Striding forth with Ramblers Worldwide
Specialist walking tour operator, Ramblers Worldwide Holidays, has just added a selection of new holidays to its extensive range of guided tours, which now span over 70 countries.These include:
ISTRIA – with a week in Rovinj, a beautiful old town, overlooking the Adriatic Sea to Venice. Now part of Croatia and situated on the Istrian peninsula they provide spectacular walking opportunities. Highlights include: the Limska Draga Fjord; the vineyards on the hills inland and the coast from north to south.
The base is the three star Hotel Park, offering great views of Rovinj’s old town and the island of Sveti Katarina (available from April 2010).
Lead in price £740 includes flights, transfers, half board accommodation at 3* Hotel Park and the services of a tour leader.
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO – a 13 day Caribbean adventure combining the vibrancy and excitement of these two islands. Proximity to South America has resulted in an unusually diverse range of flora and fauna – particularly the island’s birdlife. (available from November 2009)
Lead in price £2,199 includes flights, transfers, half board accommodation and the services of a tour leader.
GREECE – a one week tour of Southern Greece giving one the opportunity to enjoy flowers of the Spring Peloponnese, archeological sites and great hill and coastal walks.
Highlights include the fishing port of Gythion, Lakonia, Mistra and some of the finest Byzantine architecture in the country. The base is the seafront Hotel Pantheon in Gythion. (available from April 2010.)
Lead in price £805 includes flights, transfers, half board accommodation at 2* Hotel Pantheon in Gythion and the services of a tour leader.
LANZAROTE - a one week tour of this great holiday destination famed for its volcanic cones, sandy beaches, palm groves, vineyards, white-washed villages, mountain vistas and convivial temperatures which, even in winter, rarely fall below 20 degrees centigrade.
The base for this tour is the capital, Arrecife, which is virtually on the beach and an ideal point to ‘radiate out from’. It is close to the volcanic wonderland of the Timanfaya National Park (available from November 2009).
Lead in price £535 includes flights, transfers, half board accommodation at 3* Hotel Diamar in Arrecife and the services of a tour leader.
PORTUGAL – a 10 day holiday enabling one to explore the country by train and foot! The journey begins in Porto – capital of the north and majestic historic city.
Travelling south, one takes the local trains to Coimbra, Caldas da Rainha (The Queen’s Spa) and finally Lisbon – stopping en route (available from May 2009).
Price will include flights, transfers, half board accommodation in comfortable tourist class hotels and the services of a tour leader.
GERMANY – a one week stay at Obertsdorf – a wonderful winter sports resort in the high Alps of the Allgäu.
This is a resort which caters for skiers of any ability and provides superb walks against backdrops of jagged peaks, pine covered hillside and spectacular valleys.
The base is the 3 star Kappeler House in the centre of Obertsdorf (available from December 2009).
Lead in price £873 includes flights, transfers, half board accommodation, cross-country ski equipment hire, formal ski instruction on the first morning and the services of a tour leader.
For more information, visit RamblersHolidays.co.uk.