Even the term “girlfriend getaway” sounds fatally boring, and in practice, they’re even more so. Spa this, spa that, mostly — seems to be the only thing the industry thinks you want. Or wants you to want. C’mon, XX-chromosomers, take it up a notch. Why not, say, conquer a volcano or two? Time was, you’d be thrown into them to appease the gods, for crying out loud. Nothing like a little turning of the tables, especially when many are well-visited paradises unto themselves (and that goes double between eruptions). Click ahead to see what we mean.
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While volcationing, it’s paramount you dress appropriately — in this case, our daredeviless matches the blue roofs that dot the very Greek, very volcanic island of Santorini.
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Thigh high: A poolside view of volcanic Santorini.
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Mount Etna has maybe the most famous of those explosive Sicilian tempers — she erupted just last night, causing airports to temporarily close on the east coast of the small Italian island. But when the dust settles, come check out this volcano who’ssusually all bark, no bite; she’s Europe’s most active and most crossworded, after all.
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Lush-ious: This volcationer has her toes in the well-fertilized grass at the foot of Indonesia’s Mount Batok, proud member of the Tengger Caldera.
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Chicks with sticks: Doesn’t hurt to pack a hiking pole when tackling Mount Teide which lies on the Canary Island of Tenerife — at over 12,000 feet, it’s Spain’s tallest mountain.
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A little sun-worshipping atop a lava field in Iceland’s very Icelandically-named Landmannalaugar region — not too far from the active Hekla volcano.
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Indonesia’s Mount Bromo — also part of the Tengger complex — is ironically Java’s most active, yet most visited volcano. Meditate on that.
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