Holidays frequently conjure up pictures of flying off to the sunny resort. Be that as it may, does each holiday need to begin at the air terminal? There's no escaping the fact that flying - short or long haul - is one of the most unsustainable methods of transport. The solution is to pick different approaches to travel, and holiday closer to home, but where to begin?

Walking in the West Country

England offers an abundance of view that can be appreciated without straying anywhere closer to an airplane terminal particularly if you choose to appreciate it through the old-fashioned medium of your own shoe leather. Climbing pro Foot Trails channels its consideration towards the Southwest and offers travels.

Cycle to the south of France

Forward movement comes in no greener structure than cycling and with a spot of pedal powered steadiness; the brilliant climes of the Cote d'Azur can be yours. Two-wheeled obsessives Saddle Skedaddle run a customary St Malo to Nice gathering side trip - the most comfortable version of which takes three weeks to move in the middle of Brittany and the Mediterranean. This 21-day marathon ticks off the Normandy shoreline puts in sun-dappled riverside miles by the Loire, the Dordogne and the Rhone, and admires the vineyards which outline the latter- before touching base in Nice along the Promenade des Anlais.

Having a cruise to the Canaries

The Canary Islands are an ever solid alternative for winter sun, only four hours' flying time from the UK; however these volcanic touchstones can likewise be drawn closer at a more refined pace. Cruise Nation is right now offering a 35 percent rebate on a 12-night Canaries voyage which will have its travellers far from the UK over Christmas.

Family fun in northern Spain

Less welcomed by holidaymakers than the sunny Costas to the distant south, northern Spain is nonetheless alive with spots and spaces which make for fine occasions for example, the Parque Nacional de los Picos de Europa, an ensured pocket of mountain edges and rough contours which sits a mere 60 miles west of Santander.

Travel in one of Europe's noblest cities in true style

A plane will bring you to northern Italy in two hours; however the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express is a symbol of travel and a way for going to La Serenissima without leaving the ground. The travel starts at London Victoria, with the antique British Pullman driving the charge to Folkestone before an exchange to Calais by means of the Eurotunnel service, and continued across France in a haze of champagne and silverware.