easy hiker https://easyhiker.co.uk/ adventures for beginners Sun, 06 Sep 2026 08:51:02 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.3 https://easyhiker.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/cropped-easy-hiker-5-32x32.jpg easy hiker https://easyhiker.co.uk/ 32 32 Milan: Viva La Differenza! https://easyhiker.co.uk/milan-viva-la-differenza/ https://easyhiker.co.uk/milan-viva-la-differenza/#respond Sun, 06 Sep 2026 08:49:57 +0000 https://easyhiker.co.uk/?p=43789 You will often hear people say that Milan is the “least Italian of Italian cities”, by which they mean: a well-ordered place that lacks the “typically Italian” sense for the joys of anarchy.  On today’s walk, we will do two things: first, confirm that, yes, Milan is rather straight-laced and square (in more than on...

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]]> https://easyhiker.co.uk/rocchetta-nervina-rivers-lakes-and-horrors-of-the-past/feed/ 0 The Naked Ladies of Twickenham https://easyhiker.co.uk/the-naked-ladies-of-twickenham/ https://easyhiker.co.uk/the-naked-ladies-of-twickenham/#respond Sun, 23 Aug 2026 09:15:32 +0000 https://easyhiker.co.uk/?p=43746 No matter how many times you have visited London or how much time you have spent in the city –  years or even decades: there will always be entire quarters in which you have never set a foot, and in the quarters that you have visited, there will always be things that you missed.  London...

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]]> https://easyhiker.co.uk/the-naked-ladies-of-twickenham/feed/ 0 Urbino: A Warlord, a Pope, a Painter and the Queen of Reclining Nudes https://easyhiker.co.uk/urbino-a-warlord-a-pope-a-painter-and-the-queen-of-reclining-nudes/ https://easyhiker.co.uk/urbino-a-warlord-a-pope-a-painter-and-the-queen-of-reclining-nudes/#respond Mon, 17 Aug 2026 13:59:21 +0000 https://easyhiker.co.uk/?p=43726 The Marche region may lie in the centre of Italy but if you can imagine a Tourist’s View Of The Country – in the style of Saul Steinberg’s famous View Of the World From Midtown Manhattanposter where every town, state and country beyond the Hudson River disappears in a blur of vague uncertainty – it...

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]]> https://easyhiker.co.uk/urbino-a-warlord-a-pope-a-painter-and-the-queen-of-reclining-nudes/feed/ 0 Ancona – The Heart of Adriatic Italy https://easyhiker.co.uk/ancona-the-heart-of-adriatic-italy/ https://easyhiker.co.uk/ancona-the-heart-of-adriatic-italy/#respond Sun, 09 Aug 2026 09:39:37 +0000 https://easyhiker.co.uk/?p=43686 As we demonstrated in last week’s post, there are more reasons to travel to Italy’s Marche region than a visit of Parasol Paradise.  Reasons of travel logistics, for example. Marche sits pretty much in the centre of the Adriatic coast, and the airport of Ancona, the region’s heart and capital, is – while small and...

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