The Natural Adventure

20/07/2025

"Very hard to find fault! Sensible hiking distances and not too arduous each day. Particular highlights - flexibility of both accommodation and local company. Due to unexpectedly high temperatures I left early most days. Accommodation all happy to provide a ‘takeaway’ breakfast. Local company willing to come an hour early on the couple of days where a transfer to the trailhead was provided. Punctuality - all transfers arrived on time/early. Quality of trip guide and GPX files. This was my first trip with The Natural Adventure. Am booking my second this week." - Kev F from Shropshire, UK

It’s also very hard to find fault with this five-star review. With five areas given gold stars by Kevin on this Corfu Trail holiday: accommodation, transfers, GPX files, trip guide and, last but not least, breakfast. Because if your day gets off to a good start, then the rest should ideally fall into place. And, looking at Kev’s shots of this 200km adventure into the heart of Corfu, including a trek up to the island’s highest point, Mount Pantokrator (905m), it looks like it did just that.

Follow in the footsteps of this enthusiastic Shropshire lad, by checking out the tour, linked below.
https://bit.ly/4nPmNgX
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18/07/2025

The French will never look at you strangely if you turn up on a bike. It’s their much loved national sport and, consequently, they have cycling trails through forests or fine winelands, along canals, coasts and between châteaux. As well as some serious road cycling of course. Our most popular cycling holidays in France include the hilltop villages of Provence, the flats of the Normandy coast, and the peaks of the Pyrenees. And our most recent vélo-vacay is the superb Via Rhôna, which follows the Rhône between Geneva and Sête, for 815km, from the mountains to the Med. Here are some of our French favourites, whether you’re a Tour de France wannabee or a Tour de France wanderluster.

For more information, see our blog at the link below.
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Here are our best cycling routes in France, whether you’re a Tour de France wannabee or a Tour de France wanderluster. Allez la France.

16/07/2025

"The whole trip was well organised from pickup at the airport to drop off again at the end. The local rep was instantly available via WhatsApp at all times for any queries. The bikes supplied were excellent. It looked like they tailored the routes to our abilities (I am 71 years old). It was an amazing trip, from the crowded streets of Marrakech to the isolation of the Berber villages in the mountains. The accommodation and food was first rate, as were our mountain guides. The three day cycle tour covered just over 100 miles, all on mountain tracks and quiet back roads. What a great way to experience Morocco! This is our second trip with The Natural Adventure and we are already looking at the next!" - Baz from Warwick

Baz and the boys are the best. Simple as that. It gives us such pleasure creating adventures for people like these, who are willing to try not only new cycling trails but also new cultures. And, as Baz points out in his five-star review, the Berber culture, food and hospitality is ‘first rate’. Baz has summed up our privately-guided, five day adventure perfectly really. So we’ve nothing to add. Except, if you want to be more like Baz, and get on your bike, see the holiday link below.
https://bit.ly/3WMK733
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13/07/2025

Have you ever arrived at your holiday hotel late at night, sweaty and weary after travelling, feeling discombobulated and just hoping that the coffee is good in the morning? Then you wake up in the morning and open your curtains, to have your breath taken away. We’ve asked our team of adventure specialists to come up with their favourite wake-up spots while hiking or cycling on one of our natural adventures. They like to get around, so it wasn’t easy! Take a look at what’s on the other side of the shutters.

And for more information on each tour, see our wake-up spots blog at the link below.
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We asked our team to describe their favourite wake-up spots on our tours. Look at what's on the other side of the shutters.

11/07/2025

"We had a grand and very relaxing time exploring Kraków and the beautiful vistas of southern Poland. Four days in and around Kraków wasn't enough to see it all, and we were also glad we added an extra day in Zakopane. The mountain cuisine is unique and hearty, and the traditional music is quite stirring. Tatra Balsam liqueur was a true revelation and we brought a bottle home. Also picked up some local honey from a local beekeeper along the Velo. Mostly out of curiosity, we tried e-bikes for the first time. I was doubtful, but they were such fun! You still get plenty of exercise, but with a nice power boost here and there when desired. I'd do it again." - Arabicsmith from Kansas

Sometimes we just want to give a five-star review to a five-star reviewer, especially when they cover all bases so beautifully. Thanks to our Kansas adventurer for summing up Poland’s new VeloDunajec trail so perfectly. The trail covers almost 200km, taking you through the landscapes of the Dunajec Valley and Gorge, as well as the Tatras Mountains’ foothills, with a night in Zakopane, gateway town to Tatra National Park. Where our reviewer wisely booked an extra night. If you like a genuinely local experience when cycling, Velodunajec is the bees’ knees. And the people are as sweet as the local honey too.

For more info, see the link below.
https://bit.ly/44JirR4
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09/07/2025

"We had a wonderful time hiking throughout Madeira, staying in five different towns and hiking a variety of terrains and levadas. Everything was beautifully planned and we loved learning about local life from the gregarious van drivers, who were always right on time. There's a lot of variety on this trip!" - Beth from Valencia

Beth has nailed it with this kind five-star review, saying that there’s a lot of variety on this trip. Her photos are two snapshots of Madeira’s magnificence, where she followed an eight day itinerary along its unique levada trails. In her photos, Beth captures the north coast, between Machico and Porto de Cruz, which was on her first day of hiking. That must have set the bar pretty high for the rest of the week. Although, as you can see from the photo of the coastal town of Porto Maniz, this wake-up view from her hotel is just one of many other wonders that Madeira has to offer.

If you want to be more like Beth, head over to the link below for holiday details.
https://bit.ly/40zYHgj
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06/07/2025

"My wife and I (61 and 70 yrs) walked five days from Jičín to Turnov. Everyone we worked with at The Natural Adventure was very responsive and helpful. We explored several rock cities and scrambled through mouse holes and labyrinths. The app was also very helpful. Be sure to download the trips." - Nicky D from California, USA

Thanks to Nicky and his wife for these beautiful Bohemian moments, as they followed trails through Bohemian Paradise UNESCO Geopark. Known locally as Český ráj, as you can see these are epic landscapes of naturally eroded sandstone rock towers peeping up over forest canopies, all linked by trails through rock labyrinths or ancient rock ‘towns’. With a five-star review, and very happy faces, we also think that you guys rock.

For more information, Czech it out at the link below:
https://bit.ly/3THGHg9
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02/07/2025

"We (a group of four guys) did the Pelion trail in four days which worked really well. Particularly loved the mix of inland and coastal trails. Mid-hike swims in crystal water definitely the highlight!" - Simon from London

You know what they say, when Simon says to do something, you gotta do it. And if he says, go walking on the Pelion Peninsula with your bros or besties, then you’ll lose out if you don’t. Lose out on remote beaches like Fakistra, where you won’t see a soul. Or elevated, twisting trails through the Mt. Pelion range, overlooking the Pagasetic Gulf on one side and the Aegean on the other. This tour is available until the end of September, a month when the region’s beech, chestnut, oak and maples start to change colour, and average temperatures are 28C. And the water is not much lower. Simon says that the mid-hike swims are a highlight. So, you know what to do. Get in!

For more details on the prettiness of Pelion, head to the holiday link below:
https://bit.ly/3JSvOUl
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29/06/2025

When you’re on board a train you are open to very different experiences compared with flying or driving. People get on and off, landscapes unfold, you speed up and slow down, you have time to relax and space to reflect. When you travel by train in Europe, you also get a much greater sense of a country’s geography. You see the Sierra Morena mountains when travelling by train from Madrid to Málaga. Or the Swiss Alps on one of many mountainous rail journeys. You cling to the Costa Blanca when travelling between Barcelona and Alicante.

For more reasons to travel by train, see our latest blog at the link below.
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Ten reasons to travel by train in Europe include finding cheap tickets, exploring a vast network and finding headspace for the adventure ahead

27/06/2025

"My husband and I just got home from this great trip, the trip was very enjoyable, hotels great and communication and information for the trip provided, all spot on. Our second trip with The Natural Adventure." - Al from Alberta

We’re so happy that Al from Alberta shared these prettiest of photos of Puglia in primavera. They spent eight days exploring Puglia’s prolific cultural and natural landscapes, walking from the UNESCO town of Matera to the baroque beauty of Lecce, stopping at the other UNESCO wonder of Alberobello en route. As well as exploring ancient rock churches and trulli stone houses, they also got to walk through Dune Costiere Regional Natural Park. Puglia really does tick every pretty box in the book. Or, as Al says, it’s simply spot on.

You can find out more about its sublime spots at the link below:
https://bit.ly/3xq225U
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25/06/2025

"We hadn't used The Natural Adventure before but will certainly use them again. The whole process from the initial booking through to the final walk to the last hotel was excellent." - First timers from Wales UK

Madeira is proving to be very popular with first time hikers or, in the case of this five-star review, first timers to our natural adventures. Madeira is definitely a magical place for hiking holiday newbies, thanks mainly to the island’s unique levada trails. These are narrow irrigation channels that were originally built to distribute water across the mountainous island from the rainier north-west side to the more arid south-east. They are now the perfect arteries for adventurers and, as you can see in these photos, our hikers are loving their levadas.

For more information on hiking in Madeira, follow the trail to the link below:
https://bit.ly/4dpIwYa
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22/06/2025

"All was well paced and well organized. Accommodations, meals, luggage transfers. We did not need to contact the local rep." - Bobcat team from Ottawa

We sometimes get comments from pilgrims who’ve done the Camino de Santiago independently and are vocal about how organised pilgrimages like ours are ‘missing the point’. But the Bobcats from Ottawa look as if they’re feeling pretty peachy about their pilgrimage. And that there are many positive points, given the five-star review. The Bobcats took on the last 100km section of the Camino Portugues over eight days, walking between Tui and Santiago de Compostela, of course. With highlights including the coastal town of Arcade, the ancient city of Pontevedra and the natural spring spas in Caldas de Reis.

If you’d like to enjoy a little pampering on your pilgrimage, then you do you. And leave the organising to us. For more information on the Bobcat’s chosen route, follow the link: https://bit.ly/3X9FaAL
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