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Practical guides and considered stories for finding the places that make a journey worth remembering.

  • Oia on the edge of Santorini's caldera.

    Fira to Oia hike: choose your direction and return

    Walk Santorini’s caldera from Fira to Oia, choose where to start and finish, and plan your bus or taxi back.

  • A path passes beneath red torii gateways at Fushimi Inari in Kyoto.

    Fushimi Inari hike: from Kyoto’s torii gates to Ichinomine

    Walk beyond Fushimi Inari’s famous torii gates, climb the sacred mountain trail and decide whether to continue to Ichinomine.

  • Gornergrat railway and Matterhorn landscape.

    Gornergrat Railway and Riffelsee: a mountain day from Zermatt

    Ride from Zermatt to Gornergrat for Matterhorn and glacier views, then decide whether to add the walk from Rotenboden to Riffelsee.

  • Stone steps on the forest trail to Jomon Sugi, Yakushima.

    Jomon Sugi hike on Yakushima: trail, shuttle and timing

    Walk the forest railway and mountain trail to Jomon Sugi, and plan around the full-day hike and Arakawa shuttle.

  • Kawah Ijen crater lake and volcanic rim in East Java.

    Kawah Ijen hike: crater rim and the blue fire

    Climb from Paltuding to Kawah Ijen’s crater rim, learn how the blue-fire route differs and check current access before booking.

  • Water cascading down Krimml Waterfalls in Austria.

    Krimml Waterfalls: lower viewpoint or the trail to the top?

    Choose between a short walk to the lower falls and the full uphill Krimml Waterfalls trail, with its viewpoints and seasonal opening.