{"id":530761,"date":"2025-07-31T07:00:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T07:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.positive.news\/?p=530761"},"modified":"2025-07-31T07:31:41","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T07:31:41","slug":"why-walking-holidays-combine-the-best-of-both-worlds-for-older-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.positive.news\/society\/why-walking-holidays-combine-the-best-of-both-worlds-for-older-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Health and happiness: why walking holidays combine the best of both worlds for older people"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Being active can help ward off ill-health. Combining it with spectacular scenery can make the experience that much more rewarding<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123231,"featured_media":537322,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13338,13339,470,13321,60],"tags":[539,16235,13687,14512,16330],"class_list":["post-530761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","category-lifestyle","category-society","category-travel","category-wellbeing","tag-health-2","tag-inntravel","tag-older-people","tag-partners","tag-walking-holiday","article-type-brands-of-inspiration","brands-of-inspiration-inntravel"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nHealth and happiness: why walking holidays combine the best of both worlds for older people<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Being active is a well-known strategy for warding off ill-health in your later years. Combining gentle exercise with spectacular scenery can make the experience that much more rewarding\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.positive.news\/society\/why-walking-holidays-combine-the-best-of-both-worlds-for-older-people\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Health and happiness: why walking holidays combine the best of both worlds for older people\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Being active is a well-known strategy for warding off ill-health in your later years. Combining gentle exercise with spectacular scenery can make the experience that much more rewarding\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.positive.news\/society\/why-walking-holidays-combine-the-best-of-both-worlds-for-older-people\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Positive News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/positivenewsuk\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-07-31T07:00:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-31T07:31:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.positive.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/iStock-1049858104.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1667\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Martin Wright\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@PositiveNewsUK\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@PositiveNewsUK\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Martin Wright\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"6 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.positive.news\/society\/why-walking-holidays-combine-the-best-of-both-worlds-for-older-people\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.positive.news\/society\/why-walking-holidays-combine-the-best-of-both-worlds-for-older-people\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Martin Wright\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.positive.news\/#\/schema\/person\/caf6c13441964e19e3e1c48706d7d4d1\"},\"headline\":\"Health and happiness: why walking holidays combine the best of both worlds for older people\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-31T07:00:10+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-31T07:31:41+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.positive.news\/society\/why-walking-holidays-combine-the-best-of-both-worlds-for-older-people\/\"},\"wordCount\":15,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.positive.news\/society\/why-walking-holidays-combine-the-best-of-both-worlds-for-older-people\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.positive.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/iStock-1049858104.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Health\",\"Inntravel\",\"older people\",\"Partners\",\"Walking holiday\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Health\",\"Lifestyle\",\"Society\",\"Travel\",\"Wellbeing\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.positive.news\/society\/why-walking-holidays-combine-the-best-of-both-worlds-for-older-people\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.positive.news\/society\/why-walking-holidays-combine-the-best-of-both-worlds-for-older-people\/\",\"name\":\"Health and happiness: why walking holidays combine the best of both worlds for older people\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.positive.news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.positive.news\/society\/why-walking-holidays-combine-the-best-of-both-worlds-for-older-people\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.positive.news\/society\/why-walking-holidays-combine-the-best-of-both-worlds-for-older-people\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.positive.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/iStock-1049858104.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-31T07:00:10+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-31T07:31:41+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.positive.news\/#\/schema\/person\/caf6c13441964e19e3e1c48706d7d4d1\"},\"description\":\"Being active is a well-known strategy for warding off ill-health in your later years. Combining gentle exercise with spectacular scenery can make the experience that much more rewarding\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.positive.news\/society\/why-walking-holidays-combine-the-best-of-both-worlds-for-older-people\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.positive.news\/society\/why-walking-holidays-combine-the-best-of-both-worlds-for-older-people\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.positive.news\/society\/why-walking-holidays-combine-the-best-of-both-worlds-for-older-people\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.positive.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/iStock-1049858104.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.positive.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/iStock-1049858104.jpg\",\"width\":2500,\"height\":1667,\"caption\":\"Portrait Of Senior Couple Climbing Hill On Hike Through Countryside In Lake District UK Together\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.positive.news\/society\/why-walking-holidays-combine-the-best-of-both-worlds-for-older-people\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.positive.news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Health and happiness: why walking holidays combine the best of both worlds for older people\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.positive.news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.positive.news\/\",\"name\":\"Positive News\",\"description\":\"Good journalism about good things\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.positive.news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.positive.news\/#\/schema\/person\/caf6c13441964e19e3e1c48706d7d4d1\",\"name\":\"Martin Wright\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.positive.news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e862199afdc3cd65fe111f44ae2c05c11f9773a7d4ba110b23d03db136debfca?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e862199afdc3cd65fe111f44ae2c05c11f9773a7d4ba110b23d03db136debfca?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Martin Wright\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.positive.news\/author\/martin-wright\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Health and happiness: why walking holidays combine the best of both worlds for older people","description":"Being active is a well-known strategy for warding off ill-health in your later years. Combining gentle exercise with spectacular scenery can make the experience that much more rewarding","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.positive.news\/society\/why-walking-holidays-combine-the-best-of-both-worlds-for-older-people\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Health and happiness: why walking holidays combine the best of both worlds for older people","og_description":"Being active is a well-known strategy for warding off ill-health in your later years. Combining gentle exercise with spectacular scenery can make the experience that much more rewarding","og_url":"https:\/\/www.positive.news\/society\/why-walking-holidays-combine-the-best-of-both-worlds-for-older-people\/","og_site_name":"Positive News","article_publisher":"https:\/\/facebook.com\/positivenewsuk\/","article_published_time":"2025-07-31T07:00:10+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-07-31T07:31:41+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2500,"height":1667,"url":"https:\/\/www.positive.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/iStock-1049858104.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Martin Wright","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@PositiveNewsUK","twitter_site":"@PositiveNewsUK","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Martin Wright","Est. reading time":"6 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.positive.news\/society\/why-walking-holidays-combine-the-best-of-both-worlds-for-older-people\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.positive.news\/society\/why-walking-holidays-combine-the-best-of-both-worlds-for-older-people\/"},"author":{"name":"Martin Wright","@id":"https:\/\/www.positive.news\/#\/schema\/person\/caf6c13441964e19e3e1c48706d7d4d1"},"headline":"Health and happiness: why walking holidays combine the best of both worlds for older people","datePublished":"2025-07-31T07:00:10+00:00","dateModified":"2025-07-31T07:31:41+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.positive.news\/society\/why-walking-holidays-combine-the-best-of-both-worlds-for-older-people\/"},"wordCount":15,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.positive.news\/society\/why-walking-holidays-combine-the-best-of-both-worlds-for-older-people\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.positive.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/iStock-1049858104.jpg","keywords":["Health","Inntravel","older people","Partners","Walking holiday"],"articleSection":["Health","Lifestyle","Society","Travel","Wellbeing"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.positive.news\/society\/why-walking-holidays-combine-the-best-of-both-worlds-for-older-people\/","url":"https:\/\/www.positive.news\/society\/why-walking-holidays-combine-the-best-of-both-worlds-for-older-people\/","name":"Health and happiness: why walking holidays combine the best of both worlds for older people","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.positive.news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.positive.news\/society\/why-walking-holidays-combine-the-best-of-both-worlds-for-older-people\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.positive.news\/society\/why-walking-holidays-combine-the-best-of-both-worlds-for-older-people\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.positive.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/iStock-1049858104.jpg","datePublished":"2025-07-31T07:00:10+00:00","dateModified":"2025-07-31T07:31:41+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.positive.news\/#\/schema\/person\/caf6c13441964e19e3e1c48706d7d4d1"},"description":"Being active is a well-known strategy for warding off ill-health in your later years. Combining gentle exercise with spectacular scenery can make the experience that much more rewarding","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.positive.news\/society\/why-walking-holidays-combine-the-best-of-both-worlds-for-older-people\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.positive.news\/society\/why-walking-holidays-combine-the-best-of-both-worlds-for-older-people\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.positive.news\/society\/why-walking-holidays-combine-the-best-of-both-worlds-for-older-people\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.positive.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/iStock-1049858104.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.positive.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/iStock-1049858104.jpg","width":2500,"height":1667,"caption":"Portrait Of Senior Couple Climbing Hill On Hike Through Countryside In Lake District UK Together"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.positive.news\/society\/why-walking-holidays-combine-the-best-of-both-worlds-for-older-people\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.positive.news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Health and happiness: why walking holidays combine the best of both worlds for older people"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.positive.news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.positive.news\/","name":"Positive News","description":"Good journalism about good things","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.positive.news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.positive.news\/#\/schema\/person\/caf6c13441964e19e3e1c48706d7d4d1","name":"Martin Wright","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.positive.news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e862199afdc3cd65fe111f44ae2c05c11f9773a7d4ba110b23d03db136debfca?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e862199afdc3cd65fe111f44ae2c05c11f9773a7d4ba110b23d03db136debfca?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Martin Wright"},"url":"https:\/\/www.positive.news\/author\/martin-wright\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.positive.news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/530761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.positive.news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.positive.news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.positive.news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/123231"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.positive.news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=530761"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/www.positive.news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/530761\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":538542,"href":"https:\/\/www.positive.news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/530761\/revisions\/538542"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.positive.news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/537322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.positive.news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=530761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.positive.news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=530761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.positive.news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=530761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}