The Blue Walk Co-Founder, Suzy Schutz, Talks About the Growing Popularity of Walking Vacations... The growing demand for soft adventure vacations from active professionals and aging baby boomers who still feel the “spring” in their steps has created exceptional opportunities for companies like “The Blue Walk,” a Florida-based guided walking tour specialist who specialise in walking vacations. The company offers small group walking vacations … [Read more...]
Art and Travel – this woman was invited to combine the two in Greece
You never know what a day will bring. Sometimes you're plodding through your day when suddenly you look up and see a rainbow, or you get a call from a long lost friend, or you find a $20 bill in your coat pocket. And sometimes you get an even bigger surprise...a super surprise....like someone inviting you to teach a workshop in the Greek Isles! Leslie Fehling Blue Walk is one of the businesses which feature on Women Travel the World, While … [Read more...]
Bucharest Walking Tours
Romania’s capital gets a bad rap, but in fact it's dynamic, energetic and quite fun. It’s where still-unreconstructed communism meets unbridled capitalism; where the soporific forces of the EU meet the passions of the Balkans and Middle East. Many travellers give the city just a night or two before heading off to Transylvania, but we think that’s not enough. Budget at least a few days to take in the good museums... from Lonely Planet Cities … [Read more...]
Slow Adventure in California
If your idea of a holiday is walking from inn to inn, having your luggage carried then Slow Adventure in Northern California is for you. Founder Margaret Leonard has hiked all around the world - Nepal, New Zealand, Switzerland, Patagonia, Croatia and Spain. Some of these walks are internationally "Great Walks". Slow Adventure builds on her desire to create inn to inn self guided walking experiences in her home state of California that equal … [Read more...]
The Blue Walk – European Walking Vacations in new hands
Jeannette Candau and Suzy Schutz take over The Blue Walk from founder Carlo Roberts, Carlo writes... The Blue Walk concept began on the French Riviera 16 years ago, after going for a 200 mile walk and discovering those gorgeous coastal walking trails, and the sheer beauty of the area. The idea of turning it into a tour quietly tapped me on the shoulder for years, until I finally woke up one New Year’s morning, and said to myself, “If not … [Read more...]
Hiking the Amalfi Coast
When looking at a place to stay in Italy and having decided that we wanted to stay on the Amalfi coast we found that there were many great walking trails. From our place of stay in Furore there were several directions to go in and many different levels of difficulty. Now we are not experienced hikers by any means but through our travels we have found that a good sense of direction, some research and local knowledge prevails. That as well … [Read more...]
Walking Tours in Istanbul – let a woman show the way…
Just had a great email from Arzuk in Istanbul: I am so happy to have found you:) One of my future clients recommended the journeywoman website and there I found you! I have a small entrepreneur web site for walks in Istanbul...i’ve done it all on my own so I am quite proud of it! ..I tailor daily walking trips in Istanbul with my 10 years of experience. I think I am the only woman who is doing this in Turkey.. Find out more about Arzuk and her … [Read more...]
