Biking

Spanning 1,450km from the North Sea to the Swiss Alps, the Rhine Cycle Route is 87% car-free, culturally rich and surprisingly accessible.

From swimming island-to-island in Croatia to running 250km through the Sahara, more travellers are trading relaxation for resilience.

Forty years after a tiny village paved the way for border-free European travel, a series of scenic bike paths whisk travellers through the area's vineyard-studded landscape.

Winding from southern deserts into snowcapped mountains towards northern beaches, the Route of Caravans offers adventurous travellers a stunning glimpse of the nation few tourists see.

The Badger Divide lets bikepackers wind, climb, dip and slalom through some of Scotland's most stunning scenery by day, and wild camp along its moors, glens and lochs at night.

Linking eight Balkan nations, the new Trans Dinarica cycling trail twists through some of the continent's most stunning – and least-visited – landscapes.

The country's longest continuous bike trail – the Alps to Ocean – takes travellers on a 315km journey into the seismic-shifting saga of Zealandia, Earth's eighth continent.

Launched in 2022, the path threads Québec's bucolic villages and lake-laced landscapes, passing more than 100 culinary stops from Montréal to Sherbrooke.