Articles Tagged 'Trail Riding'

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North Carolina- Horse Riding at Biltmore Estate

Today I went horseback riding at Biltmore, and enjoyed the grounds, trails and horses, just as guests of George Vanderbilt would have during the Gilded Age. Biltmore Estate features over 80 miles of equestrian trails located on 4,000 acres in the beautiful Western North Carolina Mountains. Th...

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North Carolina- Great Smoky Mountains

Today we enjoyed riding in the Great Smoky Mountains with tribal members from the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. I rode a Tennessee Walking horse, which was a first, and really liked its smooth gliding gait through the shaded mountain trails. Forrest and his wife, Ashley, who train Tennessee...

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Quebec, St. Fabien

Today I rode Canadian horses with Melissa at Ranch CR in St. Fabien, Quebec. This is a diverse farm with 66 horses, cows and crops, plus an old mine and a high spot with views of the surrounding farms and the village of St. Fabien. Every village that I have seen in Quebec has a big, beautiful chur...

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Quebec- North Hatley Riding

Today we went horseback riding in an area of Quebec known as the Eastern Townships. This part of Quebec is close to the U.S. border and many of the townships were originally settled by Loyalists to the crown, who sympathizing with Britain, fled the Northern most colonies. The town of North Hatley ...

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Horse Riding Quebec’s Appalachian Mountains Video

Ride horses with Danny at Ranch Massif du Sud in the Appalachian Mountains about an hour from Quebec City.  by Darley Newman   The ranch offers riding vacations lasting from one to five days through mountain trails. It is simply beautiful here this time of year, because the leav...

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Quebec- Ranch Mont Tremblant

Josée and her husband started Ranch Mont Tremblant, a Western style guest ranch in the ski area of Mont Tremblant, 18 years ago. The ranch has a mountain lodge-like atmosphere, with warm fireplaces in the main lodge, which like all of the five buildings on the ranch property, was once a bar...

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Seville Countryside Horseback Riding Video

Explore Spain's countryside on horseback in this Equitrekking travel video of horse riding in Spain.   Today I went riding with Gerry Corbett and Alfonso to old haciendas in Seville’s countryside. The blue skies were beautiful as we rode through fields of orange and olive tre...

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Turkey- Baglidere Fairy Chimney Trek

Ride horses amid Cappadocia's bizarre Fairy Chimneys on a horse trek through Turkey with Equitrekking. by Darley Newman We're horse trekking through Cappadocia, Turkeywith Ahmet of Kirkit Voyage. Today, we're trekking through Baglidere Valley, where there are skyscraper tall f...

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Turkey- Cappadocia Riding Tour Arrival

After a long flight from the USA, we're happy to arrive in the land of Fairy Chimneys and piping hot tea–– Cappadocia, Turkey by Darley Newman Today we traveled over 24 hours from Washington, DC to Cappadocia to begin our horseback riding odyssey in Turkey, a country which seem...

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Turkey- Cappadocia’s Dereyamanli Valley

Ride among Cappadocia's Fairy Chimneys in Turkey by Darley Newman Riding amid the bizarre rock formations of Cappadocia, Turkey is truly stepping back in time. For my time traveling trek, I rode a horse name Incion, a 9 year old white Arabian, who was a joy to ride and much calmer than I h...