It must have been at least five years ago that we first mentioned the possibility of UK walking holidays at Headwater. Since then we have concentrated on opening up new destinations for walking in the Caribbean and across South America, but we have always returned, at least in theory, to the possibility of creating the same [...]

Photographs are the perfect way to record and remember your travels, and taking the perfect shot takes the sort of dedication that most of us don’t have the time for. Lucky then, that some people who are brilliant at it are  happy to share their travels and expertise.   Finding the right travel shot to represent a holiday [...]

The Grand Bazaar in Istanbul has to be one of the most stimulating shopping experiences around. There is something compelling about the smells, colour and noise that make it very difficult not to buy something. Vendors can be incredibly persuasive.   Unless you are walking with purpose rather than browsing, you will more than likely end [...]

Everyone loves a good festival. Being a spectator and even better – a participant – in a local festival is enthralling, exhilarating and completely unforgettable, even more so if you are lucky enough to happen upon them by accident. In the next few days there will be some very colourful people wandering around in India. [...]

While walking along a country track in the foothills of the White Mountains of western Crete a few years back, the rasp of cicadas was loud along the broad valley we were following.  It was a good day. Blue sky, fresh air and still. It was approaching noon. The grass was beginning to bleach in the stonger sunshine as [...]

The Oxford English Dictionary defines a souvenir as “a thing that is kept as a reminder of a person, place or event”. For many years now there has been a corner of the mezzanine level at Headwater that is given over to a collection of classic souvenirs brought back by various people from research, contracting and [...]

Headwater’s Secret Valleys of Ronda holiday is based in the beautiful white village of Cartajima, hidden in a cork oak clad valley south of the town of Ronda. Your hosts on the holiday are Di and John, and in this blog post Di describes the fervour and excitement of Easter in the village – one of [...]

Excellent news – in a recent survey by the Post Office published in the Times of the cheapest holiday destinations, Headwater have holidays in three of the top five, and six out of the top 10! Thank goodness for exchange rates that actually work in your favour – they seem so few and far between [...]