Hiking in Europe in early March

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Old Jan 11th, 2025 | 09:56 AM
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Hiking in Europe in early March

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I'm travelling to Italy in March and I have plans to do some hiking somewhere in europe. I thought about the Dolomites, but everything is too expensive and the access to the towns is kinda hard.
I'm looking for another option, but it seems that it's skiing season everywhere and the trails are hardly accessable due to the snow. I thought about Chamonix or the Pyrenees,

Does anyone have a good option to hike around these dates? I don't care about the snow, as long as the trail is available, and I don't need to reach the summits, exactly.
Thanks in advance.
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Old Jan 11th, 2025 | 11:10 AM
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Most places in the Province of Bolzano/Bozen (Dolomites) can be reached by train or bus at least every hr.
About half of the area (Lake Caldaro, Venosta, Bolzano area...) is usuallly free of snow in March.
So are the trails around Lake Garda, Lake Iseo, Lake Como, Lake Lugano, Lake Maggiore, Lake Orta, Lake Geneva and Lake Neuchatel as well as the water channel trails
in Valle d'Aosta and the Swiss Canton of Valais.
Most trails in Liguria, Tuscany and Lazio willo be free of snow too.
There will be snow at Chamonix, however.

If you don't want to spend as much as accommodation in Western Europe costs, you may check the Lycian Trail in Southern Turkey.

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Old Jan 11th, 2025 | 11:30 AM
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Head south, less snow, fewer tourists, still mountains
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Old Jan 12th, 2025 | 03:30 AM
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Go a little further south to Saranda in Albania and you'll avoid the snow, and see beautiful nature.
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Old Jan 12th, 2025 | 03:44 AM
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Sarande

A little farther south you have Saranda in Albania. No snow and beautiful nature for hiking.
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Old Jan 12th, 2025 | 11:38 PM
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Well signmarked scenic hiking trails between Dherni and the Greek border? Never heard about!
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Old Jan 13th, 2025 | 09:35 AM
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Originally Posted by neckervd
Most places in the Province of Bolzano/Bozen (Dolomites) can be reached by train or bus at least every hr.
About half of the area (Lake Caldaro, Venosta, Bolzano area...) is usuallly free of snow in March.
So are the trails around Lake Garda, Lake Iseo, Lake Como, Lake Lugano, Lake Maggiore, Lake Orta, Lake Geneva and Lake Neuchatel as well as the water channel trails
in Valle d'Aosta and the Swiss Canton of Valais.
Most trails in Liguria, Tuscany and Lazio willo be free of snow too.
There will be snow at Chamonix, however.

If you don't want to spend as much as accommodation in Western Europe costs, you may check the Lycian Trail in Southern Turkey.
Wow, that's a lot of info! Thank you very much! I'll check all of these!
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Old Jan 13th, 2025 | 09:45 AM
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Originally Posted by bilboburgler
Head south, less snow, fewer tourists, still mountains
You mean south of europe or Italy?

Originally Posted by Brawnwin
Go a little further south to Saranda in Albania and you'll avoid the snow, and see beautiful nature.
Originally Posted by Brawnwin
A little farther south you have Saranda in Albania. No snow and beautiful nature for hiking.
Thank you! I'll put Saranda in my bucket list! Really beautiful nature!

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Well signmarked scenic hiking trails between Dherni and the Greek border? Never heard about!
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Old Jan 14th, 2025 | 12:25 AM
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BTW: Saranda is between Dhermi and the Greek border.
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