Best places to run in Luxembourg

Twin medieval and Renaissance castles beside a picturesque pond, set at the edge of forest and Mullerthal sandstone rocks, a popular hiking destination.

The fortified rocky promontory and UNESCO-listed casemates at the heart of Luxembourg City, the dramatic anchor point of the old-town walks.

A white hilltop castle above the Clerve valley town of Clervaux, surrounded by over 150 km of Ardennes hiking trails through forest.

A wooded former mining nature reserve on the edge of Esch-sur-Alzette with red rock faces, pit brows and gentle interpretive trails.

A rugged 53 km Ardennes trail passing 32 panoramic viewpoints, steep slopes and quaint villages between Ettelbruck and Kautenbach.

A photogenic village in a tight loop of the Sûre below a hilltop tower ruin, with short steep climbs to overlooks above the river bend.

The large 'Green Forest' on the northern edge of the capital, a vast woodland laced with walking and running trails.

A wine town on the Moselle with an easy 4 km riverside-and-vineyard family loop and a pleasant promenade along the river.

A former gravel-pit wetland and Ramsar site that is Luxembourg's premier birding spot, walked on boardwalks through reeds with stilt-hut viewpoints.

A hand-hollowed sandstone cave once quarried for millstones, forming a dramatic labyrinth of chambers and pillars reached on a short forest walk.

A medieval castle on a rocky spur above the Eisch valley, one of the seven castles strung along the woodland hiking trail.

A village at the confluence of wild wooded valleys with circular trails climbing through oak forest to viewpoints over the Wiltz river.

A forest and pond recreation area on the city's southern edge with marked exercise and cross-country trails climbing into the woods.

One of the most spectacular rock fissures in the region, where the trail squeezes through a very narrow, pitch-dark crevice best tackled with a torch.

A red-rock reserve in the Minett with some of the region's most impressive iron-ore canyons and characteristic crimson cliff walls to hike past.

A castle ruin perched on a rocky crag above the White Ernz valley and the village of Larochette, a good launch point for forest hikes.

A certified premium 9.6 km dream loop through a wild sandstone ravine forest with steep, sometimes slippery sections following a clear stream.

A 90 km trail across the southern 'Land of the Red Rocks', linking villages and eight nature reserves over former open-pit mining landscapes.

A high point above the Our valley crowned by a pumped-storage reservoir, reached by a tough climb that rewards with broad Ardennes panoramas.

A 112 km waymarked trail through Luxembourg's 'Little Switzerland', winding past sandstone rock formations, gorges and moss-covered stream valleys.

An 8.4 km wine-and-nature dream loop climbing through the vineyards of Ahn for breathtaking views over the Moselle valley.

A green valley park threading below the old fortifications, with shaded tree-lined paths popular for peaceful walks and morning jogs.

A towering free-standing sandstone rock beside the Mullerthal Trail that can be climbed via fixed ladders for a view over the forest.

A dramatic sandstone outcrop near Berdorf that hikers climb via stairs carved into the rock and through labyrinth corridors to a fine overlook.

A three-stepped waterfall with a small stone bridge that is the iconic landmark of the Mullerthal region, sitting right on the trail in a shady forest valley.

An 8 km 'Schengen without borders' loop past vineyards and forested hills with views to the tripoint of Luxembourg, Germany and France.

A striking castle keep in the Valley of the Seven Castles, a scenic waypoint on the Eisch valley walking route through Guttland.

A 37 km national trail through the Eisch valley linking seven medieval castles along woodland, riverbank and rolling farmland.

One of Europe's finest hilltop medieval castles, perched above the Our valley and reachable on foot through the medieval town or via woodland paths.

The 'Wolf's Gorge' is a roughly 100 m steeply descending dark rock fissure on the Mullerthal Trail that hikers walk straight through.