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Picture terraced olive groves climbing above a deep blue sea, old mule paths built from dry-stacked limestone, and a stone monastery village where you eat on the square in the evening. That is Mallorca beyond the beach, and it is the world you walk through on the GR221 Mallorca, the Dry Stone Route threading through the Serra de Tramuntana mountains from the island's south-western tip to its northern coast. If you are reading this in January wondering about a spring escape from the UK, you probably have the same questions most people do: how hard is it, how many days do you need, which refuges do you book and when, and is it worth the effort of organising? This guide answers every one of those questions using real stage data and honest seasonal advice. Bookatrekking arranges your accommodation, and you receive the app with offline navigation and GPX files for every stage before you leave home.

The Annapurna Circuit trek is the most complete trekking journey in Nepal. The classic loop circles the entire Annapurna massif, taking you from subtropical river valleys at around 900 m up to the Thorong La at 5,416 m before descending into the high desert of Lower Mustang and finishing with the sunrise viewpoint at Poon Hill. Every night you sleep in a teahouse run by a local family: no camping, no carrying a tent. If you are looking for trekking in Nepal that combines altitude challenge, cultural depth and an ever-changing landscape, the Annapurna Circuit delivers all three in a single journey. At Bookatrekking we arrange your licensed guide, a porter for every two trekkers, all permits and your teahouse accommodation.

Hiking in the Pyrenees is the next best thing. Away from the busy trails in the Alps and upwards and onwards to some of the most pristine hiking trails and mountain huts Europe has to offer. With a touch of French and a hint of Spanish, the Pyrenees offers the best - and highest - of both. Whether you’re hiking from coast to coast, taking it all in on Catalonia's highest peak or introducing your kids to the mountains in Aigüestortes.  Everyone has heard of the Pyrenees. They are those other mountains in Europe, right? Yeah, somewhere between France and Spain. And isn't Andorra super mountainous as well? Not bad, not bad. That's right, the Pyrenees basically shape a natural border between France and Spain and right in the middle of everything, you can find the tiny mountain state of Andorra. When thinking about Spain or France, there may be other things coming to mind first. Not for us. When we think France, we think Refuge and when we think Spain, we think Refugi. Let's take you on the finest hut-to-hut hiking routes in the Pyrenees! 

The Peaks of the Balkans Trail connects Albania, Kosovo and Montenegro in a single circular hike through the Accursed Mountains, a remote corner of the Western Balkans where shepherd paths cross three national borders. Each day ends at a family guesthouse in an isolated valley, far from tourist crowds. If you are considering the Tour du Mont Blanc or the Alta Via 1 and want something rawer and quieter, this is the trail to compare. This guide answers the four questions most hikers ask first: how hard is it, guided or self-guided, how does the permit work, and when should you go. At Bookatrekking, our local partner handles the Cross Border Permits, all guesthouse bookings and the necessary transfers, whether you travel with a guide or with a digital travel guide and interactive maps.

The GR20 Corsica is a 180 km trail that runs along the mountain spine of the island from Calenzana in the north to Conca in the south, crossing 12,000 metres of total elevation change along the way. It is widely regarded as the hardest waymarked long-distance trail in Europe: expect granite slabs, iron chains, exposed ridges and a mountain refuge every night. At Bookatrekking we reserve those refuges for you including half board, and you hike with our app, which gives you offline navigation, a GPX track and the live weather forecast for each refuge on your itinerary. Everything else, including the granite, is on you.