Comments on: Active Travel: Rethink Your Vacation

By: Brenda

Brenda — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 04:56:45 +0000

This has given my great motivation – wonderful article, and love the details, and the clothing you took also is a huge help. Thanks so much!

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By: Jade Gianakopoulos

Jade Gianakopoulos — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 13:35:33 +0000

Dina, I love your idea of combining an active vacation with a food vacation.

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By: DIna

DIna — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 03:55:39 +0000

Mary,

Right on! I love active vacations too. But I also love food vacations. I just put the final touches on an article for the November issue of SHAPE about “Tasty Trips” that offer the perfect combo of food and fitness. Some of the places I included: Rancho La Puerta (hiking), Lecce, Italy (biking), Calistoga, Calif., (biking and kayaking) and Kennebunkport, Maine (yoga, tai chi). In total, I included six places, but my absolute favorite didn’t make the cut. Marrakech, Morocco. The food is out of this world (and really healthy) and the High Atlas Mountains are a mere 60-90 minutes away. Anyway, I’m rambling. Thanks for your article.

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By: Valerie Cannon

Valerie Cannon — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:10:26 +0000

all you say is so true…I have 20K of touring in Europe and N. Africa. Don’t forget about camping…it’s extra fun to go from campground to campground, esp. in France. No chance of gaining weight when you’re putting in 30-80 miles on the bike. here in CA, we have the Pacific Coast bike Route, from Vancouver to Tijuana…but you can break it up and do smaller pieces. Inspirational, thanks for sharing!

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By: kellykellykelly

kellykellykelly — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:27:56 +0000

Thank you so much for your insights. Perfect timing for me. I have been working with Colleen Cannon at Womensquest, one of Athleta’s partners, to arrange a coed cycling trip to Italy with many of my friends and family this Fall. Cant wait to forward your article to my peeps. I went on one of Colleen’s cycling quests several years ago, enjoyed geat food and wine in Italy, and managed to come home stronger, fitter and leaner in body mind and spirit. Now thats a great vacation.

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By: Meghan

Meghan — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:13:20 +0000

Well, speaking for myself, my vacations are pretty active. Usually pretty wet too!

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By: Jade Gianakopoulos

Jade Gianakopoulos — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:01:04 +0000

This is a great article. All families should do more vacations this way. Now that my daughters are older, we can do more epic riding vacations and you gave me some amazing tips. This could also make the vacation much more cost effective. Thank you. :)

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