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Walking & Activity Holidays Uk, Europe & Worldwide Welcome JAN 2021 MAR 2022 WALK THIS WAY WALKING & ACTIVITY HOLIDAYS UK, EUROPE & WORLDWIDE WELCOME To our collection of 2021/22 Walking & Activity Holidays Discover the UK, Europe and beyond on foot; exceptional choice and great value. FOLLOW IN OUR FOOTSTEPS... CHOOSE A HOLIDAY TO SUIT YOU Contents Welcome to our latest collection of UK, European and Worldwide walking and activity holidays for 2021 featuring our Family Adventures for 2021 and our Welcome .....................................2-3 Choose your level ................. 10-11 Always one step ahead ..........4-5 UK Festive Breaks .......................12 winter sun walking into early 2022 too! Make yourself at home .......... 6-7 Groups ............................................13 Walk this way .............................8-9 You’ll find our regular mix of guided and self-guided walking holidays in the UK, and we are delighted to introduce a brand-new style of guided walking holiday at our UK country houses - ‘Tread FAMILY HOLIDAYS Lightly’. These walks make the most of the wonderful walking Freshwater Bay ............................15 Whitby ............................................17 St Ives..............................................15 Malham .......................................... 18 areas which surround our houses, with all walks starting and Brecon ............................................16 Dovedale ....................................... 18 ending at their front doors with no need for any road transfers. Church Stretton ..........................16 Europe Neustift ..........................19 These walks provide increased flexibility for the whole group – Keswick ...........................................17 Europe Mayhofen .......................19 especially when you want to spend a few more minutes taking in your favourite view in the glorious sunshine! UK HOLIDAYS AT OUR COUNTRY HOUSES You’ll also find exciting new options with two new UK Guided Glen Coe ................................ 20-21 Brecon ................................... 38-39 Trails and two new Island-Hopping holidays in the wilds of Alnmouth ...............................22-23 Church Stretton ..................40-41 Keswick ...................................24-25 Bourton-on-the-Water ....42-43 Scotland. As if that wasn’t enough, this brochure also features our Coniston ................................26-27 Selworthy .............................44-45 2021 UK Festive Breaks too! Sedburgh ...............................28-29 St Ives..................................... 46-47 Whitby .................................... 30-31 Lulworth Cove ....................48-49 At HF Holidays we recognise that people have many different Malham ...................................32-33 Freshwater ........................... 50-51 requirements for their leisure time, so we give our guests as much Dovedale ............................... 34-35 Abingworth ...........................52-53 choice as possible. As well as offering a superb range of guided Dolgellau................................36-37 walking, special interest and sightseeing holidays (and options where you can enjoy a combination), we also offer a choice of UK GUIDED TRAILS & ISLAND HOPPING walks each day within most of our guided walking holidays. You Mull & Iona ...................................55 Hadrian's Wall Complete .........61 can also opt to go self-guided in the UK to holiday exactly as the Orkney & Shetland ....................55 Best of Hadrian's Wall ..............62 mood takes you; we provide maps and route notes to help you Lewis and Harris .........................56 Pembrokeshire Coast Path ....62 make the most of your chosen location. Hebridean Hopscotch..............56 Ceredigion Coast Path ............63 Cairngorms North .....................57 Offa's Dyke Path ........................63 Outside of the UK you can choose to set foot in the mountains of Cape Wrath ..................................57 Best of the Isle of Man ........... 64 Europe or enjoy Walking & Sightseeing in a wide selection of Torridon ........................................ 58 South Devon Coast Path ....... 64 countries across the world, staying at carefully selected partner Great Glen Way ......................... 58 Norfolk Coast Path ...................65 West Highland Way ...................59 Jersey Coast Path ......................65 hotels. No matter what your travel choice is, you can rest assured Best of Isle of Arran................. 60 Channel Islands .......................... 66 that HF Holidays has the expertise, knowledge, and facilities to Best of the Fife Coast ............. 60 Isles of Scilly ............................... 66 deliver exceptional holiday experiences. Coast to Coast .............................61 We hope you enjoy browsing the many options in this brochure. To find out more and to see our full range of options, please EUROPE HOLIDAYS visit our website. We look forward to welcoming you on holiday Tailored for you .................. 68-69 Slovenia .........................................78 very soon. At your leisure ......................70-71 Croatia ...........................................79 Norway, Ireland ..........................73 Cyprus ..........................................80 The HF Holidays Team France ............................74-75 & 91 Greece ....................................80-81 Italy .................................. 75, 83-87 Maltese Islands .......................... 82 Switzerland ............................ 75-76 Spain ....................................... 88-92 Poland ............................................76 Portugal .................................92-95 DON'T JUST TAKE OUR Austria .....................................77-78 WORD FOR IT... WORLDWIDE HOLIDAYS AFRICA & MIDDLE EAST We partner with Feefo – a leading independent reviews organisation NORTH AMERICA Cape Verde ..................................97 Canada .........................................105 Feefo’s technology allows us to collect genuine reviews from verified Jordan ............................................97 USA ......................................105-107 Morocco ...................................... 98 customers. Every holiday review you see on our website is unedited, CENTRAL & Namibia ........................................ 98 so you can see what our customers really thought. We’re delighted to South Africa................................ 99 SOUTH AMERICA say that in 2020 – we were awarded Feefo’s Platinum Service Award Madagascar ................................. 99 Costa Rica ..................................109 – a recognition of the continued number of customers who have Cuba .............................................109 scored us 4 or more out of 5. ASIA & AUSTRALASIA Peru ...............................................110 Japan .............................................101 Galápagos Islands .....................110 Vietnam .......................................102 Chile ...............................................111 Laos & Cambodia .....................102 Easter Island ................................111 New Zealand ..............................103 Argentina ......................................111 HOLIDAY INFORMATION Front cover image: Jurassic Coastline around Durdle Door Useful holiday information ....112 Booking is easy ..........................115 Booking conditions .......... 112-114 VISIT holidays.co.uk CALL 020 3974 8871 3 ALWAYS ONE STEP AHEAD HF Holidays has been operating holidays for over 100 years. We have the experience and knowledge to deliver exceptional holiday experiences Every year thousands of guests choose to travel with us to destinations all over the world. Here are just a few reasons why they decide to put their trust in HF Holidays. THE HF HOLIDAYS DIFFERENCE OVER 100 YEARS’ EXPERIENCE THE UK’S LARGEST HOLIDAY HF Holidays was founded in 1913. We’re one of the UK’s longest COOPERATIVE established travel companies and one of the first overseas tour HF Holidays is a Co-operative Society. This means that all profits go operators, so we’ve got a huge amount of experience behind us! straight back into making your holidays better. You can even have In that time, we’ve stuck to our vision of providing shared holiday your say on how the co-operative is run by becoming one of our experiences which inspire friendship, fun and active enjoyment. shareholding members – although this isn’t a requirement to join Thousands of people choose to travel with us each year. our holidays; all are welcome. AWARDWINNING GREAT VALUE LOOK WHAT’S INCLUDED Our dedication to providing high quality holiday experiences and If you are comparing prices, consider just how much we include: excellent customer service has been officially recognised by us winning many industry-leading awards over the years. In recent UK High quality, Full Board, en-suite accommodation with excellent times we’ve been delighted to receive a range of accolades food in one of our own country houses (or partner hotels on including Silver Travel Advisor’s ‘Best Specialist or Activity Tour some Guided Trails and Island Hopping Holidays) Operator’, i Newspaper Staycation Awards 2019, Best Family The services of experienced HF Holidays Walking Leaders Friendly Venue, Feefo’s Platinum Trusted Service Award, and Group Choice of up to three different grade guided walks each Leisure Awards’ ‘Best Accommodation for Groups’. HF Holidays is walking day also a Which? Recommended Provider. Heated boot and drying rooms
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