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Have you heard of the Couserans? The Mercantour? The Majella? The Rhinogs? You have heard of Gran Canaria, but probably not for a walking holiday. Award-winning tour operator Upland Escapes really does reach the parts that other tour operators don’t reach. They specialise in finding beautiful corners of mountain Europe that very few, if any, people have heard of - all very different but all offering spectacular upland walking to make your soul sing.

An Upland Escapes walking holiday has to meet an exhaustive set of criteria, and not just any magnificent mountain landscape will do. There has to be an authentic mountain village, good quality characterful accommodation, an opportunity to benefit the local community, great locally sourced food, varied walking terrain to provide a wide choice of walks to cater for all interests and stamina levels, and much more besides.

For anyone seeking somewhere new, unfrequented by other tour operators, untouched by the “been there, done that” brigade, these walking holidays offer new insights into corners of Europe usually close enough to reach by train, familiar enough to explore with a degree of independence and yet completely off the tourist map - sometimes quite literally.

An independent walking holiday in Wales, France, Italy, Austria, Slovenia or the Canary Islands can be enjoyed from 3 nights to a week or more, with no fixed departure dates or length of stay, and no fixed itineraries, leaving you free to walk just as much or as little as you like or simply to relax and admire the breath-taking views.