Sky walks 9 of the best treks in the alps

Head to Slovenia, where some of the most beautiful roads in the world are less than a thousand miles away…

The Dolomites’ famous limestone peaks have inspired adventurers, artists and holidaymakers for centuries. With plenty of mountain trails, adventure sports and cultural attractions, Italy’s Unesco-listed hiking hot spot is easy to reach from the UK, and easy to explore through an Inghams walking holiday. Here are a few reasons to make the Dolomites your next mountain trip...

Melanie O’Shea is a freelance travel and adventure writer based in Penzance, Cornwall. She recently completed Macmillan’s Gower Peninsula, 26-mile ‘Mighty Hike’. In 1926, three avid mountain walkers g

Amid the stunning peaks of the Austrian Tirol, Joe Mackie finds Mayrhofen Ultraks Zillertal offers a truly epic trail adventure

Switzerland is rich, especially in clichés. Many are largely true. There are some I’m not so interested in – banking, precision watches, nuclear shelters and referendums. But others, I certainly am –

Publishing expert and avid hillwalker SARAH MCKENNA picks five brilliant books to pack in your rucksack this summer.