The Douro valley is one of the ultimate wonders of nature, but also the takes the efforts and energy of man to provide this astonishing nature and environmental transformation. Browsing the Douro is to enjoy its convents and churches, meet its rustic ...
Want to do a supported bike ride in the Canadian Rockies with your friends but the logistics of it all getting you down? Mountain Madness Tours has the solution for you and your friends. Simply find a few friends who would li ...
An amazing biketour through one of Europe's most preserved regions, the southeast Alentejano Natural Park, which includes wild beaches surrounded by imposing cliffs, small mountain ranges, cork oak groves, traditional fishing villages, typical vi ...
The Cycle Trail of Minho River in 2009 was ranked as the fourth best trail in Europe in 2009, showcases all the amazing Portuguese landscapes, rivers and it even provides you a breathtaking seaside view. Cycling through villages considered World Heri ...
Santiago de Compostela, in the Northwest of Spain, province of Corunha, is internationally known as one of the destinations of Christian pilgrimage. The typical markets are an excellent location to explore delicious Galician products and traditional ...
5* rated on TripAdvisor for the last 11 years! Our hosted, self-guided cycling holidays have been designed with flexibility in mind - choose the right rides, distances and amount of sightseeing to suit you. Use our new, quali ...
Silver Coast is the name given to the coastal region encompassing the coast of Portugal between the Foz of the River Douro in Vila Nova de Gaia and the municipality of Torres Vedras, in the district of Lisbon. This 7-day bike ride you are going throu ...
The Lot & Dordogne Discovery bike tour invites you to explore and discover both the beautiful sweeping landscapes of the Lot and the rugged, dramatic cliffs and valleys of the Dordogne. Visit spectacular Rocamadour, 12th century ...
This relatively short self-guided RandoVelo bike tour covers four of the key elements of France’s largest region, Aquitaine – city and beach, as well as forest and vineyards. All this in quite a compact area to the west of Bordeaux, in the Gironde department.
I don’t know about you but I get a huge amount of inspiration (and envy) from reading other people’s stories of bike tours - short or long. However more often than not it is the long distance adventurers who have the most impact on me – particularly bikepackers who spend months or even years on the road crossing continents and the globe with seemingly apparent ease. They get to visit and become immersed in remote places that (at best) I’ve barely heard of.
Baden is about 25km north west of Zurich and is a return trip although there are several different routes available so we made it a loop to make it more interesting.
Today is the big day - despite the distance to be covered being only 12km. However we will climb almost 1,000m making this a much more challenging proposition.
Lake Constance (or Bodensee in German) is the third largest lake in central Europe and second in Switzerland (after Geneva). It is the major hub of recreation and tourist activity in northern Switzerland, southern Germany and western Austria, having some of its shoreline in each country.
I travel a lot and ride my bike a lot, but up to now have never travelled by air with a bike. I know lots of people do plane travel with a full-size bicycle with the minimum of fuss and I’m sure it gets easier every time - but that's not for me or my stress levels...
E-bikes, electric bikes or pedelecs, are the fastest growing category of cycle tourism. Worldwide there are several operators that specialise in e-bike tours but each year, more and more cycle tour operators are offering e-bike options or upgrades on most, if not all, of their tours.
So what exactly do you need to find out before handing over your hard earned cash to the cycle tour operator of your choice? Essentially there are 10 questions that you need to ask of yourself and your proposed tour company.
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