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Walking On Air.(walking tours)(Buyers guide)(Brief article)

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Byline: Sana Butler

There's no better way to explore a place than on foot. But forget the trail mix and sleeping bags; walking tours are increasingly going upscale, adding amenities from goat-cheese tastings to bath butlers. The Wayfarers' Pathways of the Impressionists is a seven-day journey through the French Provencal landscape. The easy to moderate daily walks through hilltop olive groves and river-sculpted gorges incorporate side trips like a visit to an herb and goat-cheese farm and a cooking lesson with a two-star Michelin chef (the wayfarers.com ; from $3,850).

Bothfeet's new Great Ocean Walk, southwest of Melbourne, covers 91 kilometers of remote Australian coastline in six days. But a personal masseuse visits hikers' rooms to ease the pain. And the trip concludes with a ...

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