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We design unencumbered week-long walks through inspiring landscapes, at an unhurried pace, with a warm welcome at comfortable, well-furnished lodgings each night.
Hikers on the Cornwall Coast Path

Hikers on the Cornwall Coast Path
(between Polperro and Fowey)
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Discerning Traveller Self-guided Walking Tours in England, Wales and Scotland 2011

  • Hike for around a week through some of the finest scenery in England, Scotland, Wales
  • Choose from a range of tours graded by difficulty (easy, moderate or demanding hiking)
  • Stay in small, friendly, carefully chosen guest houses and B&Bs - private facilities available
  • Start your tour any day you like during our season (with a few exceptions)
  • Walk light - we move your bags on each day
  • Hike at your own pace, no leader to hurry you on or slower walkers to hold you back
  • Find your way confidently with our specially researched directions (exclusive to The Discerning Traveller) and detailed hikers maps
  • Information on how to reach the starting point from international airports, suggestions on where to eat and shop, where to stop for a trail snack, opening times of stately homes, castles and gardens along the way and more.

Tour location map
To view a JAPANESE website about walking holidays in England please click here

Discerning Traveller self - guided walking and hiking tours
KEY: E(asy) M(oderate) D(emanding)
Country & tour Hiking/Grade Season (months) Duration (nights)
1. England:      
Cornwall Coast - Lands End & St Ives M 4 to mid-10 5 / 7
Cornwall Coast - Padstow & Tintagel M 4 to mid-10 5 / 7
Cornwall Coast - Polperro & Fowey M 4 to mid-10 4 / 6 / 8
Cornwall Coast and Bodmin Moor M to D 5 to 9 7
Jurassic Coast: Exmouth & Lyme Regis E to M 4 to mid-10 5
Jurassic Coast: Exmouth & Dorset Coast M 4 to mid-10 8
Dorset Coast Path & Purbeck Ridgeway E to M all year 5 / 7
Seven Sisters & Rye M 4 to mid-10 5 / 7
Cotswold Villages E 4 to mid-10 6 / 8
Lake District Valleys E to M 4 to mid-10 5 / 7
Lake District Mountains D 5 to mid-10 7
2. Welsh Borderland      
Ludlow & The Shropshire Hills M 5 to mid-10 6
Offa's Dyke Path M 4 to mid-10 4 to 10
3. Wales:      
North Pembrokeshire Coast Path M 4 to mid-10 7
Pembrokeshire Coast: Skomer & St David's E 4 to mid-10 7
4. Scotland:      
West Highland Way M mid-5 to mid-9 5 / 9
Highland Wilderness D mid-5 to mid-9 6
Far North-West E to M mid-7 to end-8 6 / 8


Prices for each tour are shown near the bottom of each tour page

Note. All our tours start and end with an overnight stop, so the number of full walking/hiking days is one less than the number of nights on the tour. We do however also describe short walks or excursions for the arrival day (Day 1) of most of our tours.

There are more pictures of our tours in our Picture Gallery:
Pictures - Cornwall: Land’s End
Pictures - Cornwall: Bodmin Moor
Pictures - Cornwall: Polperro & Fowey
Pictures - Cotswolds
Pictures - Far North West Of Scotland
Pictures - Jurassic Heritage Coast
Pictures - Lake District
Pictures - Pembrokeshire Coast Path
Pictures - Shropshire Hills
Pictures - Seven Sisters & Rye
Pictures - General: Paths and Trails
Pictures - General: Prehistory
 Pictures - General: Industrial Heritage

 

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Tour location map
About our self-led walking and hiking tours and how they work
Grading and difficulty of the walking
What's special about Discerning Traveller self-led walking tours?
Shorter hiking tours (up to 5 nights)
What the New York Times wrote about one of our walking holidays
Further information: Factsheets and e-mail enquiries
How to book

If you want further information about any of our trips either phone or fax us on 0(044)1865 515618 or e-mail us.
Our e-mail address is info@discerningtraveller.co.uk (North American spellers please note that ‘traveller’ is spelt with a double not a single ‘l’).


The Discerning Traveller Ltd.
Registered in England Number 3142288.
Registered Office The Discerning Traveller Limited, 38 Canal Street, Oxford, OX2 6BQ, United Kingdom
Telephone and fax (0044) 1865 515618. E-mail: info@discerningtraveller.co.uk

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