The problem with culinary tourism is that you can come back 10 pounds heavier than when you left. But here are some food vacations that make you burn calories before your gourmet experience.

The Lake Austin Spa Resort offers a Culinary Experience week that includes a fat-burning boating and hiking adventure followed by a breakfast cookout.

The spa also offers a several group exercise and cooking classes that you can mix and match to your tastes.

Bike Riders offers culinary biking adventures in regions like Italy, France, and Spain. Professional chefs travel with you throughout the eight-day tour, teaching you about wine and cheese as you huff and puff your way through the countryside.

The company Cooking in Crete has an 11-mile guided culinary hike through Crete, where you will tour fish markets and olive groves, and walk along white-sand beaches before enjoying a leisurely gourmet meal.

Check out our Culinary Travel category for more foodie adventures.

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