Small businesses around the world are hurting from the economic recession caused by the pandemic. That includes breweries and wineries, which have seen their onsite sales decimated due to visitation restrictions. Last week we received an email from Bodegas Carlos San Pedro, a small winery in the town of Laguardia in the Rioja region of Continue Reading →
Category: Spain
5 Fascinating Facts About The Rioja Wine Region
This fall we’ll be cycling our way through Spain’s most famous wine region – La Rioja. Rioja is located in Northern Spain and is known for its high-quality wines, scenic patchwork of vineyard-covered hills (don’t worry, e-bikes are an option!), and captivating medieval villages. Not a wine aficionado? No problem! You definitely don’t need to Continue Reading →
A Food-Lover’s Guide To Eating Tapas In Spain
Hungry but can’t decide on just one dish to eat? No problem if you’re traveling through Spain, have a little of each! In Spain, there is a famous local custom of eating tapas (also called pinxtos) – an assortment of small plates of various of delicacies, usually accompanied by a lovely glass of Spanish wine. Continue Reading →
The Best Less-Visited European Bike Tour Locations
Taking a bicycle tour in Europe is perhaps the most famous and beloved type of “adventure” or active travel. For good reason – biking through Europe often offers wonderful scenery, interesting culture, outstanding food and wine, and healthy exercise. We believe Europe offers the best bicycle tour locations in the world and have run many Continue Reading →
Raising A Glass (and Swirling, Sniffing and Tasting) to Wine Education
If you are into wine, you may already know what the WSET acronym stands for. If not, here is the quick answer: Wine & Spirit Education Trust. WSET is a prestigious educator in the world of wine and spirits and provides highly sought-after qualifications for wine and spirit professionals, such as our own Zephyr Adventures Continue Reading →
Taste Vacations: Expanding our Food, Wine, and Beer Tours
We at Zephyr Adventures are entering our 18th season of running active vacations around the world and these years have been full of change. We started as the world’s first inline skating tour company; expanded to multisport tours that include skating; branched off into other activities as we lived through the decline of Rollerblading; and Continue Reading →
Say "Hola" to Zephyr's Newest Guide!
We met Jenny Siddall last fall at our Wine Tourism Conference in Santa Rosa, California. We were struck first by her outgoing and pleasant personality, and then by the depth of her knowledge of wine. When we learned that she also had ten years’ experience guiding active tours and tours focused on food and wine, Continue Reading →
Walking the Camino de Santiago
In May of 2012 I had the good fortune to enjoy a self-guided walking tour of the Camino de Santiago in northwest Spain. From the small city of Sarria to the traditional conclusion in Santiago de Compostela, the 111 km journey was nothing short of remarkable. If you aren’t familiar with it, the Camino is Continue Reading →
Self-Guided Travel in Europe: England, Spain, and Italy
For some reason, the secret of self-guided travel has not yet gotten out. We at Zephyr Adventures have been running self-guided tours in Italy for about five years. We have found them so appealing, this past summer we spent the time to add two new destinations to our list of self-guided tours: Hiking tours on Continue Reading →
3 Misconceptions about Group Travel
NOTE: Though this post was originally written several years ago, the most common misconceptions certainly still ring true! Zephyr Adventures has been in the group travel business for over 15 years, so we understand that like most people who join us for the first time, you might feel a bit uneasy about the “group tour” Continue Reading →