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Small groups,
big horizons.
Walking, cycling and island-hopping trips for no more than 12 travellers, led by guides who grew up there. Every departure shows live availability, so what you see is what you can book.
4.9 from 3,214 reviews
Financially protected
Trip styles
Walking
Hut-to-hut routes, pilgrim trails and coastal paths, 4 to 7 hours a day.
41 tripsCycling
Quiet lanes and gravel tracks, with e-bikes and a support van on every ride.
18 tripsIsland hopping
Ferries, fishing boats and a different harbour to wake up in most mornings.
14 tripsWildlife
Orcas in Arctic fjords, cranes over the dehesa and bears in the Picos.
9 tripsFeatured trips
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Why travel with Atlas
The good bits of travel, none of the coach tours
We started Atlas in a Bristol kitchen in 2009 after one too many holidays spent following a flag through a crowd. Seventeen years on, we still design every route by walking or riding it first.
Never more than 12 travellers and one local guide. Small enough for family-run guesthouses, mountain huts and the table by the window.
Guides who grew up there
Our guides are shepherds' sons, marine biologists and former hut wardens. They know which bakery opens first.
140 guides in 24 countriesCarbon-balanced trips
We measure every trip, cut what we can with rail and ferry legs, then fund peatland and forest restoration for the rest.
100% of trip emissions balancedGuaranteed to run
Once four people have booked, your departure is locked in. No last-minute cancellations for low numbers.
98% of departures ran in 2025Your money is protected
Financially protected holidays, a £250 deposit to book and free date changes up to 60 days before you travel.
£250 deposit secures a placeReviews
Told by the people who went
Every review comes from a traveller who completed the trip. We publish them all, including the ones about the midges.
4.9/ 5
Atlas traveller score from 3,214 reviews
98% of travellers would book with us again
Travelled
Eleni made the islands feel like hers to shareWe swam off a fishing boat near Amorgos, ate at her cousin's taverna in Naxos and never once queued for a ferry. Ten days felt like a month.
Travelled
Hard days, softest bedsThe climb to Rifugio Lagazuoi nearly finished me, then Marco produced a strudel at the top. Perfectly paced for a group of mixed fitness.
Travelled
Booked from a bothy with one bar of signalI reserved our Morocco trip while walking in Knoydart. It saved everything and confirmed the next morning. Youssef's tagine lessons were a bonus.
The Atlas journal
Stories from the trail
Everything you need for a week between mountain huts, and the six things you don't
Our Dolomites guides share the exact packing list they hand to every group, down to the silk sleeping bag liner.
How to read a Greek ferry timetable without losing your mind
Fast boats, slow boats and the 6am Blue Star to Naxos. Eleni explains how our routes dodge the summer crush.
Walking the Kumano Kodo: cedar forests, hot springs and slow mornings
Five days on a thousand-year-old pilgrim trail, sleeping in family inns where dinner arrives in twelve small bowls.
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