Hotel Adler Dolomiti specializes on guided hiking tours in the Italian Alps making it the premier hiking hotel in Val Gardena Hiking, skiing and “wellness” make easy and obvious bedfellows for tourist resorts and hotels in the mountains: skiing in winter, hiking in summer and there are spa-type activities, sports and swimming pools any time…
A coastal walk that produced a few stressful moments – and a stress-free shopping experience This is the story of two firsts. The first “first” first: never before had we organized a Monaco to Mala Beach hike for a group that was larger than our own little family. But this time, the invitation to take…
Product Review: Fanny Pack and Hiking Pants What’s Best for a Day Hike? Where to put all the stuff you need for a short outdoor trip? We put two popular alternatives to the test. What size bag or pack to bring is one of hiking’s perennial problems. This is particularly true for day-hiking trips because…
From Easy Hiker to Easy Hikers My Christmas Presents for Hikers This Christmas may already have come and gone, but it is never too late to receive presents, is it? Which is why today’s post is filled with little gifts from the international travel press that may have been overlooked in the hustle-and-bustle of our…
Our Dulcet Christmas Wishes to You, Our Readers! Why do we all love the Internet so much? Because it allows us to answer back! “Two-way communication” is, I believe, the technical term for this. Writers no longer talk to but with their readers, leading to proper and real conversations all over cyberspace. Isn’t that wonderful?…
Surviving the Flight Comparison Jungle A Travel Tip by Stephanie Bartup When it comes to planning your next hiking holiday, how do you start the search process? Some people use every flight comparison search engine available to try and find the best deal for the destination they have in mind, while others religiously book direct…
Hiking in Spain Mallorca Beyond the Beaches If you want to explore the “real Mallorca”, the Mallorca beyond the beaches teeming with tourists in holiday resorts, your best bet for a base may be a hotel right on the seaside. This may sound contradictory and counter-intuitive, so let me explain. Firstly, you must take into account…
Hiking Reads Summer has – finally! – arrived in Europe, and not a moment too soon, just in time for the peak of the holiday season. For hikers, however, temperatures above 30° centigrade (that’s the high 80s and 90s for you) are a mixed blessing. For some trails, perhaps even for all trails, this is…
A Hiking Guide Book “26 Gorgeous Hikes on the Western Cote d’Azur” I have come across many a hiking guide book in my time, good ones and bad ones in sufficient numbers that I feel qualified not only to tell the difference but also to identify the criteria on which an assessment like this may be…
The Right Hiking Waterproof Outdoor Jacket For years, I had been priding myself on owning the cheapest of what I believed was a waterproof outdoor jacket in town. It had cost me 10 bucks and came from a supermarket chain that normally sells discount groceries and only extends its range of products temporarily when it…