2128 active and adventure experiences found
Coast of Maine: Camden & Acadia
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Coast of Maine: Camden & Acadia
Portland International Airport
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6 Days • from $2,495* per person
Provider: The Wayfarers There are only two places on the US East Coast where mountains flank the coast; Camden, Maine and Acadia National Park. So it's a natural for our Maine walk to focus on these two jewels.Setting off in Camden, 'Jewel of the Coast', we discover the land and light of New England that inspired America's first great artists. We explore unspoiled Acadia National Park, trek through the pine trees of Cathedral Woods and encounter spectacular views from Ragged Mountain. At Beauchamp… more |
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Tuscany Gardens & Gourmet
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Tuscany Gardens & Gourmet
Borgo Pretale, Sovicille, Italy
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7 Days • Contact provider for price
Provider: The Wayfarers The one-time breadbasket of ancient Rome, Tuscany today retains its culinary credentials expressed through simplicity, wisdom and instinctive good taste.Our walks encompassing fragrant gardens, villas, farms, vineyards, and ancient woodlands are interspersed with trattoria lunches and a special lunch with local produce such as prosciutto and cheeses at the private Castello di Celsa.The palate will be further tempted with other tastings of olive oil, honey and the famous Chianti wines while the highlight of the week promises to be a… more |
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Innsbruck to Salzburg
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Innsbruck to Salzburg
Rail Station, Austria near Innsbruck, Austria
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7 Days • from $3,895* per person
Provider: The Wayfarers Experience the essence of the Alps with this colorful trip through Austria, exploring some of Europe's most panoramic landscapes.Starting with the famous sporting sights of Innsbruck, we journey through alpine forests and traditional villages, across flower-strewn meadows with views of snowy mountain peaks. We travel in cable cars and on mountain railways; we hear Tyrolean music and sample the hearty local cooking, explore magnificent palaces and walk the shores of the dramatic Schwarzsee, or Black Lake.A popular highlight is the… more |
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The Loire - River of the Kings
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The Loire - River of the Kings
Railway Station, France near Saumur, France
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7 Days • from $3,995* per person
Provider: The Wayfarers The Loire, France's most fabled river, is our companion for this seven-day Walk through the historic garden of France. Crossing undulating countryside and fertile riverbanks, we encounter a royal abbey, privately owned châteaux, vineyards and orchards, underground passageways and troglodyte caves. We dine on traditional local produce, visit a mushroom farm, sample the sparkling and still wines of Saumur, play locals at the ancient game of boules de fort and enjoy a delightful dinner on board a traditional barge on… more |
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The Historic Dordogne
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The Historic Dordogne
Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil, France
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7 Days • from $3,895* per person
Provider: The Wayfarers Discover 15,000 years of French history as we walk the Dordogne, one of France's most beautiful and unspoilt regions.Setting off from Les Eyzies-de-Tayac, where 'Cro-Magnon man', one of the earliest modern humans, was first discovered, we explore an ancient world of caves, historic castles, lush farmland and elegant châteaux. We take a boat along the Dordogne River, visit cliff-side villages, dine in majestic surroundings and wonder at the perfectly preserved prehistoric cave paintings of Grottes de Font-de-Gaume.We also visit Les… more |
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N Ireland - The Giants Causeway & Donegal
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N Ireland - The Giants Causeway & Donegal
Rathmullan, Ireland
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7 Days • from $3,895* per person
Provider: The Wayfarers Enjoy two Irelands for the price of one as our Northern Ireland walk is enhanced this year with a visit to Londonderry, one of the finest walled cities in Europe and UK City of Culture in 2013, and a two night visit to Donegal in the Republic of Ireland, including a relaxed day's walking on Doagh Island (now a peninsula) and a visit to the Famine folk museum.The delights of Antrim and its coast encompass some of the UK's finest… more |
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Mallorca Bike Tour
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Mallorca Bike Tour
Palma airport, Spain near Palma, Spain
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6 Days • from $4,995* per person
Provider: DuVine Adventures (3 testimonials) Mallorca is every cyclist’s dream. Around every bend on this remote Mediterranean island off the Spanish coast, some of the world’s most magnificent vistas greet you. And what better way to explore these magnificent views than on a bike tour with DuVine?On these virtually traffic-free roads, we’ll cycle through sunny landscapes that are at once serene and remarkably dramatic. Neat rows of orange groves are nestled amidst vast plains, perfect for the beginner cyclist. Up for a challenge? Then join… more |
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Puglia Bike Tour
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Puglia Bike Tour
Brindisi Airport, Brindisi, Italy
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6 Days • from $4,395* per person
Provider: DuVine Adventures (3 testimonials) Unravel Italy’s best kept secret – Puglia – on a bike tour with DuVine Adventures. Truly an undiscovered gem, Italy’s “heel” boasts some of the most beautiful cycling roads in the world. With the Adriatic Sea to our east and Ionian to our west, we’ll bicycle panoramic routes through endless olive groves, and lush vineyards that drop to pristine coasts riddled with sea caves. Much of Puglia seems to have ignored the passage of time, as we’ll witness during rides… more |
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Pentillie Castle
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Pentillie Castle
Plymouth Airport, United Kingdom
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7 Days • from $3,995* per person
Provider: The Wayfarers Live like a Lord and join us for six sumptuous nights at Pentillie, reserved exclusively for The Wayfarers. The elegantly restored Pentillie Castle (built 1698) on the banks of the Tamar River, which forms the border between Devon and Cornwall, provides a springboard for visiting the pick of the best features in both counties.The week encompasses a tour of historic Plymouth (Pilgrim Fathers, Spanish Armada), coastal walking, wild walking on atmospheric Dartmoor (home of the Hound of the Baskervilles) and… more |
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Pembrokeshire Coast
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Pembrokeshire Coast
Haverfordwest Rail Station, United Kingdom
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7 Days • from $3,995* per person
Provider: The Wayfarers Poetry and motion are the key words for this new Welsh walk that blends literature and landscape in a novel format.After days of varied but always breathtaking scenery on parts of the 186-mile Pembrokeshire coast path we dine with Gillian Clarke, the Welsh Poet Laureate whose award-winning works have been inspired by local land and seascapes.The coast path offers great variety from rugged cliff tops to sheltered coves, spacious beaches and lazy estuaries, while the hand of Man is evident… more |
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Alsace
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Alsace
Airport near Strasbourg, France
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7 Days • from $3,995* per person
Provider: The Wayfarers Alsace offers distinctive cultural, viticultural, and gastronomic experiences developed through centuries of ping-pong domination between France and Germany.Today, the unique historic blend provides the walking visitor with unsurpassed richness and diversity from fairy-tale landscapes including pastel-painted villages, Europe's highest concentration of feudal castles to the distinctive Franco-Germanic cuisine and wines.We walk along part of the famous Alsace Wine Trail, visit a medieval fortress with spectacular views to the Black Forest in Germany, and trek along forest tracks near Obernai and… more |
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The Dolomites
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The Dolomites
Rail Station, Italy near Bolzano, Italy
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7 Days • from $3,995* per person
Provider: The Wayfarers Declared a Unesco World Heritage Site in 2009, the Dolomites in the northern Italian Alps offer walkers, who enjoy a moderate degree of challenge, some of the world's finest and most distinctive mountain landscapes.This new Wayfarers' walk in wild country of exceptional natural beauty is within sight of 9840-feet (3000-meter) high snow-capped peaks, pink-hued rock steeples, vertical walls, sheer cliffs, and long, narrow, and deep valleys, as we explore high pastures, forest trails and gentle riverside walks.Highlights include lunches at… more |
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Sicily ~ Agrigento, Marsala & The Isle Of Mozia
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Sicily ~ Agrigento, Marsala & The Isle Of Mozia
Palermo Airport, Cinisi, Italy
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7 Days • from $3,995* per person
Provider: The Wayfarers Greeks, Arabs, Romans and Bourbons fought over Sicily for centuries and all left their mark on the food, the people and the architecture that we see today.We visit the ruins of Greek temples in the storied Segesta and Selinunte and our hotel in Agrigento has stunning views of the temple of Concordia. Walks take us to the mountain-top town of Erice and along the coastal paths of the Zingaro Nature Reserve, so remote that pack horses are used to carry… more |
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Jane Austen Country
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Jane Austen Country
Airport near Steventon, Basingstoke, United Kingdom
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7 Days • from $3,895* per person
Provider: The Wayfarers One of English literature's best-loved authors, Jane Austen, wittily observed preindustrial English society from a sheltered and gentrified family life in Hampshire.The literary walk of her lifetime takes us to many of her haunts, including Steventon where her father was Rector, and the gentle rolling countryside that forms the backdrop to much of her work. A walk through rich meadows and snug valleys, handsome estates and civilized landscapes intersperses two visits to Chawton, where Jane moved at the age of… more |
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The Bronte Trail
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The Bronte Trail
Railway Station, Station Road, Keighley, United Kingdom
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7 Days • from $3,895* per person
Provider: The Wayfarers Walking Tour of Yorkshire and Derbyshire, the lands that inspired 'Jane Eyre'.Wild, heather-clad moorland, ruined farmhouses and the remote parsonage where the young Brontës' creativity was nurtured make a stark, striking backdrop to this Walk in one of Britain's most evocative literary landscapes.In Yorkshire we explore Haworth village and the Brontë Parsonage Museum, trek to Top Withens Farm (Wuthering Heights), walk along the Pennine Way and learn more about the Brontës ' lives at a pre-dinner talk by expert Ann… more |
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Suffolk Coast & Cambridge
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Suffolk Coast & Cambridge
Saxmundham Rail Station, United Kingdom
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7 Days • from $3,895* per person
Provider: The Wayfarers Landscapes that leap from the palettes of John Constable and Thomas Gainsborough, idyllic English villages, and medieval churches will fully repay the explorer walking by lazy streams, over gentle undulations, salt marshes, and shingle shores beneath Suffolk's open skies.We visit Aldeburgh, home for many years of composer Benjamin Britten and of the eponymous international music festival. We walk in a national nature reserve and step back in time in villages of half-timbered homes and moated manor houses.A river trip takes… more |
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Le Pays Basque
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Le Pays Basque
Airport, France near Ainhoa, France
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7 Days • from $3,995* per person
Provider: The Wayfarers Ideally situated in the South West of France and North West of Spain at the foot of the Pyrenees Mountains and on the Atlantic seaboard, the Basque-country has kept its superb natural environment, unspoiled and jealously guarded by its proud inhabitants.The coastal paths meander beside endless stretches of golden sand, in sight of the Atlantic surf. The untamed beauty of this wild coast is interspersed with sophisticated Basque cities with their heady mix of port and beach life. On the… more |
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USA - Grand Canyon, Bryce & Zion
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USA - Grand Canyon, Bryce & Zion
Airport near St. George, UT, United States
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7 Days • from $2,895* per person
Provider: The Wayfarers The sheer immensity of the canyons and the vistas of mountains, forests, cliffs and lakes are awe-inspiring. Here, the West has always been Wild - famous outlaws Butch Cassidy and Billy the Kid once rode the range.Carved by eons of wind, water and geological upheaval, the rocks, spires and pinnacles of Zion, Bryce and the Grand Canyons cast a spell of magical light, brilliant color and deep shadows.We catch the dawn sunrise in Bryce Canyon; hike up to Watchman Trail… more |
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New Mexico'S Land Of Enchantment
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New Mexico'S Land Of Enchantment
Alameda near Santa Fe, NM, United States
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7 Days • from $2,895* per person
Provider: The Wayfarers The landscape that inspired artist Georgia O'Keeffe is our territory for this walk in enchanting New Mexico in the deep Southwest of America.The major art center of Santa Fe is our starting point for exploring a landscape of rock formations, mountain ranges, aspen and cottonwood forests under expansive skies.At Bandelier National Monument we find ancient cliff dwellings, kivas and petroglyphs and walk a juniper and pinion pine route through Frijoles Canyon to the Rio Grande. more |
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Wonders of the Western Cape
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Wonders of the Western Cape
Cape Town International Airport, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
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12 Days • from $7,995* per person
Provider: The Wayfarers The city of Cape Town is the starting point for this exciting and varied Walk through the colorful Western Cape.We encounter game, flora and rock-art in the wilderness of the Bushmans Kloof reserve, explore the historic Cape Dutch buildings at Tulbagh and the Huguenot architecture and farms of other scenic townships. We sample wine in prestigious vineyards and see spectacular African sunsets.At the Madikwe Game Reserve, we may encounter the Big Five (lion, elephant, leopard, rhinoceros and buffalo) and stay… more |
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