Italy 5.0 – Adventure Travel at any Age

by | Aug 11, 2016 | News & Events

  I just recently finished a two-week trip to Italy – it was my “wish” for my 50th birthday, and what a birthday it was! It was what they call a “Self guided” Walking tour and four of us set off for a wonderful adventure in a beautiful country. Four days in Rome and then eight days hiking the Amalfi coast, visiting Mt Vesuvius and the ruins of Pompeii…it was incredible! On the plane home my husband and I were re-living the adventure, chatting about the people we met on foot walking from town to town, and the exercise we got and how great we felt even though we had enjoyed all the food and wine that Italy is famous for. And it hit me that pretty much 90% of my vacations are what I call “fitness vacations”, hiking, biking, walking and more often then not, coming home feeling better than I did when I left. And when I look back and really I am not sure which came first…the importance of fitness and the ability to pursue physically active trips or the desire to do those types of trips prompted me to maintain a certain level of fitness in my life. But either way, I cannot imagine a holiday without the physical aspect of being able to walk for hours on end, explore villages, immerse myself in the culture, take time to understand the history, meet the local people along the way and stop as long as I like to take in the incredible scenery and be “in the moment”.   In Rome we chose guided “walking tours”....