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October 2017 Lonely Planet Traveller 31##### Easy TripsPHOTOGRAPH: BLICKWINKED/ALAMYTHIS MONTH... enjoy an al fresco feast in Cornwall, toast the grapeharvest in Porto, take in an art show at Blenheim Palace, peekinto strangers’ houses at London’s Open House, and moreCanopy walkways are popping up in forests aroundthe world, but you don’t need to go to an Australianrainforest to experience one. A fine example runs for530 metres above and amid the treetops of centralGermany’s Hainich National Park (pictured) and,unlike the tropics, here you can see the leaves start tochange colour as summer slides into autumn. The parkis Germany’s largest expanse of deciduous forest, partof a World Heritage site protecting Europe’s primevalbeech woodland. The state of Thuringia beyond thepark is home to towns full of medieval riches, such asEisenach, Mühlhausen and Schmalkalden, and thesprawling pine forests in the hills of the Thüringer Wald.``````THURINGIA, GERMANYBeyond be-leafFind more information on the park and canopy walk atnationalpark-hainich.de (canopy walk £8.50) and aboutwider travel in the region at visit-thuringia.com.Ryanair flies from London Stansted to Leipzig (from £80;ryanair.com), two hours’ drive from the park. Frankfurt isonly slightly further and has a wider choice of flights.Hotel Villa Anna is a fantastic boutique hotel at the footof the medieval Wartburg Castle in Eisenach, a half hour bycar from the canopy walk (from £128; hotel-villa-anna.de).``````MAKE IT HAPPEN``````OUR OFFERSLook out for special EasyTrips offers. We do notarrange these offers inexchange for positivecoverage