Atlantic Ocean – Mediterranean Sea – Tyrrhenian Sea – Ionian Sea – Adriatic Sea – Black Sea. The way, useful information, daily stages, GPS tracks of my “Six Seas trail” from the Atlantic Ocean to the Black Sea. 2560km, 94,000 meters of elevation gain from Gaztelugatxe in the Basque Country to Cape Emine in Bulgaria, hiking through the northern part of the Iberian Cordillera, Sardinia east to west, southern Italy from the Amalfi Coast to Cape Santa Maria di Leuca (the tip of the heel of the Italian boot), and the Balkans from the Albanian port of Durrës to the Black Sea coast in Bulgaria.

The Six Seas Trail

For details of each section, the GPS track, elevation profiles, and useful information (accommodation, water, supplies, etc.), see the following pages:

• • From the Atlantic to the Mediterranean: Northern Iberian Cordillera
  • From the Mediterranean to the Tyrrhenian Sea: Sardinia
  • From the Tyrrhenian Sea to the Ionian Sea: Southern Italy – Puglia
  • From the Adriatic Sea to the Black Sea (first part): Albania
  • From the Adriatic Sea to the Black Sea (second part hiked in 2025): Macedonia
  • From the Adriatic Sea to the Black Sea (third part) : Bulgaria – Kom Emine

All photos and where I am

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My equipment

Since 2017 and the Appalachian Trail, I have almost the same equipment. For the reasons for my main choices, see the introduction page of Italy.

The daily story (in French)

See the page Les Six mers