Dolomites, Trentino is a stunning mountain destination in Italy.
When buying mountain travel insurance, it’s important to get the right travel insurance for your mountain holiday.
Having specialist cover is essential if you’re thinking of going caving, kayaking, mountain biking, mountaineering, rock climbing, white-water rafting or other mountain pursuits.
Mountain guide Jorge Kozulj contributed this guest photo essay on Patagonia mountain travel and life. He is the founder of Andescross, an outdoor guiding company in Bariloche, Patagonia.
Climb, girl, climb: Guided climb with my friend Jill, Summit of Torre Principal in Frey area, Cerro Catedral, Bariloche, Patagonia.
Andescross came from a natural development of my lifelong connection with the mountains.
As a teenager, along with my friends, we mountain biked the trails to the local climbing crag after school.
X2 Samui Villas by Design in Thailand.
On Thailand’s island of Samui, the luxury travel trend is pool villa resorts.
One of the latest resorts is X2 Samui Villas by Design under the Centara Boutique Collection.
Dilmah Tea’s Ceylon Tea Trails in Sri Lanka has become a member of Relais & Châteaux.
Recognized for its “unique character, gourmet cuisine and outstanding service”, The Tea Trails is the first Sri Lankan property to belong to the association.
Four hours from Colombo and 4,000 ft above sea level, the property features colonial plantation bungalows with turn-of-the-century period furniture.
Are you an avid mountain biker in the U.K.? Then you might fancy a charity ride raising funds to help people affected by landmines.
Humanitarian landmine clearance charity MAG (Mines Advisory Group) has arranged a new two-wheel challenge in the U.K. for 2010.
Says Lesley Achim, MAG’s Events Officer:
“The routes this ride follows around the High Peak and the countryside is stunning, well worth the work it’ll take to get up some of those hills. The money you raise will help people living every day in the deadly shadow of landmines and other remnants of conflict. So, as you enjoy sailing down the hills, taking in the landscape, you can also relish the feeling of helping thousands of people far worse off than you all over the world.”
The event will start on Sunday, June 6,2010 in Buxton with participating riders taking on a 16, 30 or 55 mile challenge up hill and down dale.
Participants will cycle through scenic Derbyshire towns including Crowdecote, Goldstitch Moss and Bottom of the Oven. The tougher 55 mile route offers one of the county’s most famous cycle climbs, from Macclesfield Forest to the Cat and Fiddle Pub.
For more info on the event, check out MAG online.
Image courtesy of MAG.
When you’re traveling in the mountains, some of the best and most authentic hotels are the B&Bs. In the hills and olive groves of Andalusia, Spain, there’s a new boutique B&B Casa Olea.
Based at Casa Olea, mountain travelers can explore the mountains of the Sierras Subbéticas on self-guided walking tours and mountain biking trips.
They can also visit the “Moorish wonders” Granada and Córdoba, picturesque “white villages” and medieval hill-top castles. In the evenings, guests can return back to a home-cooked meal at Casa Olea.
One of western Canada’s most popular ski and mountain biking destinations, Kicking Horse Mountain Resort, is expanding.
The resort has announced a 40-year development plan which is aimed at making the resort a world-class ski destination.
Development plans include:
Says Steve Paccagnan, President and CEO of Kicking Horse Mountain:
“This is an exciting time for Golden, Kicking Horse Country and Kicking Horse Mountain Resort. Kicking Horse Mountain Resort has the natural assets to be one of the finest mountain resorts in North America. With this news we are excited to enter our next decade continuing to be a major economic contributor to our community and playing a key role in supporting the province`s goal of doubling tourism by 2015.”
For more info, check out Kicking Horse Resort online.
Image courtesy of Tourism BC.
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