. More beautiful than you could ever imagine, how could you not fall in love with the Alps? Mont Blanc Tour leaders Mark and Carey Faulkner have...

May 09, 2016 Your Words, Not Ours – The Picos de Europa

Read time – 5 minutes This article is a client contribution. It was kindly written for us by Fiona Churchill, and all the photographs below are hers. She travelled with us to the Picos de Europa in August 2015. Take it away Fiona… As an “Exodus junkie” – if that is what I can call...

April 29, 2016 Nepal Medical Camp in Pictures

Read time – 1 minute On 19 March 2016, in the remote village of Thulopatel in Nepal, something unusual was happening. The ordinarily quiet village was waking up to find a small queue beginning to form on the road leading to the village. Some were hobbling, some were led by the hand and some had...

April 28, 2016 Top 5 Unusual Cycle Tours in Eastern Europe

Read time – 3 minutes Central and Eastern Europe: the new kids from the eastern bloc are undeniably amongst the coolest travel destinations on the planet right now. After many years of isolation, these countries have arrived fashionably late to the party and are making up for lost time – chic trendy cities with ruined...

April 25, 2016 A – Z of Architectural Wonders of the World

Read time – 4 minutes Take an alphabetical journey through the world’s most incredible buildings. These architectural wonders of the world may be ancient, historic structures steeped in long-lost traditions or avant-garde masterpieces of the modern day. Here are 26 manmade wonders guaranteed to blow you away. Architectural Marvels A – Angkor Wat, Cambodia Angkor Thom...

April 22, 2016 Tour du Mont Blanc in Numbers Infographic

Read time – 1 minute The Tour du Mont Blanc – perhaps the most iconic trek in Europe. This magnificent loop shamelessly links up some of the finest alpine scenery in Europe – a ten-day tour de force of sweeping mountain passes, long gaping valleys and hulking rock formations brushing the clouds. Overlooking the Brevant,...

April 21, 2016 Your Words, Not Ours: Self-Guided Tour of Italy

Read time – 2 minutes “Don’t tell anyone about how beautiful Lecce is – everyone will go there! There are white limestone cathedrals, old squares and little cobbled streets, but it’s nowhere near as busy as somewhere like Rome.” Matera at dusk Self-Guided Cycling in Italy Venturing south to Italy’s heel ticks all the Mediterranean...

April 20, 2016 Celebrating the Bard

This year marks the 400th anniversary of the death of England’s greatest writer, the legendary playwright William Shakespeare. His many masterpieces have become invaluable cultural treasures, surviving their author to be retold in countless forms over the years. “They say, that they have measur’d many a mile, To tread a measure with you on this...

April 15, 2016 Best Beginners Summits

Read time – 4 minutes There’s a first time for everything. And if you’re ready for your first summit walking adventure, the choices couldn’t be broader. From far-flung exotic peaks to something a little closer to home, there’s no shortage of ideal mountains which offer plenty of excitement without overwhelming the newbie. Forget struggling with...