Description
Book SynopsisBig Trails: Heart of Europe is an indispensable guide to the most spectacular and popular long-distance trails in the Western European countries of France, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Italy.
The twenty-five featured routes cover the best that European trails have to offer, sweeping from the GR21 along the Normandy Coast to the GR1 Tour de Paris and King Ludwig’s Way in Germany. Culminating in trails such as the Tour du Mont Blanc and Chamonix–Zermatt Haute Route, the jewels of the Alps, this delves deep into Western Europe’s most iconic routes.
The book will inspire big adventures. Rather than being carried along the route, this guide provides everything you need to plan and explore further, including a general overview of the trails, specific technical information, overview mapping, key information and stunning photography. As well as this, each route specifies approximate timings devised using the Jones–Ross formula, which allows for custom itineraries to be generated depending upon the speed of the user. Whether you’re walking, trekking, fastpacking or running, let Big Trails: Heart of Europe be your guide.
Table of ContentsIntroduction
Acknowledgements
What is a Big Trail?
About the routes
How to use this book
Walk, trek, fastpack, run
Planning for a Big Trail
THE TRAILS
01 Adlerweg
02 Alta Via 1
03 Altmühltal-Panoramaweg
04 Brabantse Heuvelroute
05 Carnic Peace Trail
06 Heidschnuckenweg
07 Holland’s Coast Path
08 King Ludwig’s Way
09 Malerweg
10 Meraner Höhenweg
11 Mullerthal Trail
12 Normandy’s Alabaster Coast
13 Pfälzer Weinsteig
14 Pieterpad
15 Rhine Castles Trail
16 Salzburger Almenweg
17 Stelling van Amsterdam
18 Tour de Paris
19 Tour du Matterhorn
20 Tour du Mont Blanc
21 Tour of Monte Rosa
22 Traversée du Massif des Vosges
23 Walker’s Haute Route: Chamonix to Zermatt
24 Walserweg
25 Westweg
