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Activity Holidays and Adventure travel

 

 

Let's start with walking,  as this is reported to be the most popular 'activity' for the 'over 50s'.

Travel agents who specialise in walking holidays, escorted or independent, or in helping you to arrange your own walking itinery, include:

www.atg-oxford.co.uk

www.inntravel.co.uk  (award winning 'best short breaks' company)

www.transcotland.com

www.cotswoldwalks.com

www.bathwestwalks.com

www.picoverde.com

http://www.myromania.com.ro/    (tailored tours in Rumania)

see section on 'Walking' ' in 'Developing Interests'

 

Possibly slightly more adventurous, and broader activities than just walking:

www.headwater.com

www.explore.co.uk

www.exodus.co.uk

www.timesonline.com/travel/active   

 

and of course there are many other activities to get up to on holiday:

 

Cycling

 

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www.atg-oxford.co.uk
www.headwater.com

www.countrylanes.co.uk  

www.freewheelholidays.com  (Europe)

www.skedaddle.co.uk   (America & Europe)

www.explore.co.uk  (America, Europe, Asia)

www.frenchcyclingholidays.com

www.alpineelements.co.uk  (French alps)

 

Painting

www.andalucian-adventures.co.uk   (Spain and UK)

www.paintgreece.com

www.atasteofrome.com   (Italy)

www.rothaymanor.co.uk

www.travel-quest.co.uk/tq-painting.htm

 

Riding

www.unicorntrails.com

www.farand ride.co.uk

www.free-rein.co.uk

www.caeiago.co.uk   (Wales)

www.kimmerston.com/riding_holidays.htm

 

Ballooning

www.ballooninignetwork.co.uk  (west country)

www.RedLetter Days.co.uk  (UK wide)

www.travel-quest.co.uk/tqactive.htm

 

Birdwatching

www.heatherlea.co.uk  (Scotland)

www.midwalesbirdwatching.co.uk

www.birdquest.co.uk

www.birdsofbritain.co.uk  

www.naturalist.co.uk

www.wildwings.co.uk (Galapagos)

 

Tennis

www.marksontennis.com

www.tennisholiday.co.uk  (La Manga)

www.tuscanytennis.com

www.Affordable-Tennis-Holidays.com

 

Golf

www.frenchgolfholidays.com

www.lamangaspain.co.uk

www.longmeregolf.com

www.greensavers.co.uk

http://www.golfclubhirespain.com/  is a European golf hire company offering affordable golf club hire 

 

Sailing

www.neilson.co.uk   

www.seafarecruises.com

www.uk250.co.uk/SailingHoliday/

 

Snow shoeing

www.exodus.co.uk

www.atg-oxford.com

 

Windsurfing

www.neilson.co.uk

www.extremeholidays.com

www.crystalactive.co.uk

www.planetwindsurf.com

 

Narrowboat boating

www.willowwren.co.uk  run a helmsman's course to make you road worthy

 

and for the opposite extreme

       try a conservation holiday  -  www.btcv.org.uk  - keep fit and save the planet

        or join an environmental expedition  -  www.earthwatch.org

        or work on a development project in the third world  -  www.different-travel.com

       

 

      or just relax  -   www.lotusjourneys.com  -   yoga, detox and spa 
                             www.sunparkliving.com  -  a community style resort in Lanzarote exclusively for active over 50s
 

 

 

 

 

 Monica Tanaka has emailed us her thoughts on a unusual activity holiday, retracing the steps of an historic pilgrimage:

 

Camino de Santiago, The Way of St James

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The walking holiday is one that will suit the adventurous traveller seeking to challenge the mind and body. The main route of the Way of Saint James, know as the ŒCamino Frances¹, is a 800km footpath that has been travelled by pilgrims for more than one thousand years. Walk in the footsteps of medieval pilgrims through ancient villages and breathtaking countryside from the foothills of the Pyrenees to north-western Spain. The pilgrimage traditionally begins in the quaint village of Saint Jean Pied de Port and winds its way across northern Spain and terminates in Santiago de Compostela. It is not for the fait of heart, yet for many pilgrims it is their first long-distance walk. The Camino attracts people of all ages and of all levels of experience and fitness.

The following are links to maps, videos, FAQs and testimonials

… NHK UNESCO World Heritage video of the pilgrimage: http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/669/video

… Wikipedia has a wicked history on the pilgrimage: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Way_of_St._James

… Rely on the Telegraph for FAQs: http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/telegraph/04camino/040002d2.htm

… Helpful maps: http://mavarin.com/smaa/caminosa.gif     http://studyabroad.tamu.edu/programs/images/mapa%20camino%20frances.gif

… All-round helpful site: http://www.caminodesantiago.me.uk/