Italy's Medieval Horse Race

August is a wonderful time to visit Tuscany in Italy and why not time a riding holiday to co-ordinate with Siena's famous horse race and festival Il Palio. Held annually on July 2 and August 16, join 50,000 people who flock to watch this spectacular and totally unique horse race dating back to the middle ages. Read all about Il Palio on the official site and check out these operators running horse riding holidays in Italy

You've gotta love Latin America

So, I thought I'd tell you a little about a book that I'm contributing to. Due to be published soon, it's called Latin America and it's published by Livelist. It will be available on amazon sometime after August.
It's a great idea. Basically the whole book is excerpts from a diverse bunch of travellers, writers and photographers. So it's kind of community publishing. I can't wait to see the book. My contribution is about my wonderful riding holiday to Mexico. You can read the review here.

Cool off in Iceland

If the heat is getting too much for you in the UK, think about a riding holiday to Iceland. The summer is the best time to go for the best chance of good weather. It won't be anything as hot as the UK is right now and if you're unlucky (or lucky depending on how fed up with the heat you are), you might experience a fair bit of wind and rain too. While London is experiencing a heat wave with temperatures into the 80s farenheit, Iceland is lanquishing in the 60s. Whatever the weather, the scenery is spectacular and there's no better way to experience it than on top of one of the hardy native Icelandic horses. So, stop wilting and go after some adventure. Click this link to find riding holiday companies in Iceland

New Admin Section On site

So, a word about our new admin section. Programmed by the wonderful Bea Kremer, this section gives each of our advertisers their own password so that they can keep their holiday listings up to date, post new pictures, new info or special offers. It also automates the payment of listings - horrah.

Portuguese Holiday Homes

According to A Place In The Sun European Top 20, the top three places to buy a holiday home in Europe were, in order, Romania, Poland and Portugal - all offering over 400 per cent return on investment over a ten-year period! Well, Romania's infrastructure is still quite basic and you'd have to be brave to invest there, Poland is on the up but Portugal. Well Portugal is gorgeous. Warm weather, lovely scenery, wild beaches and what has this got to do with riding holidays I hear you cry. Well, you want your holiday home to be in a good area for riding don't you? Check out these horse riding riding holidays in Portugal

Just moved to NZ

Well, very exciting to have a change of scene, I am living in New Zealand for six months minimum. It's a beautiful country I'd urge everyone to visit. Especially nature lovers as it's a paradise of varied scenery.

Of course there's great horse riding here too. Check out these riding holiday companies all offering fabulous treks, from day beach rides on the sub tropical west coast of the top north island to a week's pack trip across the wild interior of the south island.