Hi All. Hoping to try some Inn to Inn (not hostel to hostel) hiking with my husband in September. We are moderate level hikers, would like to try a 4-7 day hike, in or near mountains, pretty decent weather (hope hope), carry our day packs, hire a company to schlepp the rest and maybe book rooms. We are in our 60's and also like small villages. We would like to generally limit days to 6-12 miles, depending on elevation gain. Thinking of France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Slovenia . . . Thanks for any ideas.
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Frankfurt, Germany
9693 posts
Do you want to walk part of the Camino in either Spain or Portugal? It is easy to book private rooms in hotels or pensions and arrange for bag transfer.
Posted by
OP
shoreline
3 posts
The Camino hikes I saw required much longer days, or a fair amount of time by busy roads. We'd like to limit to 6-12 miles a day. ☺️
Posted by
Australia
136 posts
We used two British companies in 2023, Inntravel and Onfoot travel for inn to inn walking in France and Spain.
Both were good, they both do hotel bookings, luggage and provide maps and gpx files. If you look at their websites, they have a lot of detail about gradients and distances required. We particularly liked Onfoot’s walk in the Dordogne which visited a number of Plus Beaux Villages - had some excellent meals on that trip too. Onfoot are I think a smaller company and we found them more responsive. We used their shortening options on some of the longer walking days.
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Frankfurt, Germany
9693 posts
I have walked 6 Caminos. You can plan it how you like, with no road walking and the distances you prefer. Personally, I like 10-15km per day, which is very easy to plan. The infrastructure with hotels and bag transfer make it ideal for you.
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1958 posts
We used InnTravel, https://www.inntravel.co.uk/, for a 7 day inn to inn trip in Italy. They made all the internal travel arrangements including baggage transfer and hotel reservations. They tailored their standard Italian Lakes trip to fit our schedule, so you aren’t limited to what they have listed on the website. All the hikes were self guided with very detailed maps and GPS instructions. I would use them again.
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Somerset, UK
6 posts
They are hills not mountains but The Cotswolds Way is beautiful, I've walked it more than once, and lots of options for transfers and accommodation
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Irving
3529 posts
How about the Tour du Mont Blanc hike: https://www.ricksteves.com/watch-read-listen/video/tv-show/lyon.