Hiking

Family-friendly hiking
Faaborg area has several hiking paths that are suitable for the whole family. Whether you want to do a short hike on 2.5 km or do a longer distance above 10 km. Pipstorn forest offers a playground, a picnic centre, and exciting burial mounds. Tarup-Davinde also offers exciting excursion opportunities where you can swim in the lakes, make bonfires or pet goats.

Always access to toilets and drinking water
Hike Friends is an association of volunteers, both locals and shops, all offering to fill your water bottle or provide information about the nearest toilet. VisitFyn offers a complete list of Hike Friends in the area. 

Try a different hike on Lyø, Avernakø or Bjørnø, where you can listen to their island stories along the way.

In many places on the archipelago trail the view is fantastic. Here is the view to the village of Svanninge and the South Funen Archipelago.

Svanninge Bakker is also known as the South Funen Alps - great for a coffee break, hiking, mountain biking, horseback riding and so much more.

Svanninge Bjerge is the area east of Odensevej, seen from Faaborg. From Lerbjerg you have a nice view of the archipelago and South Funen.

You can catch the clover paths in Svanninge village at the church. There are four hiking trails of different lengths, one of which goes up in Svanninge Bakker and Faaborg Golf Course.

The Tarup-Davinde nature area is not only for hiking, but also fishing, swimming, overnighting, bonfire fun, kayaking and much more.

For more than 4000 years there has been a burial ground in Pipstorn. Now you will find hiking and MTB trails, shelters, playground, beautiful view from Lucienhøj with tables-bench sets and more.