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Choosing Your Walking Holiday

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ur destinations are chosen for their
beautiful scenery and the holidays
are designed to let you discover the real
identity of that region; allowing you time
to appreciate its unique cuisine, architecture, history, culture, wildlife and scenery.
We like to highlight each day's walking
with, for example, a breathtaking vista or
an architectural treasure. Each holiday
description includes a bullet pointed
summary of some of its highlights. Options
for interest include:

Coastal - Mountains - Waterfalls &
Lakes - Wine Tasting and Vines Historic Villages - Wildlife
If you have a specific interest and not sure which
walking holiday to choose please don't hesitate to
give us a call to discuss your options, or drop us
an e-mail with an outline of what you're looking for.
On our website you can find information on the climate of the
region you have chosen to explore, as well as some indications of
ideal times of the year to visit, whether that's to see the
lavender in bloom, the wine harvest or the autumn colours. We
have a Holiday Diary (pages 13-14) with some seasonal guides
to help you decide.

Guided or Independent Walking?
Guided Walking Holidays
If you've not been on a walking holiday before and therefore
inexperienced in navigation or using maps or walking notes,
then maybe a guided holiday is for you. However the decision
may not be that simple. Here's some help.

Your Guide's local knowledge and experience:
Your guide will make sure you make the most of your holiday
through professional, informative and supportive leadership. As
well as ensuring safe progression, the leader will bring to life
the region, through his passion and knowledge on such subjects as history, geology, food and wine. We only use experienced guides that are resident in the country. The guide will
pace the day so that there will be plenty of time to take photos, relax and soak up the atmosphere.

Bilingual Guides:
If you can, for example speak a little French, you maybe more
confident to try out your grasp of the language with your hosts
in the knowledge that your guide can help you out. Some of
the French B&B owners speak English, but having a bilingual
guide can certainly help you out with communication and
therefore your enjoyment of your holiday.

“We certainly all had a brilliant time thanks to the
magnificent efforts you made for us. The experiences you set up over and above the pleasure of
the walks were beyond all expectations and I
should like to reiterate my sincere thanks to you
for everything.”
B. Wombwell, Wokingham Health Walks

Walking Groups:
Our guided walking holidays are ideal for
groups of friends who enjoy walking as well
as the more formal walking clubs that wish to
explore further afield. Guided walking holidays are generally available for groups of
between 4 and 24 people. The type of
accommodation used and the price of the
holiday will depend on the number in the
group. We like to use smaller, more informal
guest houses, where possible for our
holidays, but this won’t be feasible with
larger groups.

Individuals or Small Groups:
If you wish to go on one of our guided walking holidays but are travelling on your own or
as a couple, then we may still be able to help
you with your holiday plans. We can seek to
form a group with other people who have
contacted us with the same interests, or you
may be able to join an existing group who
are open to new additions. Once we have a
few people interested in a particular holiday
with a specific week in mind we will then advertise the holiday to fill the remaining places
available. We will generally not confirm the
holiday until the minimum number of 4
people has been reached.

Flexibility:
Flexibility around local situations or circumstances by changing
the itinerary where appropriate. For example if the weather
was very wet and everyone agreed that they did not want to
do the day's walk, the guide can provide transport to a location
to look around an abbey or castle. Your guide can also help in
terms of understanding the best routes for the group’s interests and abilities.

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