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Active sports holidays for fitness fans

From cycling tours to yoga retreats, here are our top active holidays.
If recent sporting events have inspired you to take on a new challenge or up your fitness regime, where better to get back into it - or get started - than on holiday?

You’ve got sun, sea and amazing sights to tear you away from that sunlounger, plus the opportunity to try new activities in your resort – everything from pool games to volleyball to sunset yoga. Our Robinson holidays in particular focus on wellbeing and fitness with a range of unique sports to try and nutritious meal options to keep you feeling great long after you come back from your trip. Olympic champion Darren Campbell recently visited our Robinson Club Esquinzo Playa hotel with his family and really rated the watersports and professionally-run activity clubs.

So, here’s our guide to the best active holidays whatever your fitness level…

BRONZE

Holidays are meant to be relaxing, right? So while you might be keen to kick-start a new fitness regime, you don’t want to go too strenuous.TUI Magic Life Masmavi in Turkey is the perfect resort to ease you in, with plenty of group activities for friends and family so the focus is on having fun. There’s stand-up paddle boarding, taster golf classes and pool aerobics which offer action without breaking too much of a sweat. Robinson Club Quinta da Ria in the Algarve is another great option for getting that active-to-relaxing balance right. Set among a beautiful nature reserve, it offers up scenic cycling tours and guided walks – so you can stretch your legs while taking in the local views. There’s also TUI Magic Life Cala Pada in Ibiza which runs step classes, water polo and volleyball for the grown-ups, plus pool games and treasure hunts for the little ones.

SILVER

You might already be a bit of a gym bunny so you won’t want to let those standards slip, even on holiday. At Robinson Club Agadir in Turkey you can upgrade your usual spinning class with more exciting options like XCO® endurance and muscle training, Aqua Fit, and Hot Iron™ barbell training at the WellFit® gym. TUI Magic Life Rhodes Plimmiri by Atlantica also offers unique activities like kangaroo jumps, where you bounce around on big springy shoes, and Nordic walking. And if you need a bit of variety to keep you active, there’s five-a-side football, tennis, basketball and volleyball, plus more laid-back activities like pétanque, table tennis and mini golf at the Blue Lagoon resort in Kos.

GOLD

If you’re pretty much a sporting hero already, a holiday for you is all about putting your gold-standard athleticism to the test and showing off to your fellow holidaymakers. For the Tiger Woods’ in training, the Moon Palace Cancun in Cancun boasts two Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Courses and a prestigious golf academy with integrated state-of-the-art technology. For the world-class watersports enthusiasts, there’s windsurfing and bodyboarding at Robinson Club Esquinzo Playa in Fuerteventura, and an Olympic-sized pool to tackle at the Grecotel Amirandes in Crete. And finally, for future Tour de France competitors, there’s the Robinson Club Playa Granada in Costa Del Sol which boasts 14 guided cycling tours covering up to 85km, and if that’s not thrilling enough, at Robinson Club Cala Serena you can swap your bike for a Harley Davidson®and tour the terrain in style.

Ready to book your fitness-inspired holiday?

Browse our full range of Robinson holidays, or get some more inspiration from our Robinson takeover page on The Telegraph. Alternatively, avoid the active bit and check into one of our classic Gold hotels.

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Author: Selina Akhtar

Last updated: 05.08.2016

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