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TIMEOUT Travel Guide - Summer 2004
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2004 'Europe by Air' Travel guide.
How far will you go?: Report by Cyrus Shahrad. Credits
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Europe's best active breaks, whether you're after a chill out or a thrill-out.
Thrill rating: nice 'n' bracing
SURFING...those looking to find their feet are better off in the Canary Islands (see pp176-181), the coasts of which are blessed with slow, shallow waves better suited to beginners. Lanzarote's Zoco Boardriding Adventures (www.surflanzarote.com) runs seven day surf schools (from £279 per person including self-catering accommodation, picnic lunches, airport transfers and equipment hire)...
KITESURFING...The inherent risk dictates you learn only with an International Kiteboarding Organisation (IKO) affiliated instructor: ZOCO (see above) also runs a suitably qualified kitesurfing camp for complete beginners in La Graciosa, a remote volcanic island to the north of lanzarote (see p180). Prices (including accommodation and all equipment hire) start from £535 per person...
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