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The Annual General Meeting of the European Network In the Footsteps of Robert Louis Stevenson was held on 7 November 2024 in Langogne, in the Cévennes region of France. The discussions at the Annual General Meeting, chaired by Martin White, Chairman, highlighted the joint work of territories that promote the Robert Louis Stevenson’s values of […]

Here’s a new book on Stevenson , presenting several itineraries in Europe. Editions Gallimard has just released a new addition to its ‘Voyages Gallimard’ collection. This book is based on the travel accounts of journalist-authors who have travelled several of Stevenson’s routes in France and Scotland, each in their own way: with a donkey in […]

The Cévennes association is already 30 years old, which was set up in 1994 to bring together those involved in tourism in the vicinity of the route followed by R.L. Stevenson in 1878 (whose account was published under the title “Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes”).

Over the last thirty years, in addition to a signposted route (GR 70), many cultural initiatives have been launched, bringing together travellers and locals alike. The experience of working in a network has led the association to turn to other associations around Stevenson .

From 25 to 27 September 2024, the Council of Europe’s Annual Consultative Forum on Cultural Routes was held in Visegrád, Hungary.

In May this year the Stevenson Way organised a five-day guided walk on the island of Mull for two people Among the many sights on the Ross of Mull that we walked to were: Lochbuie with its Eco tea room, shore path with caves that people used to live in, an old sheep farm and […]

Stevenson’s ‘Travels in the Cevennes with a donkey has recently been published in paperback (Livres de Poche) with a new translation by Jean-Pierre Naugrette whose passionate introduction to the new translation entices the reader to rediscover this work. Well known connaisseur of Robert Louis Stevenson, Jean-Pierre Naugrette has translated several of Stevenson’s works: The Master […]

The 11th Cultural Routes Training Academy was held in Brindisi, Italy, from 4 to 7 June 2024, on the theme of “European cooperation and sustainable development”. The meeting brought together representatives of the 47 European cultural routes, including Martin White, President of the European network In the Footsteps of Robert Louis Stevenson. In a marvelous […]