
Hiking the Historic Paths of Europe and New England
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Green Mountain Adventures: Hiking, Bicycling, Cross Country Skiing and Snowshoeing in Vermont The Nutmeg State: Hiking, Snowshoeing and Cross Country Skiing in Connecticut Maine Hiking, Cross Country Skiing and Snowshoeing Skiing and Snowshoeing in the Alps Cinque Terre, Italy: Hiking Between the Sky and Sea Hiking in the French and Spanish Pyrenees Hiking in the British Isles Hiking Austria and Bavaria: From Tyrolean Mountain Huts to a King's Fairy Tale Castles Soft Beds and Hard Hikes on the Tour du Mont Blanc Hiking in the Canadian Rockies Hiking in the Bernese Oberland and Engadine Switzerland Norway: Hiking in the Land of the Midnight Sun Hiking on the Sunny Side of the Swiss Alps: Engadine Valley Adventure The Sphinx of the Alps: Walks on and Around the Matterhorn in Zermatt Hikes High on a Hillside in Wengen Eating and Hiking in the Dolomites Hiking in Sicily: A World Apart Hiking the Haute Route Transylvania Hiking: Time Travel in Romania's Medieval Countryside |
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.Our Destinations and Activities Bredeson Outdoor Adventures offers guided and self-guided, culturally oriented hiking, snowshoeing cross country skiing and bicycling trips for all ability levels in Europe, the northeastern United States and beyond. Under the direction of founder Deborah Lewis, we specialize in custom trips for groups of friends, families, coed or women's groups (including Girlfriend Getaways), and major international adventure travel companies. If you assemble your own group for a custom trip we can, in many cases, offer a discounted rate. If you prefer non-guided adventures we can plan a do-it-yourself (self-guided) trip for you. With self-guided trips we will book and pre-pay hotels, organize and usually pre-pay ground transportation, provide hiking maps and hike descriptions, and generally do everything for you except join you on the trip. Deborah combines her experience living abroad, knowledge of foreign languages and 30 years experience as a trip leader in Europe and the U.S. with an understanding of the high service requirements of her clientele. She personally guides many of her trips, often with the co-leadership of a local guide. Trips are based in hotels and guest houses, but we also offer overnight stays in high mountain huts for those who wish to have that authentic and exciting Alpine experience. Most departures involve day hikes and thus only a day pack. The exceptions to this are such challenging treks as the Tour du Mont Blanc and the Haute Route that can require carrying a mid-sized pack. Our family trips have evolved from our personal experience taking our children on hiking trips to Europe and Vermont, and are appropriate for all ages and intergenerational groups. Deborah Lewis prides herself on her ability to make adventure travel safe and fun for “kids” of all ages. Our love of local history and culture pervades all of our outings and trips, and, along with our enthusiasm and great attention to detail, distinguishes our adventures. Our 2012 guided public schedule includes:
Most of our itineraries are available on a private guided basis. See our Vermont page for iInformation on our 2012 guided inn to inn snowshoeing trip in Vermont. We also offer a wide range of self-guided hiking tours and have just posted 2012 pricing for our self-guided Dolomites and Pyrenees tours: Val Gardena to Alta Badia Hiking Tour Peaks and Valleys Hike in the French Pyrenees The Meridian Way Hike in the French Pyrenees We have also launched a special self-guided French and Spanish Pyrenees Hiking Trip. The details of this fabulous tour are complete but not yet posted on our website. Please email us at info@bredeson.com for more information. Some of our other recent guided trips have included: Inn to Inn Snowshoeing in Vermont Hiking and Touring in Sicily, A World Apart Whistle Stop Walk on Redding, Connecticut's Hidden Greenway Hiking the Best of Switzerland: Bernese Oberland and Engadine Fall Foliage Hiking in Vermont Each of the above public, guided trips is also available as a private trip for your and your friends or family, either on a guided or a self-guided basis. We also often add public departures in response to inquiries. If you have a group of two or three people we are able to add a public guided departure and post it on our web site. All of our itineraries are available on a private custom basis. We are also rolling out a new Crete and Santorini walking tour -- stay tuned for this itinerary.
Two other new 2012 hiking itineraries will focus on the Amalfi Coast and in Torres del Paine (Patagonia). North America
Europe Hiking in the Pyrenees Hiking and Cross Country Skiing in the Swiss Alps
Hiking in the Austrian and Bavarian Alps
Scandinavia Italy
Multi-Country Treks in the Alps Eastern Europe
England
Please click directly on the above trip names, or on the Adventure Menu at left, to learn more about these trips. Contact us for additional information on these trips at dlewis@bredeson.com, 866-533-4361 (toll free in the U.S.) or 203-840-0295. We would be delighted to set up a custom itinerary for your group or family to the locations listed above, or to other destinations. Click here for an update of some of Bredeson Outdoor Adventures' recent and upcoming news and events. Our enthusiastic integration of the rich cultural aspects of the landscape in which we walk makes us unique in the adventure travel business. Nothing compares to walking back through time in Europe and New England. Most of our daily walks incorporate historical, literary or cultural aspects of our host country by:
Sample outings from some of our trips that illustrate our cultural, literary and historical emphasis include:
Other culturally oriented possibilities include trips that combine hiking with attendance at music festivals such as the Montreux Jazz Festival or the Salzburg Summer Music Festival. Click below for photos from previous trips, client feedback, and Deborah Lewis' biography.
Contact us toll free (U.S.) at 866-533-4361 or +203-840-0295 (outside the U.S.) info@bredeson.com. Or click on the following confidential mailing list link to receive information on our adventures, or visit our "contact us" page. Check out our photo albums on our Facebook page, and "like us" if you wish. |