What Is A Rorbu? A rorbu (rorbuer, plural) is a fisherman's cabin and one of the most recognizable symbols (along with codfish) of Norway's Lofoten Islands. The rorbu has distinctive bright... read more →
Editor's Note: Rogan O’Herlihy guides our England and Scotland hiking tours. He is a native of the famed Cotswolds region in England, and his passion for the area is contagious.... read more →
Phyl Newbeck and Bryan Harrington recently completed our self-guided Matterhorn Trek in the Alps of Switzerland and Italy and sent us these photos. Hiking Near The Matterhorn The Matterhorn is... read more →
Question: We're taking a Ryder-Walker hiking tour in Switzerland, but we're flying to another European destination (France) following our hike. We'll have a few bags that we won't need during... read more →
This photo of the Pyrénées comes from our longtime guests, Aubrey and Diane Whitear. Aubrey and Diane hiked our Pays Basque and French Pyrénées tour last summer and returned to... read more →
This is the view of Lake Bohinj, day six on our guided Slovenia Triglav Circuit hiking tour. We hike down from a mountain hut called the Dom na Komni, then we spend... read more →
Here's a nice story about our Slovenia Triglav Circuit, (one of our most popular European hiking tours) and the vibrant Slovenian city of Ljubljana. Ryder-Walker’s managing director, Eileen Burns, visited... read more →
Guided tours rock! RW guides Daniel Sundqvist and Babsi Glanznig (behind the camera), took our Alpino Wunderbar guests on a Via Ferrata outside of Cortina, Italy. Via Ferrata literally means... read more →
We think that Travel + Leisure did a very nice job when they produced a caricature version of Ryder-Walker’s founder and CEO, Peter Walker, for their June, 2014 edition. To quote head... read more →
Travel + Leisure offers a nice taste of the Italian Dolomites in their recent article, Hot Spots of Italy’s Dolomite Mountains. Their well-written piece does a nice job of capturing the... read more →
National Geographic has a nice story about our Slovenia hiking tour. Check it out. FYI; we only have 3 spots... read more →
The nice thing about peak bagging in Scotland is that you don’t need a bunch of gear to do it. Many of the peaks are accessible to everyday hikers. Just... read more →
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