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Guides to regions good for active and adventure holidays for families, couples and groups including walking, hiking, trekking, cycling, mountain biking, kayaking, climbing and watersports

The Italian Alps are a winter and summer playground where hikers, bikers and fans of watersports will revel in the...

Lake Como (Larius in Latin) is Italy’s classiest lake destination and a mecca for active travellers. Visitors -...

Lake Garda is the biggest of Italy’s iconic lakes. Visitors here can be as active or relaxed as they choose, with...

Utah, home to no less than seven national parks, is characterised by colourful, rugged, landscapes, deep canyons,...
Mid Wales takes in the mountains of the Brecon Beacons and the central coast of West Wales, around Cardigan Bay. The...

South Wales stretches from the Severn Bridge along the coast to the westerly tip of Pembrokeshire. Less than 15...

North Wales is a magnet for outdoor travellers with climbers, walkers, sailors and surfers all making the long, but...

Texas, the Lone Star State, is smaller only than Alaska. The southern most point of the Great Plains, Texas boasts 10...

Colorado has one of the most vivid and varied landscapes in the USA. Bordered by no less than seven states this...

California, on America's west coast, is the state that truly has it all. From surfing on the laid-back central beaches...

Turkey is a meeting of two worlds – arrive on the Mediterranean coast and the atmosphere is western cosmopolitan,...

It's no surprise Switzerland is a prime destination for active travellers – the Alps cover over three-fifths of its...

The Outer Hebrides, an archipelago of around 100 islands that border the northwest of Scotland, is rumoured to become...

The rolling lowlands of The Borders feature heather-clad hills rising to over 2700 feet, hundreds of square miles of...

The Cairngorms National Park, Britain's largest National Park, lies within the Highlands region. Five of Scotland's...