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25 kilometres north along Portugal’s Atlantic coast, from the fishing city of Póvoa de Varzim to the old fortified town of Esposende. Azulejo murals, baroque chapels, a fence full of pilgrim tokens, and a dune boardwalk that makes you forget your feet hurt.
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Thirty-nine kilometers north along the Portuguese coast, from the mouth of the Douro to the edge of Póvoa de Varzim. The Coastal Camino begins here — flat, windy, and longer than it looks on paper.
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Zion in mid-October swaps the summer crowds for yellow leaves, cool air and mule deer on the trails, with vast sandstone walls and alcoves glowing above it all.
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Capitol Reef gets overlooked on the way to Utah’s famous parks. On a wet October morning, its red cliffs, sandstone arches and pioneer orchards had plenty of drama of their own.
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Bryce Canyon isn’t really a canyon at all. From the cold rim at sunrise to the trails below, its thousands of orange hoodoos are one of the strangest sights in the American West.
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A full moon over the South Rim, a pre-dawn shuttle and a sunrise walk down the South Kaibab Trail, with a raven, a mule and a bighorn sheep for company.
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Less than a thousand years ago, a volcano erupted just outside what is now Flagstaff. An October morning at Sunset Crater, among lava country, golden rabbitbrush and a forest coming back from fire.
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One day, one shuttle and a lot of red sandstone. From a dawn climb toward Cathedral Rock to the top of Devil’s Bridge and a hidden window in the rock, finishing with the cliffs turning orange at sunset.
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Acadia packs a lot into a small space. One long day on the coast of Maine took in a cliff climb, a beach, Bubble Rock, Jordan Pond and a sunset in Bar Harbor.
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A May day in Shenandoah started in the green woods near Old Rag and ended on the ridge, with clouds pouring over the rocks.
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