From ecotourism to luxury travel, Classic Journeys' cultural walking adventures, culinary tours and family vacations offer adventure travel for everyone.

Walking vacations don't have to be grueling endurance tests. Classic Journeys focuses on world travel that is a stimulating blend of easy-going walking and exposure to the local culture and history. On our walking tours, expect an active but casually paced tempo that offers plenty of opportunity to absorb the environment, sightsee and relax. The quintessential Classic Journey is an adventure vacation that is a rich mix of experiences to satisfy the soul of the curious, open-minded traveler.

An adventure tour with a full-time local guide

With Classic Journeys, you experience international travel from a local's perspective. We choose our guides for their knowledge, training and experience, and we only pick the ones we'd want as traveling companions. On our walking vacations, your guide is a well-connected friend who is the kind of person who knows the man whose wife's brother owns the olive press…the opening day of truffle season (and the truffle-hunter who'll let you tag along)…and which local specialties don't appear on the menu.

World travel in style - Unforgettable lodgings to fine regional cuisine

All accommodations on a Classic Journeys tour are first class—from ecotourism to urban, we believe in being absolutely self-indulgent when we travel. Adventure travel doesn't mean camping. We stay in first-class hotels accommodations that reflect the style and hospitality of the region, and search the globe for high-end, unique accommodations. After all, on a France walking tour, wouldn't you rather stay in an 18th century chateau, rather than a generic business-style hotel? At Classic Journeys, we believe international travel is about experiencing every aspect of the local culture.

Walking vacations - adventure travel at a relaxed pace

A walking tour doesn't need to leave you exhausted. To us, walking means that the world can't slide past you faster than you can absorb it. It means world travel at a human pace; breathing air scented with wild thyme, sea mist and sun-warmed grapes. Walking means encounters with people you'd never meet otherwise… wildflowers you'd never have noticed…chapels whose cool quietness you'd never have entered. In our book, walking-focused adventure travel is the best way to immerse yourself in the culture and natural history of a place. We combine ecotourism with luxury, and easy-going, invigorating walks with plenty of time to relax.