Horse riding, Dartmoor

Equestrian Escapes (Rose Cottage, Common Lane, Duddon, Cheshire, CW6 0HG, U.K.; phone +44 0 1829 781 123) offers horse-riding vacations for any riding skill level in southern England’s Dartmoor National Park, 15 miles north of Plymouth.

A “Beginner’s B&B” package includes two riding lessons, two rides on the moor and two nights in a B&B for £245 (near $396) per person. A “Beginner’s Self Catering Cottage” package, with 10 hours of lessons plus rides on the moor and 7 nights in a cottage, costs £525 ($850).

Without lessons, a 3½ day, 2-night “Experienced B&B” package costs £325 and a 7-night “Experienced Self Catering Cottage” package, £525.