The route starts in Garmisch-Patenkirchen circumnavigating the Zugspitze. It crosses the Inntal and runs through the Stubaier Alps and then descends into the Ötztal. After Sölden follows a long ascent through the Ventertal and the Rofental in the Ortlergroup. From there on the route runs in Italy. After a long descend to Schlanders it enters the Stilfser Joch Nationalpark through the Martelltal. A short glaciercrossing on the Fürkeleferner and the crossing of the Fürkelescharte (3032m) mark the highest point of the route.

This long distance footpath follows the River Avon from its source in Naseby, Northamptonshire to the point where it joins the River Severn

at Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire. The walk is officially 92 miles long

 It of course passes through Stratford-on-Avon, the town of Shakespeare's birth, but it also runs close to the sites of three of England's most significant battles, at Naseby, Evesham and Tewkesbury. It also passes the great abbeys of Pershore and Tewkesbury.