Walking Trips featuring Eco-Hotels & Lodges
Sustainable travel is one of the core principles of ATG Travel. With that in mind, we love to find places to stay that work in harmony with the local environment and community. Spend a night or two in traditional renovated mountain cottages, enjoy an immersive eco lodge forest stay, learn about the production of wine, olive oil and cheese at a family-run farm or stay at ATG’s Pieve a Castello, renovated to the highest environmental standards.
Such places are more than just a comfortable bed for the night. They provide unforgettable experiences that are often the highlight of a trip with us.
Italy
Insight into the lives and works of some of the greatest artists of the Renaissance and their frescos still in their idyllic original locations.
• Evening presentations on Renaissance frescoes and technique
• Visits to frescoes in Siena, Florence, Assisi & Perugia
• Nights, with time to explore, in delightful Orvieto & Perugia
• 5 nights at Pieve a Castello, ATG’s Tuscan retreat
Escorted
Easy Walking
Duration: 8 days
Trip dates:
03 - 10 Nov 2026
30 Mar - 6 Apr 2027
02 - 09 Nov 2027
Price: from £3,760 per person
Portugal
Follow a high route along stone-paved paths and rocky trails through the mountains of the Peneda National Park – a little-explored corner of Portugal.
• Stays in hospitable, remote mountain villages
• Unique walking across ancient granite landscapes
• Visit the ancient Sanctuary of Nossa Senhora in Peneda
• Striking evidence of Megalithic civilisation & Roman occupation
Independent
Moderate to Challenging Walking
Duration: 8 or 9 days
Route Open:May, June, July, September, October
Price: from £1,300 per person
Italy
Walk a wild landscape, moving between seaside towns along coastal paths, then inland through scented scrub and woodland, into the heart of the Foresta Umbra.
• Explore Monte Sant’Angelo, one of Europe’s earliest shrines
• Stay in an eco forest retreat and on a working olive farm
• Rich flora & fauna of the Foresta Umbra
• Beautiful beaches and opportunities for swimming
Independent
Moderate to Challenging Walking
Duration: 8 or 9 days
Route Open:April, May, June, September, October, November
Price: from £1,480 per person
Italy
We combine visits to diverse gardens in the regions of Rome, Siena and Florence with sightseeing and gentle, optional walks into the Tuscan countryside.
• Visit Ninfa, ‘the world’s most romantic garden’
• Optional afternoon visit to Siena
• 5 nights at Pieve a Castello, ATG’s very own Tuscan retreat
• Private concert in Pieve’s pre-Romanesque church
Escorted
Easy Walking
Duration: 8 days
Trip dates:
06 - 13 Oct 2026
Price: from £3,760 per person
Italy
Walk in the footsteps of Federico da Montefeltro across the picturesque Montefeltro hills from crag-top San Leo to Renaissance triumph in Urbino.
• Reach high points with magnificent panoramas
• 15th-century ducal palace of Federico da Montefeltro
• Fine churches, monasteries & fortified villages
• Wildflowers in spring; mushrooms & truffles in autumn
Independent
Moderate to Challenging Walking
Duration: 8 or 9 days
Route Open:April, May, June, July, August, September, October
Price: from £1240 per person
Italy
A week combining morning tutored painting sessions in the glorious Tuscan countryside with afternoon excursions to nearby towns and optional walks.
• Led by a renowned artist specialising in landscapes
• All, including beginners, are welcome!
• Visit medieval hilltop towns including San Gimignano
• Private concert featuring superb musicians
Escorted
Easy Walking
Duration: 8 days
Trip dates:
01 - 08 Jun 2027
Price: from £3,640 per person
Italy
Stay independently in this unique, award-winning, Augustinian canonry complex located in idyllic countryside, between Florence & Siena in central Italy.
• Enjoy ‘Tuscany’s best’
• Enjoy the serviced ‘home from home’ ambiance of this exclusive retreat
• Enjoy the area’s incomparably rich range of World Heritage offerings
• Relax, walk, swim (summer) or take the ‘shuttle' to visit…
Independent
Easy Walking
Duration: 8 days
Trip dates:
14 - 21 Jul 2026
Price: from £1,960 per person
Italy
Stay for a week in this uniquely preserved, historic complex of restored, 8th-century buildings, located in idyllic countryside between Florence and Siena in central Italy.
• Relax in this historic, peaceful and exclusive Tuscan retreat
• Discover the area’s ancient paths & World Heritage sites
• Escorted visits to Florence, Siena and the abbey of Sant’ Antimo
• Enjoy a concert in Pieve’s Proto-Romanesque pilgrim church
Escorted
Easy Walking
Duration: 8 days
Trip dates:
15 - 22 Sep 2026
13 - 20 Oct 2026
15 - 22 Jun 2027
12 - 19 Oct 2027
Price: from £3,640 per person
Italy
Stay for a week in this award-winning, restored, historic Augustinian canonry complex located in idyllic countryside between Florence and Siena in central Italy.
• Relax in this peaceful, architecturally distinguished ambience
• Enjoy fabulous art in medieval Siena, San Gimignano…
• …and Monte Oliveto Maggiore, one of Italy’s greatest monasteries
• Concert in Pieve’s Proto-Romaneseue pilgrim church with fabulous acoustics
Escorted
Easy Walking
Duration: 8 days
Trip dates:
22 - 29 Sep 2026
20 - 27 Oct 2026
13 - 20 Apr 2027
08 - 15 Jun 2027
14 - 21 Sep 2027
Price: from £3,640 per person
Italy
Stay in this World Legacy, restored, historic complex of unique 8th-century buildings, set between the beautiful art capitals of Florence and Siena in central Italy.
• Relax in this peaceful, exclusive residence
• Walk to discover the millennia-old paths and tracks through the surrounding countryside
• Explore ancient Etruscan remains in Volterra
• Visit Siena and magnificent works of early Renaissance art
Escorted
Easy Walking
Duration: 8 days
Trip dates:
23 - 30 Mar 2027
18 - 25 May 2027
25 May - 01 Jun 2027
21 - 28 Sep 2027
Price: from £3,640 per person