The Dolomites |
The Dolomites
Rail Station, Italy near Bolzano, Italy
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7 Days from $3,995* per person
Provider: The Wayfarers Declared a Unesco World Heritage Site in 2009, the Dolomites in the northern Italian Alps offer walkers, who enjoy a moderate degree of challenge, some of the world's finest and most distinctive mountain landscapes.This new Wayfarers' walk in wild country of exceptional natural beauty is within sight of 9840-feet (3000-meter) high snow-capped peaks, pink-hued rock steeples, vertical walls, sheer cliffs, and long, narrow, and deep valleys, as we explore high pastures, forest trails and gentle riverside walks.Highlights include lunches at… more |
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Alaska |
Alaska
Airport near Anchorage, AK, United States
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9 Days from $4,395* per person
Provider: The Wayfarers Remote trails through landscapes shaped by glaciers, earthquakes and storms, almost perpetual daylight and the chance of hearing distant wolves make this Walk a truly amazing experience.We visit the Independence Mine Historical site, once one of Alaska's most productive gold mines, and cruise the pristine waters of the Kenai Fjords National Park and watch out for orcas! Walking part of the National Historical Iditarod Trail takes us deep into Eagle River's Nature Center, where tiny birds will alight on your… more |
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Pentillie Castle |
Pentillie Castle
Plymouth Airport, United Kingdom
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7 Days from $3,995* per person
Provider: The Wayfarers Live like a Lord and join us for six sumptuous nights at Pentillie, reserved exclusively for The Wayfarers. The elegantly restored Pentillie Castle (built 1698) on the banks of the Tamar River, which forms the border between Devon and Cornwall, provides a springboard for visiting the pick of the best features in both counties.The week encompasses a tour of historic Plymouth (Pilgrim Fathers, Spanish Armada), coastal walking, wild walking on atmospheric Dartmoor (home of the Hound of the Baskervilles) and… more |
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Pembrokeshire Coast |
Pembrokeshire Coast
Haverfordwest Rail Station, United Kingdom
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7 Days from $3,995* per person
Provider: The Wayfarers Poetry and motion are the key words for this new Welsh walk that blends literature and landscape in a novel format.After days of varied but always breathtaking scenery on parts of the 186-mile Pembrokeshire coast path we dine with Gillian Clarke, the Welsh Poet Laureate whose award-winning works have been inspired by local land and seascapes.The coast path offers great variety from rugged cliff tops to sheltered coves, spacious beaches and lazy estuaries, while the hand of Man is evident… more |
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Jane Austen Country |
Jane Austen Country
Airport near Steventon, Basingstoke, United Kingdom
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7 Days from $3,895* per person
Provider: The Wayfarers One of English literature's best-loved authors, Jane Austen, wittily observed preindustrial English society from a sheltered and gentrified family life in Hampshire.The literary walk of her lifetime takes us to many of her haunts, including Steventon where her father was Rector, and the gentle rolling countryside that forms the backdrop to much of her work. A walk through rich meadows and snug valleys, handsome estates and civilized landscapes intersperses two visits to Chawton, where Jane moved at the age of… more |
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The Bronte Trail |
The Bronte Trail
Railway Station, Station Road, Keighley, United Kingdom
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7 Days from $3,895* per person
Provider: The Wayfarers Walking Tour of Yorkshire and Derbyshire, the lands that inspired 'Jane Eyre'.Wild, heather-clad moorland, ruined farmhouses and the remote parsonage where the young Brontës' creativity was nurtured make a stark, striking backdrop to this Walk in one of Britain's most evocative literary landscapes.In Yorkshire we explore Haworth village and the Brontë Parsonage Museum, trek to Top Withens Farm (Wuthering Heights), walk along the Pennine Way and learn more about the Brontës ' lives at a pre-dinner talk by expert Ann… more |
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Alsace |
Alsace
Airport near Strasbourg, France
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7 Days from $3,995* per person
Provider: The Wayfarers Alsace offers distinctive cultural, viticultural, and gastronomic experiences developed through centuries of ping-pong domination between France and Germany.Today, the unique historic blend provides the walking visitor with unsurpassed richness and diversity from fairy-tale landscapes including pastel-painted villages, Europe's highest concentration of feudal castles to the distinctive Franco-Germanic cuisine and wines.We walk along part of the famous Alsace Wine Trail, visit a medieval fortress with spectacular views to the Black Forest in Germany, and trek along forest tracks near Obernai and… more |
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