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Guide Article / Puerto Vallarta and the Riviera Nayarit

Active Pursuits in Puerto Vallarta and the Riviera Nayarit

Beaches, Activities & Excursions Travel agencies can provide information on what to see and do in Puerto Vallarta and can arrange tours, fishing trips, and other activities. Most…

Guide Article / Puerto Vallarta and the Riviera Nayarit

Side Trips in Puerto Vallarta and the Riviera Nayarit

Yelapa: Robinson Crusoe Meets Jack Kerouac It's a cove straight out of a tropical fantasy, and only a 45-minute trip by boat from Puerto Vallarta. Yelapa has no cars and one paved…

Guide Article / Albuquerque

Active Pursuits in Albuquerque

BallooningVisitors have a choice of several hot air balloon operators; rates start at about $160 per person per hour. Call Rainbow Ryders, 5601 Eagle Rock Ave. NE (tel. 505/823-1111;…

Guide Article / Taos

Active Pursuits in Taos

Taos County's 2,200 square miles embrace a great diversity of scenic beauty, from New Mexico's highest mountain, 13,161-foot Wheeler Peak, to the 650-foot-deep chasm of the Rio Grande…

Guide Article / Taos

Driving Tours in Taos

If you're in the mood to explore, take this 90-mile loop north of Taos, through the old Hispanic villages of Arroyo Hondo and Questa, into a pass that the Apaches, Kiowas, and…

Guide Article / Kuala Lumpur

Side Trips in Kuala Lumpur

Batu CavesLocated 13 km (8 miles) north of Kuala Lumpur, Batu Caves have become one of the most significant Hindu religious sites outside of India. Built within a series of caves…

Guide Article / Moorea

Active Pursuits in Moorea

Most hotels have active watersports programs for their guests, such as glass-bottom-boat cruises and snorkeling in, or sailing on, Moorea's beautiful lagoon. Moorea has no public…

Guide Article / St. Moritz

Active Pursuits in St. Moritz

The tourist office has complete details about the various activities in the area. Although skiing is the premier sport, other winter-sports activities, including curling, ice-skating,…

Guide Article / Stuart and Jensen Beach

Active Pursuits in Stuart and Jensen Beach

Beaches in and around Jensen and Stuart, Florida Hutchinson Island, one of the most popular beach destinations of the Treasure Coast, is the area just north of Palm Beach on the…

Guide Article / Tampa

Active Pursuits in Tampa

Biking, Skating & Jogging in Tampa, Florida Bayshore Boulevard, a 7-mile-long promenade, is famous for its sidewalk on the shores of Hillsborough Bay and is a favorite with…

Guide Article / Antigua

Active Pursuits in Antigua

Adventure Tours -- Eco-tourism is all the rage. The best and most thrilling eco-adventure in Antigua is the Rainforest Canopy Tour, headquartered at Fig Tree Drive in Wallings (tel.…

Guide Article / Aruba

Active Pursuits in Aruba

Warm sunshine and beautiful beaches are Aruba's major attractions. The seemingly endless strips of white, sugary sand along the southwestern coast rank among the Caribbean's widest and…

Guide Article / Curacao

Active Pursuits in Curacao

Cruises The two-masted Bounty, Sarifundy Marina (tel. 599/9-767-9998; www.bountyadventures.com), operated by Bounty Adventures, offers 4-hour snorkel, swim, and swing outings that…

Guide Article / St. Lucia

Active Pursuits in St. Lucia

Beaches Since most of the island hotels are built right on the beach, you won't have to go far to swim. All beaches are open to the public, even those along hotel properties. However,…

Guide Article / St. Maarten/St. Martin

Active Pursuits in St. Maarten/St. Martin

If it's aquatic, St. Maarten/St. Martin offers it: from sailing to scuba diving, big game fishing to boogie boarding. It almost seems the island has more marinas per square mile than…

Guide Article / Victoria

Active Pursuits in Victoria

Victoria is, quite simply, an outdoor-lover’s paradise. Its climate is mild and dry. It’s riddled with parks and trails, dotted with golf courses, and surrounded by waters perfect for…

Guide Article / Daytona Beach

Active Pursuits in Daytona Beach

Eco-Tours in Daytona Beach Ponce Inlet Watersports, 4958 S. Peninsula Dr. (tel. 386/405-3445), provides a 90-minute water tour on a 32-passenger flat bottom boat of the area’s…

Guide Article / Daytona Beach

Side Trips in Daytona Beach

Daytona is actually a superb jumping off point for seeing some of Florida’s most intriguing areas, from a town built around spiritualism, to a surfer paradise, to fishing villages,…

Guide Article / Falmouth and Woods Hole

Active Pursuits in Falmouth and Woods Hole

Bicycling The Shining Sea Bikeway (tel. 508/548-7611) is a 12-mile beauty that runs along an old railroad right-of-way from North Falmouth past cranberry bogs, farmland, and the Great…

Guide Article / Pensacola

Active Pursuits in Pensacola

Canoeing in and near Pensacola, Florida The little town of Milton, the official "Canoe Capital of Florida" (by an act of the state legislature, no less), is about 20 miles northeast of…

Guide Article / Tallahassee

Active Pursuits in Tallahassee

Side Trip to the Scallop Capital Just 90 minutes outside the state's capital is Florida's so-called "Scallop Capital," Steinhatchee, where the summer sport of scalloping -- a sport…

Guide Article / Vero Beach and Sebastian

Side Trips in Vero Beach and Sebastian

60 miles NW of West Palm Beach Many visitors to the Treasure Coast come to fish, and they certainly get their fill off the miles of Atlantic shore and on the inland rivers. But if you…

Guide Article / Amelia Island

Active Pursuits in Amelia Island

Biking on Amelia Island Riptide Amelia Island, 5 N. Fletcher Ave., Fernandina Beach (tel. 904/891-5687), offers two-hour bike tours of Amelia Island on which you’ll pedal a beach…

Guide Article / Marco Island

Active Pursuits in Marco Island

The sugar-white Crescent Beach curves for 3 1/2 miles down the western shore of Marco Island. Its southern 2 miles are fronted by an unending row of high-rise condominiums and hotels,…

Guide Article / St. Pete and Clearwater Beaches

Active Pursuits in St. Pete and Clearwater Beaches

Boating, Fishing & Other Watersports --You can indulge in parasailing, boating, deep-sea fishing, wave running, sightseeing, dolphin-watching, water-skiing, and just about any…