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About Us

Established in 1984 by husband and wife team Richard and Linda Hearn (who have since moved onto a smaller project as their retirement approaches), Inntravel has become the leading British specialist in self-guided walking and hiking tours, winning numerous travel industry awards and regular mentions in the travel pages of British newspapers such as The Times, The Daily Telegraph and The Guardian.

The walking experts…

Our small team includes many keen walkers who love to travel. Between us, we know Italy, France, Spain, Portugal, Norway, Switzerland, Austria and Greece inside out and have extensive experience of hiking all over Europe. In short, we know the most beautiful corners – and the best paths. Months (and sometimes years) of research is undertaken before we introduce a new trip so that we can be sure we have found the most rewarding route and the friendliest hotels.

We currently offer over 80 tours but are constantly developing our program, not just adding exciting new routes but also improving existing ones so that they continue to live up to the high expectations of our clients, about two-thirds of whom book with us again in following years.

…committed to the highest standards of service

We strive to offer the best service possible, dealing with each booking individually. We are only happy if you get maximum enjoyment from your trip, so we discuss each client’s plans with them in detail so that they get exactly the vacation they are looking for. Naturally, the majority of our clients are British, but we are flattered that an ever increasing number of people from the USA, Canada, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand, not to mention EU member states, are choosing to book their walking tour with us, a great endorsement of our trips and service.

Award-winning tours

Our knowledge and expertise, combined with our high levels of service, have meant that we have won many awards over the years. Most recently, readers of the Guardian and Observer newspapers voted us Best Specialist Short Breaks Company 2006.

You can find details of our full program – including our cycling and horse riding tours, skiing vacations, city breaks and unique selection of cottages and villas – on our main site, www.inntravel.co.uk, which itself was named Best Tour Operator Website at the Guardian and Observer Travel Awards 2004 and 2005. The excellence of our tours has been recognized outside the UK, too. In 2004, for example, Maison de la France, the French Government Tourist Office, named our walking and hiking program Best Specialist Program.

Committed to the environment

We strongly believe in a responsible approach to tourism and in the need to protect and preserve the environment, culture and local economy of the regions in which we work. We are fully committed to the principles of responsible tourism of the Association of Independent Tour Operators. Find out more about our policies (and those of the hotels with which we work) by visiting the Responsible Tourism section of our main site.

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