Category: variety
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Percurso dos Sete Vales Suspensos
Sweeping vistas across the sea, beaches, and cliffs from a flowing coastal trail make this a great run to explore the heart of the Algarve coastline. The trail is in excellent condition and very well secured, which makes it suitable for any skill level. Alas, as one of the most popular walks in Portugal’s most…
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Ebersberger Forst Trail – Kirchseeon to Poing
A half-marathon of uninterrupted flow trails make this one-way track one of the best trail-running experiences around Munich. The run is never boring as it meanders up and down lightly technical trails along a ridge line. After an optional climb up to a view tower, the trail gets racy with a constant slight downhill slope…
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Sintra Coastal Hill Circuit
A sheer endless network of lonely trails branches through the western part of the Sintra Hills. In a magical, overgrown forest, nestled between tourist hotspots on the coast and Palácio da Pena, one really gets away from it all on this short circuit. It is but one variation of many possible routes that I suggest…
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Ericeira to Praia de São Lourenço
Varied and easy, the run follows coastal flow trails north of the fishing town of Ericeira along a string of beaches to Praia de São Lourenço. Retracing part of the track to feast on the spectacular cliff-top views, the route continues inland along a beautiful, hidden trail through a lush creek valley circling back to town.…
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Amper Trails – Dachau to Unterschleißheim
Following the idyllic river Amper downstream from the town of Dachau a variety of river-bank paths, from overgrown, tight trails, to perfect down-sloping flow, to wide tracks, are at the heart of this one-way route. Cutting across fields and following a marvelous, hidden forest trail it finishes in Unterschleißheim covering an exact half-marathon distance. Frequent…
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Alfama to Monsanto Forest
This Lisbon 20k loop starts in picturesque Alfama, runs through lively Graça, to leave the city center along the strict lines of Parque Eduardo VII for Monsanto Forest, its largest green space high above the city. Intricate trails lead through dense riots of vegetation down to the Rio Tejo and back along its broad promenade.…
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Munich East – Feringasee – Isar
In a wide circuit, an excellent, level route leaves Munich’s city center behind to explore trails truly off-the-beaten-track to the north-east. Following a string of local parks, creeks, and canals it leads deep into the countryside. Passing swimmable lakes, it circles back via the classic Isar trails.The longish route offers great variety with several hidden…
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Cabo da Roca Lighthouse – Praia da Ursa – Praia da Adraga
This loop around the picturesque coastal village of Ulgueira touches the westernmost tip of the European mainland with its striking lighthouse, before following one of the most stunning stretches of the Portuguese Atlantic coastline featuring sweeping cliff-top views and strikingly beautiful beaches. Running the largely easy to moderately technical trails is great fun, but they are…
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Ericeira – Lizandro River and Coast
Starting in the middle of the picturesque fishing town of Ericeira, the run follows the Lizandro river through an off-the-beaten-track agricultural valley that takes you back in time. It circles back to the coast for spectacular, flowing cliff-top trails with a detour high above the wide bend of the river’s estuary to show off the region’s…
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Kirchseeon to Aying via historic train tracks and creeks
At near 30km this one-way route is on the longer side, taking you through some lesser-known jewels south of Munich along a variety of roads, paths, trails and cross country. It felt quite tough despite the gently rolling hill country, because the trail almost vanishes in places – the famous Aying brewery beer garden is…
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Vila do Bispo to Carrapateira
An absolute top run along one of the finest sections of the Fishermen’s Trail. It takes in a variety of sweeping coastal vistas, valleys, and windswept plateaus in a great figure eight circuit. Wide tracks sweep down towards a magnificent coast through fields of spring flowers. Perfect flow trails hug the clifftop for spectacular views…
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