Suggestions for active/adventure/outdoorsy holiday in Europe

rat_race

Hey, so myself and two other guys (all 28) wanna go on a nice sunny week-long (7 nghts maybe) holiday somewhere, but we'd like somewhere with lots of adventure-type activities closeby like quad biking, mountain biking, paragliding, scuba diving, jet skiing, anything fun and exciting like that...

I'm looking for any location suggestions, or recommendations. I know just about every tourist town in Spain has these sorts of activities, but I have no idea where the "best of the best" might be.

We don't care where it is, but closer to Ireland the better, but that doesn't really matter. Sunny climate a bonus.

We'd consider going through some agency to sort it all for us if that was an option.

Basically we want a typical sunny holiday but instead of sight-seeing or sitting around on sunbeds, we want to do fun stuff... So, any ideas?

Greatly appreciate the help!!

rat_race

No suggestions, anyone?

kerry4sam

All my breaks and holiers are always activity breaks, but not to the sun. I'd be more into Winter Sports and Activities involving skiing; moon-light sledding; snow-boarding; parachute jumps overlooking glaciated surroundings etc etc.

If you would prefer a change from the sunnier climbs, then let me know.

Thanks,
kerry4sam

rat_race

kerry4sam wrote: »

All my breaks and holiers are always activity breaks, but not to the sun. I'd be more into Winter Sports and Activities involving skiing; moon-light sledding; snow-boarding; parachute jumps overlooking glaciated surroundings etc etc.

If you would prefer a change from the sunnier climbs, then let me know.

Thanks,
kerry4sam

Hey, sure, I'd love to know more...I've never actually ski'd properly before.

zagmund

Zell am See in Austria - http://www.zellamsee-kaprun.com/en.

In summer there's all sorts of activities - rafting, canyoning, summer skiing, high rope gardens, paragliding (lots of that), sailing, mountain walking/climbing. Not sure about scuba diving, but I'm sure you could give it a shot as there's a lake there. The weather is mostly excellent - normally hot weather like we had in June/July with the occasional afternoon thunder storm to clear the air.

You could certainly do an organised activity each day for 7 days and not get bored. There are loads of trains from Munich and you can fly either to Munich or Memmingen.

We were there earlier this Summer and had a ball.

z

[edit] - non-complete activities list - http://www.zellamsee-kaprun.com/en/activities/alternativer-summer-activities

kerry4sam

rat_race wrote: »

Hey, sure, I'd love to know more...I've never actually ski'd properly before.

I brought some of the lads over to the Midlothian Centre in Edinburgh earlier this year; kept bragging about their better skiing skills but alas, was not to be

If you can visit here; I think it's great for brushing up on ski skills before taking to be real slopes in Switzerland where I would go.

One fantastic forum I cannot recommend enough is our Winter Sports forum right here though.

rat_race

Thanks for the responses, all!