Activities in Europe
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Small-Group Italian Cooking Class in Florence
5 hours (Departs Florence, Italy)
by Viator
Meet Chef Giovanni and learn how to cook a four-course Tuscan banquet in a private home in the heart of Florence! Numbers are limited to a maximum of 25 people…Not LP reviewed
from USD$113.97 - All activities
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Cable Car
A highlight in itself, the cable car departs about every 15 minutes from the valley station and has several stages, becoming more low-key and remote the further you go. After the middle station (for the caves), Schönbergalm, it continues to the highest point (2109m) of Krippenstein, with the eerie 5Fingers viewing platform dangling over the precipice. The final stretch is to Gjaid Alm, taking you away from the crowds to an area where walking trails wind across the rocky meadows or lead higher into the mountains. Some of these trails begin at the simple Gjaid Alm guesthouse and working organic farm situated 10 minutes by foot from the cable-car station.
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Bürgeralpe
The mountain is a great starting or finishing point for hiking in the summer months, and also has skiing in winter. The cable car operates year-round. It has an artificial lake used as a setting for special events. During winter, adult daily/weekly ski passes cost around €28/135.
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Bodensee Radweg
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Bike Trail Tirol
As the trailhead for the epic 1000km, 32-stage Bike Trail Tirol, Kitzbühel is mountain-biking central. Whether you want to pedal gently through the valley or rattle downhill on the new Gaisberg Trail, the tourist office’s KitzAlpBike cycling map (€3) is an excellent reference, showing all routes in the area. Bikes are transported for free on cable cars including Hahnenkammbahn, Kitzbüheler Hornbahn and Fleckalmbahn.
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Bike 2 Train
Useful mountain and city bike rental at the main train station.
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Bicycle Touring
If you haven’t already picked up a bicycle – the perfect way to see the Seewinkel wetlands, which start about 5km south of town – five places around town rent for between €7 and €15 per day.
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Bergwald Projekt
Excellent volunteer work programs protecting and maintaining mountain forests in Austria, Germany and Switzerland. Generally, the Austrian programmes last one week.
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Bergfex
A great website with piste maps, snow forecasts of the Alps and details of every ski resort in Austria.
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Asia Spa
Leoben’s new spa centre with massages and treatments. Note that children under 16 may not enter the sauna.
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Andreas’ Farm Tour
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Aktivzentrum Zillertal
Craving a little adventure? This specialist takes you paragliding (€55 to €130), rafting on the Ziller (€35), climbing (€45) and llama – yep, llama – trekking (€20) in summer. Winter activities include snowshoe hikes (€40) and ice climbing (€70).
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Bundoran Surf Co
Bundoran Surf Co conducts surf lessons, kite-surfing and power-kiting.
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Smithwick's Brewery Tours
If you smell something funny in the air, it may be the Budweiser being brewed under licence in the Smithwick Brewery . Now owned by drinks giant Diageo (Guinness, Harp and lots of spirits), the brewery is no longer the civic icon it once was. The tours which were enjoyed by generations are now a thing of the past, in their place are sporadic summertime showings of a promotional video. Enjoy!
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O'Neachtain Tours
Runs coach tours of Connemara, or the Burren and the Cliffs of Moher. Tours depart from the Coach Station on Bothar St.
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island tour
You can take an island tour on a pony trap or an atmospheric tractor-drawn thatched-cottage-style wagon.
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World War II in Prague
Highly recommended tour for anyone interested in military history, with a chance to visit the underground HQ of the Prague resistance, and compare archive photos of WWII Prague with their present-day locations.
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Prague Special Tours
Their communism tour visits a genuine 1950s underground nuclear bunker, containing a small museum (actually, the same bunker that houses nightclub Bunkr Parukářka).
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Miluše Spázalová
Rents bikes.
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Irish Sightseeing Tours
Wicklow's big hits – Powerscourt, Glendalough and the lakes and a stop at Avoca, then Dun Laoghaire and Dalkey (includes admission to Glendalough visitor centre and Powerscourt, but not coffee).
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Diana Lookout Tower
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Castle Spa
Most KV accommodation offers some kind of a spa treatment for a fee, but if you're just a casual visitor or day-tripper, consider Castle Spa, a modernised spa centre complete with a subterranean thermal pool. Consult the website for a full menu of treatments and prices.
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Darina Allen's Cookery School
From half-day sessions to 12-week certificate courses. Classes are held in an old apple-storage house, and there are cottages in the grounds for overnight students.
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AVE Bicycle Tours
Cycle touring specialists.
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Amazing Walks of Prague
Guide Roman Bílý is especially strong on WWII, the Communist era, and the Jewish Quarter.
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Rheindelta
Easily explored on foot or by bike, this nature reserve sits 5km south of Bregenz, where the River Rhine flows into the Bodensee. The mossy marshes, reeds and mixed woodlands attract more than 300 bird species, including curlews, grey herons and rare black-tailed godwits.
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