Writing Horseback

A Horseback Riding Vacation in Tuscany (Florence, Italy)

The countryside of Tuscany is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful in the world.  Immortalized in movies such as “Under the Tuscan Sun” and recently “Twilight: New Moon”  most visitors to Italy make it a goal to explore some of this untouched land. [...]

The Sad Side of a Horseback Riding Vacation at Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
“We just returned from a trip to Punta Cana, located in the Dominican Republic, ” recalled Claudia Walsh of New York. “Through our hotel, Paradisus Punta Cana, we went on a horseback riding vacation at El Pat Ranch. This was the saddest [...]

Horseback riding vacation on Snaefellsness Peninsula in Iceland
Though I’d had the chance to ride an Icelandic horse on my first horseback riding vacation to Iceland in 2009, I knew I wanted to do it again when I returned in September of 2010. Feeling my horse break into a tölt (a special gait that [...]

Paniolo Version of the Marlboro Man
Imagine the Marlboro Man, sitting on his horse, dressed in denim from head to toe, with a sweat stained straw cowboy hat covering a mop of hair and well worn cowboy boots jammed, heels down, in the stirrups. Add a pair of dangly spurs to the boots [...]

Horseback Riding Holiday on Big Island’s North Kohala Coast
As horseback riders, we’ve all ridden at the trot, canter or lope. Perhaps you’ve gone on a horseback riding vacation to Iceland and experienced the “tolt” a special gait unique to the Icelandic horse.  On a recent trip to the Big Island’s North [...]