Europe attracts more tourists than any other continent, and there are many ways of visiting the continent. This list includes itineraries that explore Europe by theme, mode of transportation, and region.
There are three unrelated systems of European long-distance routes that each use similar codes (or "European Route [number]"): European highways (E1–E982), European long-distance walking routes (E1–E12) and EuroVelo cycling routes (EV1–EV19). For walking, there is also the Grande Randonnée network of long-distance trails. Then, most highways and trails, and itineraries listed below, don't belong to these schemes, but may belong to a national or regional one.
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Crossing more than one region
[edit]- Amber Road, an ancient trade route which connects the Baltic Sea with the Adriatic Sea
- 1 Blue Highway, a road from Norway to Russia, by lakes and rivers
- 2 Brotherhood and Unity Highway, across former Yugoslavia
- 3 Brenner Pass, in the Alps
- 4 Danube, the river
- 5 E1 Long Distance Path, by foot from Nordkapp to Italy (as of 2023, the article covers only the northern part)
- 6 E9 European Coast Path
- 7 E11 hiking trail, from the Netherlands to and through Poland
- 8 E18, European route E18: a highway from Northern Ireland to Russia, passing through the southern parts of Norway, Sweden and Finland, also crossing the Baltic Sea with ferry connections.
- E45 through Europe, from Gela in southern Italy to Alta in northern Norway.
- Grand Tour, do Europe like the wealthy young in the times before railways
- In July, the itinerary of the protagonists of a 2000 German road movie
- 9 MS Estonia, sites, memorials and museums related to Europe's worst peacetime shipwreck
- North Sea Trail
- Orient Express, Paris to Istanbul
- 10 Rhine
- 11 Saimaa Canal
- 12 Struve Geodetic Arc
- 13 Tour du Mont Blanc
- Via Baltica
- Via Egnatia
- Via Pontica
- Via Hansaetica
- 14 Camino de Santiago. Also see #Iberia
- Via Maria - pilgrimage routes in Central and Southeastern Europe.
Balkans
[edit]Croatia
[edit]- 16 Land Art Trail on Mt. Učka in Istria
Romania
[edit]Benelux
[edit]Belgium
[edit]Netherlands
[edit]Britain and Ireland
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- Ledge Route and the Carn Mor Dearg Arete (Ben Nevis)
- 18 Coast To Coast Walk
- 19 Cuckoo Trail
- Driving tour of Scotland
- 20 Dylan Thomas Trail
- 21 Great Glen Way
- Hikes in the Lake District
- John Muir Way
- 22 Ring of Kerry
- 23 London South Bank Walk
- 24 The Forest Way
- 25 North Coast 500
- 26 Oak Trail
- 27 Offa's Dyke Path
- Oxfordshire Way
- 28 Pennine Way
- Speyside Way
- 29 Southern Upland Way
- 30 South Downs Way
- Prehistoric Wessex Trail
- 31 Two Moors Way
- 32 Wales Coast Path
- 33 Walk the London Wall
- 34 Hebridean Way
- 35 West Highland Line
- 36 West Highland Way
- Wicklow Way
- Wild Atlantic Way
Central Europe
[edit]- 37 Greina Walking Tour
- Priečne sedlo
- 38 Royal Way of Prague
- 39 Tatranska magistrala - Smokovec to Chata pri Zelenom Plese
- 40 Via Spluga
Germany
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- Bergstraße
- Bertha Benz Memorial Route
- Fünf Seidla Steig
- 41 The German Limes Road
- Industrial Heritage Trail
- 42 Kiel Canal
- 43 Main-Danube Canal
- Romantic Road
- 44 Rheinauhafen
- Rheinburgenweg
- Rheinsteig
Poland
[edit]Eastern Europe
[edit]Russia
[edit]France
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- 46 Alsatian Vineyard Route
- 47 Axe historique
- GR 5
- GR 10
- 48 GR 20
- 49 GR 21
- GR 223
- 50 Route des Crêtes
- Route Romane d'Alsace
- Routes to Santiago de Compostela from France
By Boat
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Iberia
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Andorra
[edit]Portugal
[edit]- Portuguese Way of Saint James ( see #Crossing more than one region)
Spain
[edit]- Camino de Santiago ( see #Crossing more than one region)
- 55 Route of the Landscapes of Cultural Interest in Almería
- 56 Route of the Landscapes of Cultural Interest in the province of Huelva
- 57 Route of the Landscapes of Cultural Interest in Jaén
- 58 GR-5 Viewpoints Trail, 236 km (147 mi), 12 stages on a large arc between the coasts of Garraf and Maresme, encircling the city of Barcelona at a distance of between 40 and 50 km. Part of the Grande Randonnée network of trails.
- 59 GR 92 Mediterranean Trail, 583 km (362 mi) — the Spanish part of the European long-distance walking route E12 from Catalonia to Tarifa in Andalusia. As of 2023 only Catalonia and Andalusia have verified segments of this route.
Italy
[edit]- Historic mule tracks between Varenna and Esino Lario
- 60 Lake Como Poetry Way (Cernobbio-Como-Brunate)
- 61 Landscapes from Palagia coast range
- The Wayfarer's Path of Leonardo da Vinci (Milano-Lecco-Lierna-S.Bernardino)
- Tour of notable villas in Esino Lario
- Trail of the Hermit Saints
- Via Appia
Nordic countries
[edit]- E6 through Sweden and Norway, the main road of Norway
- E8 through Finland and Norway, a road along the Finnish coast to northern Norway
- E10 through Sweden and Norway, scenic road from the Baltic Sea to the Atlantic, through northern Sweden and Norway
- European route E39, a road mostly along Norway's jagged west coast
- 62 Nidaros Path, group of Christian pilgrim routes to Nidarosdomen in Trondheim
- 63 Nordkalottleden, Arctic long-distance hiking trail
- 64 Nordlandsruta, long-distance hiking trail through Nordland.
- 65 Gränsleden, iking trail that crosses the Norway-Sweden border, from Sørfjorden to Ritsem.
- 66 Finnskogleden, hiking trail that straddles the Norway-Sweden border in Finnskogen.
Denmark
[edit]- Kulturringen
- Marguerite Route, a route of more than 4000 km and growing, taking you all around Denmark.
- Skjoldunge trail, connects historical sights from the viking age and late iron age, best explored by foot or bike
- The Prehistoric Trail at Moesgaard, 4 km walking trail connecting several reconstructed prehistoric buildings and burial mounds
Finland
[edit]- 67 Archipelago Trail, by road and ferry through the Archipelago Sea
- Finland in ten days by car, a suggested route showing some of the most important sights in Finland
- Hanko to Uusikaupunki by boat, the main leisure fairway through the Archipelago Sea
- Highway 4 (Finland), a road through the country, from south to north
- Hämeen Härkätie, a historic route from Turku to the inland
- King's Road (Finland), the old postal route along the south coast
- 68 Turku riverside walk, a walk through the city or out to the countryside
- UKK trail, a legendary long-distance hiking route through much of Finland
- in 69 Helsinki:
- Helsinki itineraries, a few itineraries for visitors to Helsinki
- Along Mannerheimintie
- A seaside stroll in Helsinki
Iceland
[edit]- Route 1 (Iceland), a ring road encircling the country
- Diamond Circle
- 70 Kjölur
- Sprengisandur
Norway
[edit]- E69 – linking Nordkapp to E6
- Hurtigruten, steamer along the Norwegian coast
- Road 63 (Norway), Geiranger-Trollstigen scenic drive
- Road 55 (Norway), a road through the highest mountain pass in Northern Europe
Sweden
[edit]- 71 E4 through Sweden
- 72 Göta Kanal, a scenic waterway across southern Sweden and its largest lakes
- 73 Inlandsbanan, a railway through inland Sweden
- 74 Kungsleden, long-distance hiking trail in northern Sweden
- 75 Lapplandsleden, long-distance hiking trail in Sweden
- Nils Holgersson's Journey Across Sweden
- 76 Millennium Tour, Stieg Larsson's Nordic Noir series
- 77 Norrbotten Megasystem, a cluster of mines and industries along the Iron Ore Railway
- 78 Padjelantaleden, hiking trail in Laponia
- Skåneleden, a long-distance hiking trail
- Stockholm: 79 Stockholm history tour: 80 beheadings, one shipwreck, one hostage crisis, three assassinations, one plane crash, and the Nobel Prize; 80 Södermalm heights tour: The best photo spots in Stockholm, 81 Stockholm Main Street, 82 Stockholm environmentalist tour, 83 Stockholm military tour
- Södra Kungsleden, a hiking trail
- 84 Uppland history tour, the cradle of the Swedish kingdom
- 85 Uppsala history tour