The latest way to see Europe: On foot

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Thanks to a collision of post-pandemic travel preferences and the appeal of crowd-free rural Europe, the self-guided walking holiday is going mainstream.

Thanks to a collision of post-pandemic travel preferences and the appeal of crowd-free rural Europe, the self-guided walking holiday is going mainstream.

PHOTO: ADOBE STOCK

Alex Marvar

My husband and I know we have made a foolish decision.

With every curve of our Jeep, it becomes increasingly clear that the muddy, rutted Tuscan “road” that Google Maps has confidently sent us down is actually a cowpath. But it is impossible to turn around.

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