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Sounds of the Dolomites festival, Italy © Rudolf Abraham

Planned and Recent Travel

Hiking, culture, food, family travel – trips to Croatia, France, Macedonia, Montenegro, Slovenia and more

Travel plans for 2025 include Albania, Kosovo and North Macedonia (High Scardus Trail), along with the Austrian Alps, Croatia, Slovenia (Nova Gorica) and Canada. Trips in 2024 included Austria (Graz and Vienna), Belgium (Antwerp and Bruges), Croatia (Zagreb, Zadar, islands), France (Nantes, Dordogne, La Régalante), Slovenia (Nova Gorica, Karst, Vipava Valley, Ljubljana, Maribor, Prekmurje), Switzerland (Zurich) and the US (Cincinnati). If you’d like to discuss commissioning an article, writing or photography from these or other trips, please get in touch.

Europe – Slow Travel

Almost all of my travel over the past 14 years or so has been within Europe – though I do still sometimes consider trips further afield, and over the past couple of years have travelled to Cincinnati, Taiwan and South Korea – and wherever possible I go by rail rather than flying, whether that’s jumping across the Channel to France or heading further to the Austrian Alps. This has been a conscious decision – partly because there is simply such an amazing and seemingly inexhaustible variety of things to see and experience on this wonderful continent of ours; partly as a way to balance family and work; partly as a way to reduce my carbon footprint; and partly from a preference for slow travel.

Rudolf is currently in…

London, UK

Travel plans – trips booked or planned for 2025 include:

France – Saint-Malo, Brittany (February 2025)
Croatia – Rovinj, Istria
Slovenia – Nova Gorica (European Capital of Culture 2025)
Greece – islands
Albania – mountains, coast
Austria – Alps
Macedonia/Albania/Kosovo – High Scardus Trail, Shar Mountains, Ohrid
Greece – Pindus mountains, Epirus, Tzoumerka
Estonia – Song Celebration
Switzerland – Zermatt, Via Berna, Grand Tour des Combins
Canada – Northern BC, Vancouver
Latvia/Estonia – Baltic Coast Trail
France – Côte d’Azur, Vanoise, Vélobuissonnière, Causses du Quercy, Baie de Somme
Slovenia – Julian Alps, Ljubljana, coast, Drava Cycle Trail, Vipava Valley, Kočevsko, Prekmurje
Taiwan – Taipei, mountains, hiking, wildlife, national parks
Austria/Slovenia/Italy – Alpe Adria Cycle Route
Austria – Kitzbühel, Totes Gebirge, Salzkammergut, South Styria
Canary Islands – Tenerife, La Gomera, Gran Canaria

Recent trips:

Germany – Berlin (January 2025)
France – Avignon, Vaucluse (January 2025)
Belgium – Antwerp, Bruges (December 2024)
Italy – Naples (November 2024)
France – Nantes, Dordogne (November 2024)
Slovenia – Kras, Vipava Valley, Goriška brda, cycling (October 2024)
Albania, Kosovo, Montenegro – Peaks of the Balkans Trail (October 2024)
Croatia – Zadar, Silba, northern Dalmatia, coast and islands (August 2024)
Switzerland – Zürich Pride (June 2024)
France – Brittany, Loire-Atlantique, Régalante cycle route, Nantes, Saint-Malo (May/June 2024)
Slovenia – Ljubljana, Škofja Loka, Maribor, Murska Sobota (April 2024)
Austria – Graz (April 2024)
Croatia – Zagreb, Rovinj, Gorski Kotar (March/April 2024)
United States – Cincinnati, Northern Kentucky (March 2024)
Switzerland – Lucerne Carnival (February 2024)
Austria – Burgenland, Vienna (January 2024)
Slovenia – Ljubljana (December 2023)
France – Luberon, Provence (October 2023)
Austria – Vienna, Lower Austria, Burgenland, Styria (August 2023)
Croatia – Ugljan, Silba, Zadar, Dalmatian coast and islands (August 2023)
Switzerland/Italy – Tour des Combins (July 2023)
North Macedonia, Albania & Kosovo – hiking the High Scardus Trail (June 2023)
France – Charente (May/June 2023)
Switzerland – Zürich (April 2023)
France – Avignon (April 2023)
South Korea – Seoul, Jeju, Busan, Bukhansan and Hallasan national parks (April 2023)
Malta and Gozo (March 2023)
Slovenia – Julian Alps, Walk of Peace, Soča Valley, Nova Gorica, Karst (February 2023)
France – Lille, Arras, Lens (December 2022/January 2023)
Croatia – Zagreb (December 2022)
Taiwan – Taipei, Hualien, Taroko National Park, Yangmingshan National Park (November 2022)
Slovenia – European Food Summit in Ljubljana, Soča Valley etc (November 2022)
France – Hiking in the Vercors (October 2022)
Switzerland – Hiking the Via Berna, Bern, Jungfrau Region, Interlaken (September 2022)
Croatia – Zadar, coast, islands (August 2022)
France – Thiérache, Aisne (August 2022)
France – Cycling the Vélomaritime along the Normandy and Pas-de-Calais coast (July 2022)
France – Brittany and Normandy, family cycling, Saint-Malo, Caen (June 2022)
France – Hiking in Parc Naturel Régional du Vercors, Grenoble (May 2022)
Tenerife – Teide National Park, Anaga mountains, Teno Rural Park, hiking, whale watching (April 2022)
Croatia – Istria, Rovinj, Novigrad, Buje, wine, olive oil, Zagreb, Rijeka, Učka Nature Park, Gorski kotar (April 2022)
UK (February/March 2022) – Folkestone, Hastings, Worcester, Malvern Hills
Slovenia (November 2021) – Juliana Trail, Julian Alps, Vipava Valley, Goriška brda, hiking, food and wine
UK (October 2021) – Hadrian’s Wall Path, Northumberland, Newcastle
Slovenia (September/October 2021) – Hiking the Juliana Trail, Julian Alps, Triglav National Park, Bled, Bohinj

For photographic or written commissions relating to these or other trips, please contact me.