Moon & Honey Travel is a blog dedicated to travelers who love to hike. It’s for the travelers who strive to integrate the great outdoors into their travel plans. This website brings you the best hiking trails in the world, personally curated by us, Sabrina and Kati. Whether you’re a day hiker or long-distance trekker, you can use our in-depth guides and itineraries to plan your next adventure. Learn more about us.
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Top Hiking Destinations
Hiking enriches travel. We believe that a trip isn’t complete without discovering a new trail. So, we always make hiking a priority when we’re traveling. Here are the best hiking trails and destinations we’ve experienced thus far.
The Best Hikes in the World
Hiking is for everyone. Whether you enjoy short day hikes or long distance treks, you’ll find inspiration for your next hiking adventure here. We’re curating the best hikes in the world one trail at a time. Find out where to hike below.
Day Hikes
It’s easy to incorporate day hiking into your travel itinerary. Pack water, sunglasses, and some snacks and you’re pretty much all set.
Here are some of our favorite day hikes: Kamnik Saddle and Planjava in Slovenia, Sentiero Bonacossa Trail in the Italian Dolomites, and Bobotov Kuv in Montenegro’s Durmitor National Park.
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Culinary Hikes
Culinary hikes are those that combine the art of food with the beauty of nature.
Imagine going on a wine tasting hike through the Ahr Valley, Germany’s largest red wine region. Or, perhaps rewarding yourself with a delicious Rösti after a spellbinding hike in Appenzell, Switzerland. Dining and hiking go hand in hand in the Tierser Alpl mountain hut in the Dolomites.
More Culinary Hiking Destinations:
- Kofce Mountain Hut in the Karawanks, Slovenia
- Sulzenalmen in Filzmoos, Austria
Coastal Hikes
Coastal hiking is one of the best introductions to hiking. There’s something so cleansing and purifying about walking along huge bodies of water.
Coastal hikes are more accessible than alpine hikes because they don’t require the same amount of fitness, preparation, and technical expertise. However, proper gear is still a necessity: sun protection, sufficient water, and hiking boots.
Our Favorite Coastal Hiking Trails:
- Best Coastal Hikes in Malta and Gozo
- Fisherman’s Trail in Portugal
- Seven Hanging Valleys Trail in Portugal
- Seven Sisters Cliffs Trail in England
- Anaga Mountains Hikes in Tenerife, Canary Islands
Hut to Hut Hikes
Hut to hut hiking is a type of multi-day hiking in which you overnight in mountain huts along the way.
You can hike hut-to-hut in many places around the world. However, the best hut system is in the European Alps.
Here are some of our favorite hut-to-hut hikes: Triglav National Park Traverse (Slovenia), Alta Via 1 (Italian Dolomites), Berlin High Trail (Austria), Rätikon High Trail (Switzerland and Austria), Karwendel High Trail (Austria).
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Long Distance Hikes
Long-distance treks are lengthy multi-day hiking trails. What is deemed “long-distance” is entirely subjective, but let’s say it’s 7 days or more. Depending on the destination, you would either be backpacking, or hiking hut to hut (or inn to inn).
Because some of these long-distance routes total 5,000 km (3,107 miles), these trails are broken up into stages. So, you could hike a segment or chunk of a long-distance trail, without having the hike the whole thing.
The Alta Via 1 in the Dolomites and the Annapurna Circuit in Nepal are approachable long-distance hiking trails.
Other famous long-distance treks: the Eagle Walk (Austria), Via Alpina (Europe), Te Araroa Trail (New Zealand), Via Dinarica (Western Balkans), Pacific Crest Trail (USA), and Appalachian Trail (USA).
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Via Ferrata Hikes
A via ferrata (Klettersteig in German) is a protected climbing route.
You need specific via ferrata equipment (climbing harness, climbing helmet, and via ferrata lanyard) to tackle these climbs. Via ferrata routes can be very challenging, even with the steel cables, ladders, and fixed anchors aiding your ascent, or descent.
They are generally graded on a letter scale from A to F (easy to very difficult).
To summit Mount Triglav, Slovenia’s highest mountain, hikers must climb a via ferrata route.
Via Ferrata Routes:
- Alpspitz Ferrata (Grade A/B), Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, Germany
- Gran Cir (Grade A), South Tyrol, Italy
