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Walking Holidays

Ten top tips for walking holidays for the over 50's

Presentation, practice and performance are considered top tips in management, but when it comes to walking, Silver Travel Advisor has come up with ten 'P's' to prepare for prolonged perambulation during walking holidays and when trekking with friends.

Win a 7 night 5* Mediterranean holiday for two

Silver Travel Advisor, the mature travellers’ review and advice website, is offering a first prize of a luxury 7 night walking holiday on the idyllic Mediterranean island of Gozo, courtesy of Headwater Holidays, with half board accommodation in the island’s top hotel, the 5* Ta’Cenc, set in 400 acres of private grounds and including return Air Malta flights.

Luxurious Green Eden accommodation is a hut above the rest

Luxurious Green Eden accommodation is a hut above the rest

Three brand new holidaying accommodation concepts have been created to help celebrate Green Eden - a destination tourism campaign that places the spotlight on Eden in Cumbria - a land where the mystical meets the mountains and legend illuminates the lakes.

Fall into winter for a quieter, more tranquil Moab, Utah

Fall into winter for a quieter, more tranquil Moab, Utah

As summer fades to fall and winter so does the barking lockers of 4x4's, the squeals of delight from rafters on the mighty Colorado River and the multitudes of people, and a softer side of Moab begins to immerge.

Escape this Christmas and head to Peru

Escape this Christmas and head to Peru

The True Traveller has an 11 day tour of Peru, including the Inca Trail departing 19 December for £2269 per person including flight, or for just £740, land only.

Sheepskin adds stunning bolthole in Snowdonia to collection

Sheepskin adds stunning bolthole in Snowdonia to collection

Stylish self-catering company, Sheepskin, has added Gelli Graean a stunning bolthole in Southern Snowdonia to its collection.

Walk on the wild side: An extreme adventure at The Sarojin

Walk on the wild side: An extreme adventure at The Sarojin

Luxury boutique resort, The Sarojin, has welcome news for guests seeking more than a romantic retreat yet still keen to get their hearts racing.

Break with tradition - Take a walking holiday this Christmas

Britain's leading guided walks specialist operator, Ramblers Countrywide Holidays are offering a selection of Christmas breaks to various locations throughout the country.

Follow in Julia Bradbury’s footsteps along the Rhine

Follow in BBC presenter Julia Bradbury’s footsteps on Walks Worldwide’s 8-day Along the Rhine self-guided holiday, to Germany which can depart any day from now until the end of November – and what’s more the price has just been reduced by £60 pp.

Hike the Aletsch Glacier

Hike the Aletsch Glacier

Walks Worldwide has a great trek to Switzerland entitled Aletsch Glacier (Europe’s longest and largest glacier). It flows from the southern slopes of Jungfraujoch, just beneath the Eiger, and spreads over an enormous area towards the Valais.

A walk on the wild side with Mahlatini

Luxury African travel company Mahlatini is offering holidaymakers the chance to experience a safari in Zambia with a difference.

Conquer the highest mountain in Indochina

Conquer the highest mountain in Indochina

Autumn is the perfect season for hiking in south-east Asia and Walks Worldwide has spaces on its two-week Fanispan & Hill Tribes Trek to Vietnam departing 5 November (guaranteed departure).

Climb the world’s highest freestanding mountain for less in 2011

Climb the world’s highest freestanding mountain for less in 2011

With scientists claiming that the ice caps are disappearing fast, now is as good a time as any to conquer Mount Kilimanjaro. As an added incentive The Adventure Company is offering a discount of £100 per person off all of its 2011 departures.

Don’t be a sheep - Classic treks away from the crowds

Don’t be a sheep - Classic treks away from the crowds

Trekking company specialist Walks Worldwide takes great pride in developing itineraries that avoid the crowds on classic ‘must do’ hikes.

Christmas here again already - surely not!?

Christmas here again already - surely not!?

Is it too early to be planning Christmas holidays? Not at all! Now is the time to book before all the airline seats are taken, and hotel space becomes difficult.