Why choose Collett’s Mountain Holidays

There is a huge amount of choice out there if you’re looking to take a well earned break. Whether on your own or with friends or family, most of us need a holiday now and again to recharge our batteries and re-energise ourselves. A walking holiday might not be your first choice, but you should think again as it’s a great way of enjoying your holiday. It keeps you active, lets you enjoy the company of others and shakes up the nine to five lifestyle. Collett’s explore how to choose, book and what we offer…

Choice

Firstly, there are a huge range of walking holidays to choose from. In the Italian Dolomites and Pyrenees. You also choose the type of walking holiday you are going on. You can do anything from a gentle walk along easy trails to a strenuous high-altitude trek and climb up the Marmolada with our Guide Francesco. Collett’s walking holidays can also encompass other holiday activities allowing you such as adventure sports, high ropes, white water rafting, paragliding, mountain biking, alpine flower walks, swimming, ice-skating, sight-seeing or simply relaxing. You can choose where you’re going to go and what you’re going to do as opposed to being tied down to one specific area and activity. A walking holiday really does give you a tremendous sense of freedom and possibility.

Adventure

It is this sense of freedom that walking and climbing (via ferrata) gives you that turns your holiday into an adventure. After looking at a brochure and reading an itinerary, you still don’t realise how incredible an adventure you are on until you are experiencing the trek itself. Walking Holidays unearth secrets and experiences that you can’t even imagine. There are new friends to be met along the way and new sights and sounds waiting down each bend in the path ahead. The thrill of taking the road less-travelled is electric, infectious and not to be missed. With Collett’s you can do as much or as little as you like

A Social Experience

Walking holidays are rarely solo pursuits but single travellers are welcome, and walking with others really adds to the experience. The adventurous feeling of walking in the Dolomites or Pyrenees is doubled because you have friends with you to experience it, as is the sense of achievement after you’ve reached the Summit of Piz Boé  (3,152m) above Arabba and Corvara on your walking holiday to the Dolomites or trekked into the Ordesa Canyon and Monte Perdido UNESCO National Park in the Spanish Pyrenees. Moments like these are much better because you have someone to share them with on either an organised walk, via ferrata or summit day.

Activity

Another great feature of a walking holiday is the fact that it is active and you have the choice of deciding how active or demanding you want the walk to be. Even the most gentle walking holiday will be a healthy, hearty way of getting out of the office and into nature. With life at home becoming increasingly sedentary, a holiday that gives you both exercise and enjoyment is a great change from the norm.

Enjoyment

Lastly, and most importantly, walking holidays are great fun. The mix of companionship on the walks, the sense of achievement when you reach your destination and freedom from the routine experiences of life make walking holidays a hugely enjoyable option for anyone. Normal beach or city break holidays will seem flat and predictable after you have experienced adventure, fun and activity in one holiday, walking the world.

Financial Protection

Collett’s Mountain and Walking Holidays is bonded with ABTA W6883 and is a member of AITO – Derek Moore, AITO Chairman (Explore), comments: “Booking a holiday can be a minefield for consumers – many automatically assume their holidays are protected when they aren’t. The last thing people can afford is for their holiday not to be iron clad – AITO ensures your holiday is fully financially protected. Other organisations offer protection – or not – based upon the type of holiday booked, but the new AITO Holiday 100% Financial Protection Campaign logo is the industry gold standard for protection and quality. We continue to lobby the Government on the confusing status of protection.”

Walking Holidays with 100% Financial Protection