Beaches
- Black Sea beach towns: Where Romania straddles old and new ways
- Black Sea coast: An unspoiled corner of Russia
- Lindau: Enjoy a scenic day at the lake in southern Germany
- Bostalsee: Lake of opportunity
- Nice: Skip the pricey attractions and still enjoy French Riviera town
- Mainau: Island on Lake Constance bursts with color and appeal
- Naples: Italians love the beach
- Lake Como: Resort has grown fond of its most famous resident
- Spain: From beaches to bullfights, 10 must-see attractions
- Split: Beaches and a Roman palace
- Tarifa: Spanish resort town offers wind conditions tailor-made for kitesurfing
- Varna: Bulgarian beaches offer sun, savings
Cycling
- Bavaria: Following Mozart's tracks by bike
- Bavarian Forest: 94 square miles of wilderness to cycle
- Bornholm and Ertholmene: Danish islands offer eerily secluded and rugged beauty by bicycle
- Luberon: Bicycling through Provence's lavender fields
- Münster: In charming German city, people use pedal power as the main way to get around
- Münsterland: Two-wheel travel is ideal — if you can make out the signs
- Procida: Daily life is best seen on 2 wheels
- Rhine: Biking is fine between Koblenz and Bingen
- Rheinland-Pfalz: Trails between wineries enable cyclists to enjoy scenery, please palate
- Southern Tuscany: Where bike excursions are unhurried
- Schopp: Biking for beginners German park makes great family outing
- Steinwald: Hikers and bikers head for German nature park
- Switzerland: Pedaling the peaks
- Tuscany: Bicycle tour takes riders to three wine estates
- Vaucluse region of Provence: Ups and downs while biking through wine country
Caves
Gardens
- Cambridge: Botanic garden teaches, delights
- Frankfurt’s Palmengarten: Basking in the tropics — in Germany
- Keukenhof: World’s most famous garden, bursts with color
- Linderhof: Bavarian castle and monestary aim high in grandiose imagery
- Lisse: Holland festival powered by flowers
- Lisse: Spring is time for a pilgrimage to famous Keukenhof gardens
- Mainau: Island on Lake Constance bursts with color and appeal
- Noordwijk to Haarlem: Flowers go on parade in Holland
- Stuttgart: Wilhelma's exotic animals, lush greenery offer a tropical escape
- Wiesbaden: Take a stroll, have a picnic in Schlosspark
- Bus trip to Holland: Not luxurious, but it covers a lot of ground
Hiking
- Campania: Seeing Italy on foot
- Garmisch: Bavarian hike promotes mental, physical health
- Madeira: Portuguese island can be explored on foot
- Sesto Dolomites: Moutains put hikers on a jagged edge
- Spain: A walk through the best of the country's national parks
- Steinwald: Hikers and bikers head for German nature park
- Tirolean Alps: Finding new horizons among Austria’s majestic peaks
Paragliding, sky diving
Skiing and Snowboarding
- Ski and eat: Foodies share can't-miss places to dine on the slopes
- Alpe d'Huez: Basking in sunshine 300 days a year
- Alps: Higher Resorts promise best skiing
- Andermatt: Go off-piste at Swiss resorts
- Bagni di Moso: Tiny Italian village offers good snow, no crowds and aprés-ski pampering
- Beyond Garmisch: 6 more ski resorts offer higher elevations
- Bosnia: Try it for wide-open spaces
- Bulgaria offers great skiing, luxury hotels at bargain prices
- Ski clubs: Join for the trips and to maximize your ski experience
- Club Med Cervina: A feast of fun in the Italian Alps
- Czech skiing: No frills, but lines are short and bargains are plentiful
- Carinthia: Winter fun in Austria’s southernmost and sunniest province
- Edelweiss: At Garmisch ski resort, a little R&R for the entire family
- Feldberg: Snowplace like home in the Black Forest
- Finland's Lapland: Huskies, skiing, reindeer safaris and a snow hotel help celebrate winter
- Gstaad: Skiers share blue skies with balloon festival
- Hintertux: Ski all year long on Austria's high-altitude glacier
- Mehlmeisel: Family-friendly Bavarian ski resort without the high cost
- Northern Dolomites: Get some air at region's 20 state-of-the-art snowboard parks
Tracks
Water sports
More outdoors
- Garmisch: Plenty of choices for thrill seekers
- Ludwigshafen: Work out by climbing walls at the Extreme Climbing Center in Ludwigshafen
- Pfälzer Wald: Legend gives Devil's Table an interesting role
- RAF Mildenhall: Unwind on ropes course
- Snowdonia National Park: Good for getting away
- Salem: Hang out with monkeys at refuge in southern Germany
- Waterparks: Where you can make a splash in Europe
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