If family holidays evoke depressing thoughts of sand in your luggage, red-raw tan lines, and going home heavier than you left, Activities Abroad offer an exciting alternative

(TRAVPR.COM) UK - May 11th, 2011 - Leading family adventure holidays specialist Activities Abroad offers a wide variety of exciting, energetic pursuits for all the family in breathtaking scenery in the UK, Europe and beyond.

All the destinations featured in their family activity holidays offer thrilling water sports, rock-climbing and mountain-biking, plus a host of local specialties that make full use of some amazing landscapes with professionals on hand to provide expert tuition and supervision.

French locations include Morzine in the Alps, and 300 miles south-west, Font Romeu, from where it’s possible to cycle downhill into Spain! Across the Pyrenees at the Catalan site, taster and advanced-level weeks cater for differing confidence in glorious scenery. Meanwhile the Ardeche has a high ropes course and hydrospeeding, and the Roya valley has two thrilling canyons.

The Alps also offer destinations in Slovenia, Germany and Austria, while in Italy, there is horse-riding in Veneto with a cave-and-cascade adventure awaiting visitors to Tuscany.

The Alentejo coast of Portugal means all the fun of surfing and salt water, and sailing is favourite on Spain’s Catalan coast. The Maltese island of Gozo is perfect for diving and exploring. Further sites are available in Turkey and as far as Costa Rica and as close to home as the English Lake District.

Summer adventure holidays with Activities Abroad offer families a chance to share exceptionally exciting alternatives to static beach or city-breaks, loaded with opportunities for healthy fun outdoors in which all ages can enjoy all of the activities together.

About Activities Abroad
Activities Abroad are the UK’s leading activity travel company for summer and winter holidays. Activities Abroad offer fun filled, real holiday experiences suitable for families, single parent families, adults only, groups, couples, and singles.

The company provides an extensive programme of overseas activity adventure holidays in a number of different countries and featuring a wide range of activities.

The itineraries offer new and exciting experiences as diverse as canyoning in Provence, dog sledding in Finland and searching for the Northern Lights in Norway.

Activities Abroad also offer a ‘talk to an expert’ and age matching service to customers.

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