Walks & Hiking Trails — GoCastra

Multi-day walking trails across Europe, with campsites shown in order along the route.

Wicklow Way

Ireland's oldest waymarked trail, 129km through the Wicklow Mountains from Dublin

129 km moderate

GR34

The Brittany Coast Path, over 2,000km of clifftop, beach and estuary walking

2000 km (sectional) easy-moderate

Offa's Dyke Path

177 miles tracing the Welsh–English border along an 8th-century earthwork

177 miles moderate-strenuous

Pembrokeshire Coast Path

186 miles of some of Britain's most dramatic sea cliffs

186 miles moderate

Pieterpad

The Netherlands' longest walking trail, 500km from Pieterburen to Maastricht

500 km easy-moderate

West Highland Way

Scotland's most famous long-distance walk, from Glasgow's edge to the foot of Ben Nevis

96 miles moderate

Cotswold Way

A gentle 102-mile ridge walk along the Cotswold escarpment through honey-stone villages

102 miles moderate

Pennine Way

England's oldest and toughest National Trail, 268 miles up the Pennine spine

268 miles strenuous

GR10

France's Pyrenean GR10, 866km coast-to-coast beneath the high peaks

866 km hard

Coast to Coast Walk

Wainwright's 182-mile classic from the Irish Sea to the North Sea

182 miles strenuous

South West Coast Path

Britain's longest National Trail, 630 miles around the entire South West coast

630 miles moderate-strenuous

Great Glen Way

79 gentle miles through Scotland's Great Glen, from Fort William to Inverness

79 miles moderate

Speyside Way

65 miles through whisky country, following the River Spey to the Cairngorms

65 miles easy-moderate

Skye Trail

An unofficial 80-mile traverse of Skye's wildest, most dramatic terrain

80 miles hard, unmarked

Cape Wrath Trail

Britain's toughest long-distance walk, 200 wild miles to the northwest tip of Scotland

200 miles very hard

The Kerry Way

Ireland's longest waymarked trail, a 214km loop around the Ring of Kerry

214 km moderate

Camino de Santiago (Camino Francés)

The classic Camino de Santiago route, 780km from the Pyrenees to Santiago de Compostela

780 km moderate

Alta Via 2

A wilder, higher alternative to Alta Via 1, 160km from Bressanone to Feltre

160 km hard

The Dingle Way

A 179km loop around Ireland's dramatic Dingle Peninsula

179 km moderate

GR20

Corsica's GR20, widely rated Europe's toughest long-distance trail

180 km very difficult

Tour du Mont Blanc

The classic 170km circuit of Mont Blanc through France, Italy and Switzerland

170 km moderate-hard

GR 11 (Senda Pirenaica)

The Spanish Pyrenean GR11, 840km along the southern side of the range

840 km difficult

GR65

The Chemin du Puy, France's principal Camino de Santiago route, Le Puy to the Spanish border

735 km moderate

Alta Via 1

The classic Dolomites high route, 120km through some of the Alps' most striking scenery

120 km moderate-hard