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Backroads Guests hiking with crampons in the Alps

How do you narrow down days of hiking with your favorite people--amid some of the most beautiful scenery imaginable--into a "top 3" list? It's not...

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Backroads trip leader Molly Aiken at the Taj Mahal in India

India is everything you've heard plus a million more sensations. The contrasts knock you to your knees, humble you and build you back up within a ...

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Trattoria in Italy on a Backroads biking trip

In May, my wife and I traveled to Tuscany with Backroads. It was our 23rd trip with our favorite active travel company. A question often asked by ...

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Tom and Daughters history lesson

At the end of a typical Backroads day, I find myself well fed, happily tired and awe-inspired by what I just experienced. I drafted this blog from...

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Chateaux Chenonceau

In French, 'castles' translates to 'châteaux' and throughout the country there are many châteaux that embody the extravagance of French nobility f...

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Backroads Hiker on Dock at lake in Chile

I’m often asked how I found my job leading Backroads trips… Fate. Magic. Luck… Well, perhaps a combination of those things. It’s a unique story th...

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Backroads Guests hiking with crampons in the Alps

How do you narrow down days of hiking with your favorite people--amid some of the most beautiful scenery imaginable--into a "top 3" list? It's not...

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Backroads trip leader Molly Aiken at the Taj Mahal in India

India is everything you've heard plus a million more sensations. The contrasts knock you to your knees, humble you and build you back up within a ...

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Trattoria in Italy on a Backroads biking trip

In May, my wife and I traveled to Tuscany with Backroads. It was our 23rd trip with our favorite active travel company. A question often asked by ...

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Tom and Daughters history lesson

At the end of a typical Backroads day, I find myself well fed, happily tired and awe-inspired by what I just experienced. I drafted this blog from...

Read More
Chateaux Chenonceau

In French, 'castles' translates to 'châteaux' and throughout the country there are many châteaux that embody the extravagance of French nobility f...

Read More
Backroads Hiker on Dock at lake in Chile

I’m often asked how I found my job leading Backroads trips… Fate. Magic. Luck… Well, perhaps a combination of those things. It’s a unique story th...

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