Some of the world's great wine regions are also some of its finest walking country. That is not a coincidence. The same landscapes that produce exceptional wine, the limestone ridges of Burgundy, the sun-baked terraces above the Rhône, the steep schist slopes of the Douro Valley, also make for extraordinary walking. The vines give the trails a structure and a rhythm, and the villages that grew up around them give every day's walking a destination worth arriving at.

Walking through wine country is a different kind of immersion. You cover the same ground the vignerons cover, you understand the contours of a hillside in terms of sun exposure and drainage, and you arrive at the cellar door having earned the tasting. Whether you are walking the Grand Cru vineyards of Alsace, the famous appellations of Chateauneuf du Pape above the Rhône Valley, or the ancient terraced slopes of Portugal's Douro, the walking and the wine tell the same story.

Walkers' Britain & Europe offers vineyard walking holidays across France and Portugal, from the celebrated wine villages of Burgundy and Provence to the dramatic river landscapes of the Douro Valley. Each trip is self-guided, fully supported and built around the trails, tastings and local hospitality that make wine country walking genuinely memorable.