Week-long, self-guided, pack-free walking holiday with accommodation
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Wales may not be on the holiday radar for many Australians but what’s waiting is some of the most majestic scenery in all of Britain, with storybook landscapes defined by pretty hamlets, regal castles, rolling meadows and one of the UK’s longest and oldest national monuments – the 132km-long Offa’s Dyke.
European walk operator, On Foot Holidays, offers a week-long, self-guided walking holiday along the history-imbued borderlands of Wales and England, including accommodation and daily baggage transfers along the way.
One of the 39 self-guided walking holidays offered across Europe by On Foot Holidays, the company’s six-night ‘Offa’s Dyke and the Marches’ hike takes ‘slow travellers’ seeking genuine connection with local culture and scenery along a route that snakes along the banks of Offa’s Dyke which marks the ancient border between England and Wales.
Offa’s Dyke was built in the eighth century by King Offa to fortify the border between his Anglo-Saxon kingdom and rival kingdoms in what is now Wales. On Foot Holidays’ 92km-long walking holiday along the historic fortification explores the beautiful Welsh Marches, as the borderlands are known, with the route passing through enchanting, medieval towns and past many castles and across sweeping hills and over lofty ridges, criss-crossing the England-Welsh border numerous times. Along the way, guests will stay in country pubs and charm-filled B&Bs.
On Foot Holidays’ walk package begins in the historic town of Bishop’s Castle on the English side of the border and then winds south through once-fortified towns built to police the formerly unruly frontier – villages such as Clun, Knighton and Kington, ending in the pretty Welsh town of Hay-on-Wye, famous for its plethora of second-hand bookshops and enticing pubs where the finish of the walk can be celebrated.
The walk is graded medium-hard, with three to six hours of walking each day. Including six nights’ accommodation, all breakfasts, local transfers, maps and directions, and all luggage transfers – meaning travellers simply carry a day pack, the ‘Offa’s Dyke and the Marches’ hiking trip costs from £910 per person, twin-share (approximately A$1718 depending on exchange rates).
* On Foot Holidays offers a 10 per cent saving when two of its hikes in its European portfolio are booked at the same time for the one European holiday (discount applies to the cheaper holiday only). Conditions apply. A discount of £40 per room is also offered for walkers opting to use a digital walking guide on their phones without printed materials.
Visit A self-guided walking holiday in the Welsh Borders with On Foot Holidays (direct link to walk) or www.onfootholidays.co.uk .
On Foot Holidays offers 39 ‘slow travel’, self-guided walking tours in 11 countries across Europe. Walkers select their departure dates and all routes are designed by locals and tested by staff from On Foot Holidays.
www.onfootholidays.co.uk
