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Top Tens by the ALA Team
Top Ten Picnic Spots
Looking for a place to sit down and enjoy a bite to eat? Here are ten awesome ones.
1. Provence, France: Les Deux Trous in the Alpilles hills near St-Rémy – pretty and picturesque – a perfect place to eat lunch!
2. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming: Fountain Flats Picnic Area - This spot lies right along the Firehole River where you can stick your feet into refreshing 75 degree water after a bike ride.
3. Normandy, France: Awesome views of Mont Saint-Michel!
4. Korčula Island, Croatia: On board private yacht near Lumbarda.
5. Near Seward, Alaska: Overlooking Exit Glacier – views for miles and that sandwich never tasted so good after 4 miles of climbing up, up, up!
6. British Columbia, Canada: The base of Matier Glacier looking at Three Joffree Lakes.
7. Glacier National Park, Montana: Overlooking Iceberg Lake with its surrounding glacier cirque.
8. Tanzania: On the floor of Ngorongoro Crater, keeping an eye out for monkeys.
9. Chile/Argentina: Wine Country – in Colchugua Valley after a horseback ride.
10. California: Yosemite – views over Yosemite Valley while taking a picnic break on the Sentinel Dome/Taft Point hike.
Travel + Leisure World's Best
For the fourth year in a row, ALA was recognized as one of the top Tour Operators in the World by Travel + Leisure. Read the Press Release >
Outside Magazine2012 Hall of Fame Travel Awards
ALA was inducted in Outside Magazine's 2012 Hall of Fame Travel Awards for our groundbreaking Cuba Tours. Read More...
National Geographic Traveler 50 Tours of a Lifetime
The editors of National Geographic Traveler single out ALA's Cuba tour as one of their top tours in 2012. See the complete list>
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