Germany's oldest documented trail — a 168-km crest walk along the Thuringian Forest ridge that has served as a boundary, a trade route, and a pilgrimage for hikers since the 13th century.

A loop through the sculptural sandstone towers and river gorges of Saxon Switzerland, the landscape that inspired German Romantic painters and still rewards modern hikers with drama on every bend.

A long, forested ridge walk through the Sauerland following the watershed between the Rhine and Weser river basins — quiet beech forests, highland peat bogs, and sensory nature stations on a trail that rewards the unhurried.