GOING IT ALONE: 8 Great Solo-friendly Vacations
YES YOU CAN leave the guilt, kids, spouse, BFF, or significant other behind and set off solo for your next vacation. Increasing numbers of savvy travelers are doing just that and returning home the better for it.
Single or not, male or female, on a budget or ready to splurge, looking to learn or seeking solitude, traveling on your own is so much easier when you take out the guesswork.
To get you started, here’s a selection of best bets for solo-friendly travel in 2011.
CITY BREAK: San Francisco, California
Perched on the hilly edge of culinary, high-tech, music and seriously funky good times, San Francisco is one of the planet’s most eclectic and dynamic cities. With its fabled cable cars, stunning vistas, distinctive neighborhoods and innovative food scene, no-matter what your budget, this city features enough sensory delights to round out a vibrant and happening city break. www.OnlyInSanFrancisco.com
WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE: US National Parks
Fall asleep to a chorus of howling wolves, cycle an alligator-strewn loop, or bed down with bears as your only neighbors. You don’t have to go far to enjoy the wilderness experience of a lifetime thanks to the U.S. National Park System. The network of mountain, desert, coastal and wetland parks are brimming with wildlife. With 394 areas covering more than 84 million acres in every state (except Delaware), there are plenty of places to put you in the presence of eagles, buffalo, whales and some 400 endangered species. The parks are readily accessible to be explored independently or with organized tours. www.nps.gov
ADRENALIN RUSH: Heli-skiing, Canadian Mountain Holidays (CMH)
Canadian Mountain Holidays invented heli-skiing in the Bugaboo Mountains of British Columbia, Canada, and that’s no surprise: home to some of the best snow conditions in the world, it’s an absolutely prime location for making fresh tracks solo style. And after a day of letting it rip Warren Miller style, you’ll head back to one of CMH’s 11 luxury lodges to relax, recuperate and recount the day’s adventures in style and comfort. Whether you ski or board, are a strong skier or never skied, CMH heli-skiing is the ultimate adrenalin rush. www.CanadianMountainHolidays.com
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