January 2011

Smoke Tree Stables Horseback Riding Vacation, Palm Springs, California

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Smoke Tree Stables The Coachella Valley in Southern California’s Sonoran desert offers some of the most spectacular desert floor and canyon for a horseback riding vacation. If it weren’t for agua caliente (hot springs) discovered here by the Cahuilla Indians in the area’s many palm oases, the entire valley and surrounding canyons would be unfit […]

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British Horseback Riding Vacation – Racing for Change

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VisitEngland Launches First Quality Scheme for Horse Racing VisitEngland, the country’s national tourist board has set up the first quality scheme in the country for sport.  The VisitEngland Quality Assured Racecourse Scheme assessed 55 racecourses in 2010.  Horse racing is the first sport to be quality assessed in this way. Broadening the Appeal of Horse

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Lipizzaner Horseback Riding at Spanish Riding School, Vienna, Austria

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Step back into the past at Vienna’s Spanish Riding School Wandering the streets of Vienna, you can be forgiven for wondering if you’ve been transported back in time. The winding cobblestone streets, the imperial architecture, the lively café scene and gracious manners all combine to make the Austrian capital an ideal tourist destination for those

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