Need adventure trip idea - Eastern france, switzerland & italy
Mar 21st, 2013, 09:43 AM
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Need adventure trip idea - Eastern france, switzerland & italy
Hello all-
This will be my first trip to Europe, and I am looking for an adventure-type trip. To give you a little background:
It will be just my husband and I, in our mid 20's. We enjoy hiking (but would not call ourselves 'hikers' - can only hike a couple miles at a time). We love excursions, like ATV riding, zip-lining, hang-gliding, etc.
I love stunning views, and enjoy taking pictures (it's the reason why I love hiking).
Would also love to see some history/castles/architecture and what not.
Things we don't like:
I could care less about the different food.
My husband get's motion sickness, and he also can't swim - so anything in the water is generally not good.
Neither of us can just sit on the beach and do nothing
My ideas so far:
Would love to see Mont Blanc and go hang-gliding.
Lake Como in italy looks like it might be nice too.
This will be 10-12 days in July/August.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated! (also, let me know if there is more adventure in some other country, I don't have my heart set on which country I want to visit)
This will be my first trip to Europe, and I am looking for an adventure-type trip. To give you a little background:
It will be just my husband and I, in our mid 20's. We enjoy hiking (but would not call ourselves 'hikers' - can only hike a couple miles at a time). We love excursions, like ATV riding, zip-lining, hang-gliding, etc.
I love stunning views, and enjoy taking pictures (it's the reason why I love hiking).
Would also love to see some history/castles/architecture and what not.
Things we don't like:
I could care less about the different food.
My husband get's motion sickness, and he also can't swim - so anything in the water is generally not good.
Neither of us can just sit on the beach and do nothing
My ideas so far:
Would love to see Mont Blanc and go hang-gliding.
Lake Como in italy looks like it might be nice too.
This will be 10-12 days in July/August.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated! (also, let me know if there is more adventure in some other country, I don't have my heart set on which country I want to visit)
Mar 21st, 2013, 10:02 AM
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You can ride a bike down a fair bit of Mont Blanc, loads of companies but here is one for the image http://www.endoftheride.com/tour-du-mont-blanc/
In the Jura ( north of MB) there are a bunch of such things http://www.juradreiseenland.ch/en/sitemap.html (this is the swiss side of the border $$$$ and http://www.jura-tourism.com/ $ the french side
Similar in a lot of Northern Italian ski resorts going east until you reach como. So many little ski areas with stuff to do in the summer it is hard to keep in touch.
Trans-Jura
In the Jura ( north of MB) there are a bunch of such things http://www.juradreiseenland.ch/en/sitemap.html (this is the swiss side of the border $$$$ and http://www.jura-tourism.com/ $ the french side
Similar in a lot of Northern Italian ski resorts going east until you reach como. So many little ski areas with stuff to do in the summer it is hard to keep in touch.
Trans-Jura
Mar 21st, 2013, 10:19 AM
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The Dordogne is filled with opportunities for hiking, biking, hang-gliding, parasailing, ballooning, rock climbing, zip-lining, etc., plus prehistoric caves, historical sites from every era, and castles galore.
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hey guys. Adventure trip hah.. great choice 
. Do you have some space and time left for a hot air balloon ride? I tried that and it was pretty good fun actually. There are a lot of other personalized tours, but we did not have the time to do that! At least you guys can have fun with those. Do let me know if you need some details on that. cheers
. Do you have some space and time left for a hot air balloon ride? I tried that and it was pretty good fun actually. There are a lot of other personalized tours, but we did not have the time to do that! At least you guys can have fun with those. Do let me know if you need some details on that. cheers
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