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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 easy. But I a...

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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 matter of mome...

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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 fellow travele...

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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 a hotel balco...

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"We're going up over that hill?" I said under my breath, looking ahead as the road went up, up, up and disappeared over a hill. It was a beautiful sunny day in ...

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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 from centuries ...

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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 that involves a ...

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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 easy. But I a...

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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 matter of mome...

Read More
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 fellow travele...

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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 a hotel balco...

Read More

"We're going up over that hill?" I said under my breath, looking ahead as the road went up, up, up and disappeared over a hill. It was a beautiful sunny day in ...

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 from centuries ...

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 that involves a ...

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