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The river and the bridges in Budapest at night, photographed on one of our own trips

Where we plan

13 countries we have actually walked

Not a list of places we could book for you. Every country below is somewhere we have stood, with our own photographs to prove it. Switzerland is first because it is the one we have written up day by day — 23 of them — but it accounts for well under half of what is here.

13 countries · 70 towns and cities · 2,324 photographs

And places we plan but have not photographed

We arrange trips here regularly. We simply do not have our own pictures of them yet, and would rather say so than borrow somebody else's.

  • Spain

    Madrid, Andalusia and the north, at a pace that leaves room for lunch.

  • Ireland

    The west coast and the small roads, with driving distances planned realistically.

Somewhere not on either list? Ask. These reflect where we are asked to plan most often, not a boundary.

What a day of ours looks like written down

23 of these are written out hour by hour, with honest budget notes — what is free, what is worth paying for, and what to walk past. They happen to be Swiss because that is where we have spent the most time, but they are the clearest illustration of how we plan anywhere on this page.

Read the day-by-day guides

Tell us where you want to go

Give us the countries, the budget and the dates, and we will tell you honestly whether it is a trip we can plan well — and what we would change to make it better.

Start planning

The day above is free and yours to use. What it cannot do is decide where this fits in a two-week trip, which hotel works with your arrival time and your walking pace, what needs reserving months ahead, or what happens on the day it rains. That is the part you would be hiring me for, and planning starts at $750.

Or read the questions we are asked most — what a trip includes, how far ahead to book, deposits and cancellation.