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Equestrian Escapes website: www.equestrian-escapes.com
Equestrian Escapes offers horse riding holidays & weekends in the UK & Europe ... [MORE]

Responsibletravel website: Responsibletravel
Ethical riding, pony treking, ranching & horseback safari holidays, worldwide ... [MORE]

Bison Quest on Wild Echo Bison Reserve
based: Montana, USA
website: www.bisonquest.com
Experience a very private vacation in a log cabin and Sioux tipis surrounded by a bison herd in the Montana wilderness. Ride horses, learn Native American history, use a sweatlodge, join eco projects and participate in bison and wildlife studies as the only guests of internationally known biologists.
| ethical/ecotourism | bird watching | family/child friendly | working/volunteer holidays | ecological tours | native peoples | groups | tailor made | women only | animals/safari | riding | USA |

Equestrian Escapes Featured Site
based: Cheshire, UK
website: www.equestrian-escapes.com
A carefully chosen selection of horse riding holidays in the UK and Europe; including riding holidays with instruction, beach riding, dressage breaks, trail riding and tailor-made packages for all ages and standards. Equestrian Escapes offer horse riding weekends, family riding holidays and longer holidays in Spain, Portugal, Italy and UK.
| horse trail riding | riding | show jumping | horse/pony trekking | dressage | children's courses/holidays | weekends/short breaks | Spain | England | Ireland | Portugal |

FreeRein Riding Holidays
based: Radnorshire, Wales, UK
website: www.free-rein.co.uk
FreeRein Riding Holidays, for all real trail rides of 2-7 days in Wales. Stay at farms and country inns. Enjoy unguided riding holidays for independent riders, fully guided and instructed holidays and courses for beginner, novice and rusty riders and pack pony riding holidays.
| horse trail riding | horse/pony trekking | riding | trekking with animals | family/child friendly | tailor made | weekends/short breaks | Wales |

GoLearnTo.com
based: London, UK
website: www.golearnto.com
Looking for some inspiration for your next holiday? GoLearnTo.com offer a range of inspirational holiday courses in 30 countries to suit all timescales and budgets. Go Learn To cook, dance, paint, practice yoga and pilates, surf, ride, make jewellery, take photographs and more. Ideal for singles, gap year, active seniors and more.
| multi-language | dancing (mixed styles) | surfing | riding | French language | Spanish language | jewellery (jewelry) making | gap year | seniors/silver surfers | Western Europe |

Great Days Out – Activity Weekend Breaks
based: Co Cork, Ireland
website: GreatDaysOut
Weekend breaks and activity breaks in Ireland, give as a gift or treat yourself. Select fron surfing weekends in Donegal Bay, a mountain boarding break, fishing breaks in Co Mayo, a two night golf break, a hovercrafting and rage buggy dirty weekend, or a two night horse riding break for two.
| surfing | rally driving | inline boarding/dirtsurfing/mountainboarding | riding | golf breaks | freshwater fishing/angling | Ireland |

Iceland Travel
based: Reykjavík, Iceland
website: www.icelandictravelmarket.is
Icelandic Travel Market (ITM) is a premier travel tour company in Iceland. ITM provides a variety of tours including, but not limited to hiking, ice climbing, skiing, 4x4 jeep tours, the blue lagoon tour and many more!
| cross-country skiing | ski mountaineering/touring | 4 wheel drive/4x4 | ice climbing | riding | whale/dolphin watching | walking/trekking/hiking | winter walking | Iceland | Greenland |

Panorama-Trails
based: Catalonia/Barcelona, Spain
website: Panorama-Trails
Horse riding holidays for experienced riders on the Costa Brava and through the wild beauty of the Pyrenees. Panorama-Trails well schooled Andalusian horses are in good condition and are a pleasure to ride. Ride beaches or mountains – it's the contrast which makes Catalonia so attractive for your riding holiday!
| horse trail riding | horse/pony trekking | riding | Spain |

Responsibletravel.com Featured Site
based: East Sussex, UK
website: Responsibletravel
Horse riding holidays from specialist responsible operators in Europe, Asia, America, Africa and Worldwide; small groups or tailor made. From horse riding tours in Mongolia, to ranching in Canada; from novice and intermediate riding in Ireland, to a spectacular 10 day horseback trek across the Andes, horseback safaris in African game reserves or a volunteer holiday at a Polo school in Argentina.
| horse trail riding | horse/pony trekking | ranching | horse back safaris | riding | polo| tailor made | Worldwide |

Singles in Crete
based: Crete, Greece
website: singlesincrete.com
Sociable holidays to Crete for the independent single traveller. Discover the real Crete tourists never see. Small, family owned Mistral hotel exclusively for singles. Exclusive personal tours, wine tasting, Cretan cookery courses, walking holidays, Easter breaks. Good food nice company and excellent atmosphere. No single supplement.
| singles holidays | wine appreciation/tasting | cookery | folk/regional dance | aromatherapy | riding | walking/trekking/hiking | Greece | Czech Republic |

Spanish Among the Orange Groves
based: Granada, Spain
website: www.spanishlanguageholidays.com
Learn Spanish in the Lecrin Valley, Granada, one of the most undiscovered, beautiful places in southern Spain. Learn whilst you enjoy an activity holiday: horseriding, cooking, trekking, cycling, dancing flamenco or practicing yoga – with everything in Spanish! You bring the enthusiasm, Spanish Among The Orange Groves will do the rest!
| spanish language holidays | riding | cookery | walking/trekking/hiking | cycle touring | flamenco | yoga | Spain |

Swinton Park
based: North Yorkshire, UK
website: www.swintonpark.com
Luxury castle hotel in North Yorkshire, in 200 acres of parkland with a wide range of country pursuits including golf, fishing, walking and riding. Join celebrity chef Rosemary Shrager at her highly acclaimed cookery school, on residential and day courses, also available for private parties, teambuilding and ideal for up-market stag/hen weekends.
| cookery | gastronomic | stag/hen | team building/management courses | garden tours | golf | riding | freshwater fishing/angling | horse racing | falconry | UK | England |

Totally Sorted Sports
based: Granada, Spain
website: www.totallysortedsports.co.uk
Unique tailor made sports activity holidays in Andalucia, in southern Spain. From horse riding to health spas, skiing to diving, biking to hiking Totally Sorted Sports have got them all and more. Their flexible booking system allows everyone freedom of choice; visit their website now for the bigger picture.
| multi-activity | riding | mountain biking | walking/trekking/hiking | canyoning/gorge walking | windsurfing | karting/quad biking | sea canoeing/sea kayaking | diving/snorkelling | sailing (small boat/yacht) | tailor made | Spain |

More horse riding weekends, courses, breaks & holidays

Bella Puszta Lovasudvar Siófok
based: Siófok Hungary
website: www.bellapuszta.hu
Horseback riding in Siofok, the best holiday resort at lake Balaton in Hungary. Unforgettable experiences for riders.
| horse trail riding | riding | carriage driving | Hungary |

Collacott Farm
based: Devon, UK
website: www.collacott.co.uk
Horse riding weekends and mid-week breaks in Devon, with BHS qualified instruction.
| riding | England |

Ditchling Common Stud
based: West Sussex, UK
website: www.ditchlingcommonstud.co.uk
BHS courses and residential holidays, plus mounted Skill at Arms courses, B&B accommodation.
| riding | historical recreations | England |

Evazio
based: Gironde, France
website: www.evazio.com
Horse riding tours in France, including visits, wine tastings and charming accommodation.
| horse riding | France |

Fairboroughs Riding Holidays
based: Staffordshire, UK
website: www.horseandholiday.co.uk
Horse riding holidays offering accommodation for you and your horse as you explore the Peak District.
| riding | England |

Finca el Moro
based: Huelva, Spain
website: www.fincaelmoro.com
Walking and riding holidays in the heart of the beautiful Sierra de Aracena National Park, Andalucia.
| walk/trek/hike | riding | horse trail riding | Spain |

Fleetwater Holidays
based: Hampshire, UK
website: www.fleetwaterholidays.co.uk
Holiday with your horse, come and enjoy riding in the beautiful Hampshire New Forest.
| riding | England |

Hacienda Dos Olivos
based: Seville, Spain
website: www.haciendadosolivos.es
Classical style riding holidays on pure-bred Spanish horses, also opportunities for seasonal olive picking.
| riding | olive picking/harvest | Spain |

Horseback Adventure Mongolia
based: Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
website: www.horseback-mongolia.com
Horse riding trip specialist in Mongolia, the land of horses.
| riding | Mongolia |

Horse Holiday Farm
based: County Sligo, Ireland
website: www.horse-riding-holidays.eu
Trail and horse riding holidays and vacations in Ireland; ride by the sea on the Atlantic Coast
| riding | horse trail riding | Ireland |

Knowle Riding Centre
based: Somerset, UK
website: www.knowleridingcentre.com
Riding centre and country house accommodation in Somerset.
| riding | England |

Limes Farm Equestrian Centre
based: Kent, UK
website: www.limesfarmequestriancentreltd.co.uk
Tailor-made holidays with 4 hours of riding (hacking or riding lessons) per day.
| riding | England |

PineLodge Riding Holidays
based: Somerset, UK
website: www.pinelodge.countryside-inter.net
Ride on Exmoor, horseriding breaks based at Higher Chilcott Farm in the heart of Exmoor.
| riding | England |

Rural Rides
based: West Sussex, UK
website: www.ruralridesuk.co.uk
Offering a variety of short break riding holidays, from 2 to 3 days.
| riding | England |

Soldier Meadows Guest Ranch
based: Nevada, USA
website: www.soldiermeadows.com
A family owned, working cattle ranch with over 500,000 acres of public and private land to enjoy.
| ranching | riding | USA |

Writing Horse (The)
based: Hampshire, UK
website: www.writing-andalucia.com
The Writing Horse provides creative writing courses for horse lovers in Andalucia.
| writing | riding | Spain |

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The travel-quest horse riding holidays section is intended for listing pony and horseback riding holidays, residential courses, weekends and breaks offering horse riding instruction – from learn to ride courses to improvers courses for experienced riders. This includes riding holidays throughout the UK, in England, Wales, Scotlnd and Ireland; also horse riding holidays abroad in Europe, North America, and worldwide. See the equestrian / horse index for separate sections covering other types of riding holiday, including trail riding trips and daily horse and pony trekking from a fixed base.