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Stories and travel articles on active and adventure travel and holidays in the UK, Europe and around the World
The Algarve has it all - surfing, climbing, hiking, mountain biking... Simon Williams is spoilt for choice.
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Some of the best hiking anywhere in the world is found on Vancouver Island, in British Columbia. Its most renowned...
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Norway's fjords offer some of Europe’s most spectacular scenery and they are just a two-hour flight from the UK. Roger...
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Fancy a hike this weekend? You could pop to the coast, the Peak District or the Lakes, perhaps. But why not go further...
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Sheathed in 300 miles of golden, breaker-bashed coastline, there’s little wonder that Cornwall is the UK’s number one...
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Pete Coombs hits Grenoble and Les 2 Alpes France to explore what the area has to offer
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With his beloved surf flat as a pancake, Alf Alderson sets out to explore the far from flat peaks of the western...
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Away from its seaside resorts and sunburnt nightclub revellers, Gran Canaria has a spectacular, rugged and varied...
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One of the southernmost regions of France, Languedoc-Roussillon has coast, mountains and waterways to entice active...
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From Turkey’s Mediterranean shores to its mountainous interior, the 500 km St Paul’s Trail is a wild and rarely walked...
Just a hop, skip and a jump away, the Isle of Wight is the ideal place to amble on coastal paths, learn watersports...
Economic conditions and increased awareness of responsible travel mean more and more people are choosing the UK as...
A unique yachting adventure, provides Mark Porter with a whistlestop tour of the best of Iceland’s activities,...
One of the biggest travel success stories of recent years has been Egypt’s Sinai region. Charlotte Boan reports
The Inca trail has become a well-trodden path for tourists in Peru in recent times. Matt Carroll went off to find a...