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 →
Category: Umbria
How to Buy Pottery while Biking through Umbria
Have the pottery shipped home, of course. But if it were that simple I would not be writing about it. There is much more to the experience of buying something fragile that you cannot carry in your panniers. It’s a science, in fact, and I am here to tell you how it is done in Continue Reading →
Wine Tasting 101
If you’ve never been wine tasting, or haven’t done so often, you might be under the impression that wine tasting has to be a complicated process filled with opportunities for faux pas. It doesn’t have to be this way. At Zephyr Adventures we spend a great deal of time selecting which vineyards to visit, making Continue Reading →
Favorite Italian Moments: a Second Perspective
This post is written by Zephyr traveler and 20-something-year-old guest blogger Chris Jarrett, who went on last month’s Tuscany & Umbria Hike, Bike, Wine & Food Adventure with his family and friends. His mom Rhonda wrote a guest blog last week, but we asked Chris to share his thoughts about the trip for another perspective! He is pictured Continue Reading →
My Favorite Things While Hiking and Biking in Italy
This post is written by Zephyr traveler and guest blogger Rhonda Jarrett, who went on last month’s Tuscany & Umbria Hike, Bike, Wine & Food Adventure with her family and friends. We asked her to write about her favorite part of each day of the trip. Her husband and son will also be sharing their 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 →
How to Make a Travel Blog
Gone are the days of projector slideshow recaps of your summer vacation. Yet in a digital age, there’s even more to share with your friends and family! I have been sharing my photos, videos and thoughts from my travels on my Facebook for years, but it doesn’t offer the organization or presentation I’m really looking Continue Reading →
Choosing an Active European Vacation
There are hundreds of active European adventures you could choose to do on your vacation. At Zephyr Adventures, we have run active tours in a total of 11 different locations in Europe, although we don’t run every trip every year. If you are an active traveler, how do you decide which Zephyr European tour you Continue Reading →
Private Group Travel
Over the years we frequently have been approached to create private tours for a group of friends, a social organization, or a business. When these work, they are super fun. 90% of the time they don’t work because they the group never gets organized. Earlier this month I ran two private group tours in Europe. Continue Reading →
Private Biking Tour in Umbria
I was honored to be part of a fantastic tour last month in Italy. One of our alumni, Dee Opp, emailed me last October and said “If I can get a group of friends together to do a biking tour in Italy, would you set it up and be our guide?” Naturally, I said yes. Continue Reading →