![]() ![]() Although, if you do prefer your hiking on the harder side, there are challenging trips to suit - chains of lovely lodges in the Andes and Himalayas, for instance, have made more rugged routes a more comfortable prospect.Īnd you can forget lugging that monstrous pack. Indeed, many plusher hiking trips are designed to be gentle, encompassing leisurely to moderate trails on easy terrain, with plenty of interest and café stops en route. After all, this is a holiday, not a test. ![]() There’s no reason why a good walk shouldn’t come with good food, good wine, maybe a clawfoot bath or a massage to two. “So we are looking to expand our holidays that use spa hotels, converted manor houses and boutique hideaways, with more time built into the itinerary to relax at these properties, and more of a gastronomic focus.” “There’s increased demand from guests wanting to make their walking holidays more luxurious by adding more luxurious accommodation,” says Fiona Marshall, head of product. Macs Adventure, which runs self-guided walking holidays worldwide, has noticed the change. There’s a greater array of options for those who prefer their rambling more refined walking holidays that not only feature great walks but that have been put together with expert knowledge, that are steeped in local character, that stop at gorgeous hotels, serve the finest food and take as much effort as you desire out of seeing a place on foot. A dork in short shorts, long socks and sensible anorak, dwarfed by a monstrous rucksack dangling pots and pans.īut the trend for “soft” hiking grows - now it’s even cool. Saturday September 10 2022, 12.01am, The TimesĮven now, when I think of “a hiker”, my brain still flicks to Charles Hawtrey in Carry on Camping. ![]()
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