Books in the Epic! series

Lace up your hiking boots for the next in Lonely Planet's highly successful Epic series, this time exploring 50 of Europe's most rewarding and beautiful hikes. Featuring the very newest trails and classics, each introduced with a first-person account and featuring a map, inspiring photos and practical details to follow in the writer's footsteps.

Explore Europe's most thrilling cycling routes with the latest installment in the Epic series from Lonely Planet. From dreamy getaways on sun-dappled Mediterranean Islands to challenging alpine crossings, bike enthusiasts share stories from the best road, mountain, dirt and trail routes across the spiritual home of cycling.

Explore 50 of the world's greatest running routes, from short urban runs to cross-country trails and must-do marathons. Entries include China's Great Wall Marathon, the Amalfi Coast's Path of the Gods, Australia's Blue Mountains ultra, the 10k Great Ethiopian Run, Chicago's Lakefront Trail and the Barkley Marathons.

Discover 200 of the best places to ride a bike in this beautifully illustrated paperback. From family-friendly, urban rides to epic adventures off the beaten track. Destinations range from Europe, for the world's great bike races, to the wilds of Mongolia. These journeys will inspire, whether you are an experienced cyclist or just getting started.

Discover 200 of the best places to ride a bike in this beautifully illustrated hardback. From family-friendly, urban rides to epic adventures off the beaten track. Destinations range from Europe, for the world's great bike races, to the wilds of Mongolia. These journeys will inspire, whether you are an experienced cyclist or just getting started.

Buckle up for the greatest road trips on Earth. This beautiful hardback showcases 50 iconic routes, from Hawaii's Hana Highway and Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh Road, to Utah's National Park Circuit and Germany's Black Forest High Road. With first-hand accounts, stunning photographs and practical advice, it will inspire all motorists to hit the open road.

Explore the world's most thrilling waves with Epic Surf Breaks of the World. Whatever your surfing ability, you're sure to find the perfect break in this quintessential guide that features first-person stories from surf writers all across the globe accompanied by a series of stunning photographs, maps and beautiful illustrations.

With stories of 50 incredible hiking routes in 30 countries, from New Zealand to Peru, plus a further 150 suggestions, Lonely Planet's Epic Hikes of the World will inspire a lifetime of adventure on foot. From one-day jaunts and urban trails to month-long thru-hikes, cultural rambles and mountain expeditions, each journey featured is truly epic.

Buckle up for the greatest road trips on Earth. This beautiful paperback showcases 50 iconic routes, from Hawaii's Hana Highway and Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh Road, to Utah's National Park Circuit and Germany's Black Forest High Road. With first-hand accounts, stunning photographs and practical advice, it will inspire all motorists to hit the open road.

Lace up your hiking boots and get ready to explore 50 of the Americas' most epic hikes. Ranging from one-day walks to multi-day treks, each route is graded according to its challenge and features a first-person account from a writer that has completed it, accompanied by a map, inspiring photos and practical details to follow in their footsteps.

Discover 200 of North, Central and South America's best and most celebrated cycling routes, from epic adventures off the beaten track to shorter urban rides. Go bikepacking in Baja, road riding in Colombia, mountain biking in Canada and gravel riding in Pennsylvania.