Travel and hiking
This article provides information on all aspects of hiking. Hiking is possible in all parts of the world. We differentiate between long-distance hiking trails, pilgrim trails and mountain hiking trails. You can also find the names Höhenwege and Rundwanderwege. Little by little, wonderful overviews are to be created here for hiking fans.
in Europe
- Germany
- England
- France
- Iceland
- Norway: hiking in the Hardangervidda or in Jotunheimen
- Austria
- Poland
- Scotland - The West Highland Way
- Spain
- Switzerland
- Madeira (levada walks)
- Netherlands - please ask the VVV (Tourist Office), which can be found in the tourist centers in every town. There are a lot of new hiking trails.
- Belgium - High Fens and Ardennes
in Africa
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in North America and Central America
- Greenland -
- Mexico - Parque Nacional La Malinche -
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in South America
- Inca path - Hiking route over old Inca trails to Machu Picchu
- In Patagonia amongst other things:
- El Chalten, Argentina "Trekking Capital"
- Torres del Paine, Chile perhaps the most famous national park for hiking
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in Asia
- Israel
- Nepal
- Turkey
- The region Cappadocia is very well known and loved. Numerous valleys invite you to go on extensive hiking tours in a bizarre tuff stone ambience.
- The Lycian way is the classic about hiking in Turkey.
- The St. Paul's Trail Alongside the Lycian Way, it is one of the most famous long-distance hiking trails in Turkey
- The Carian way is one of the newest long-distance hiking trails in Turkey and leads from Bafa Gölü above Bodrum to Marmaris
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in Australia and Oceania
- New Zealand
- Milford Track - South Island
- Routeburn Track - South Island
- Abel Tasman Coast Track - Coastal hike north coast south island
- Tongario Crossing - North Island day hike over a volcano
- see also Great walks
- Under construction: Te Araroa the long pathway, a total of 3,000 km long hiking trail from Cape Reinga to Bluff on the South Island
- Australia
- Overland Track - Hiking route in Tasmania
- Larapinta Trail - Northern Territory hiking route
- Thorsborne Track - Walking route in Queensland
- Southern Circuit - Hiking route in Vitoria
- Great Ocean Walk - Walking route near Melbourne
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on special hiking routes
- on the Way of St. James in Germany: 150 km Lahn-Camino - Moselle Camino - Way of St. James in Brandenburg
- on pilgrimage routes:
General literature
- : The art of hiking, a literary reading book. Munich: dtv, 1997, ISBN 3423200308 . We recommend
- : Natural history hiking book. Manuscriptum Verlagbuchhandlung Thomas Hoof, 2000, ISBN 3933497485 .
- : You have to hike: Without a stick and hat in the German low mountain range. Kiepenheuer & Witsch, 2005, ISBN 346203488X .
- : A little bedside reading for enthusiastic hikers. Bern, Munich, Vienna: joke, 1998, ISBN 3-502-39316-8 .
- : From hiking, new paths to an old art. Frankfurt am Main: Two thousand and one publishing house, 2006, ISBN 3861507722 ; 343 pp. Read and highly recommended. Also as a paperback by rororo.
- : A little bedside reading for enthusiastic hikers. Bern, Munich, Vienna: joke, 1998, ISBN 3-502-39316-8 .
- : From hiking. Rauch publishing house, 1942. [mS old German. Font, A5]
- : Hike. Small philosophy of passions. Dtv, 2007; 127 p. Reading sample possible on Amazon
- ; Reinbek (Ed.): The art of hiking. When, how and with what, hiking becomes an experience. Rowohlt, 1985.
Picture of the month
A typical forest path, marked as a hiking trail (Kaufunger Wald, Lower Saxony)
cards
Hiking trails in OpenStreetMap
Route planner
various hiking destinations
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External information
- in German
- Wikibook on the subject of hiking and traveling on foot
- Search page
- Wanderable Germany predicate Quality way
- Hiking institute predicate Premium way
- Hiking in Germany
- Outdoor wiki
- Hiking villages, an association of particularly hiking-friendly villages in Austria
- in English
Websites of hiking associations and clubs
Not good on your feet?
- How about "water hiking"
- Water hiking on the Upper Rhine