These holidays are for you if you don't want to join a group and prefer to wobble or whiz along the open roads at your own pace. With destinations from Portugal to Kerala, our self guided cycling holidays specialists will take the hassle out of the holiday. They organise your accommodation and itinerary - all you need to do is get peddling! Take a look at our cycling holidays & mountain biking holidays classification guide to find the right cycling holiday for you.
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The Natural park of Aiguamolls where we spotted dozen of breeding storks was the most exciting part...Most wonderful.
(more)It was great. We could do as much as we wanted. We could have made it as hard or easy as we liked. We loved being active. (more)top rate! great fun and haven't laughed or giggled so much for a long time. we went as a group of 9 people and the variety of countryside/ beach locations chosen by the operatort was perfect. Thank you so much. We're coming back next year! (more)We had the most fabulous weather. The first place we stayed, Quinta dos Valedos, was a really great start to the holiday, as Marie-Jose and Sergei are French Portuguese, and introduced us to many culinary specialities of the region, including carob and arbutus berry schnapps! (more)Very well organised and very enjoyable.... The scenery was beautiful, except in the Camargue, and all the villages were very French and full of atmosphere. Cycling through the Montagnettes and Alpilles was lovely. (more)Excellent holiday, we couldn't fault it...Cycling in the area around Gruda followed by an excellent meal in a local restaurant was probably the most memorable part of the holiday. (more)The pre dinner drinks and craic (good conversation) and the dinners cooked by Debbie and Mark were always something to look forward especially when the legs were tiring and the backside a little sore! (more)We loved the flexibility of this trip - Alan and Vivian were happy to tailor the trip to our needs and always ready to offer advice or ideas. The trip they planned allowed us to see Catalonia and stay in some fantastic places without the hassle of sorting everything out ourselves. (more)
Hmmm, so many good bits. Seeing such diverse parts of the country with such different landscapes - all within 140 miles; having the route to ourselves most of the time; meeting the challenge of a three-day cycle with quite a lot of big hills; meeting lovely people; great B&Bs etc. (more)This was a moderately strenuous cycling trip for a family of 4, and we had great fun finding great places to eat, in the off-season around New Year's...Excellent choices of towns to visit, routes, and accommodations. (more)Fantastic! We would highly recommend this holiday to friends/family who might be interested in experiencing local culture in the French countryside in combination with hiking and/or biking. (more)Cycling at our own pace through stunning, varied countryside and finding places
that we would have missed in a car...The holiday was superb. Everything was well-organised with a varied itinerary and just the right length.
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Almost perfect...4 1/2 stars... Most memorable? Sarlat - we just loved wandering around the medieval part of town.
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Most memorable was cycling up Mont Ventoux. Wow! Its tough, very tough, but worth the effort. Particularly nice to have a really fabulous hotel at the bottom to relax afterwards. (more)
I think the most exciting part of the trip was when we were biking to Pisa and got our first glimpse of the leaning tower. It was so surreal! (more)
The most memorable part of the holiday was the environment of Andalucia itself. The main thing that contributed to the success of the trip was the group leader, Shaun Allan, who I cannot recommend highly enough. (more)
4.5 Stars---Bert knows what he's doing and understands the concept of mixing a bicycle trip with the opportunity to explore Southern Portugal --Have Fun...The trip was a pure and delightful adventure - The route was challenging in places and yet it was balanced overall. (more)
Most memorable were the great cycling and the choice of chateaux, restaurants, wine-tasting, etc we had in very good cycling weather. Good that cycling on French roads turned out to be easy, although there were not always cycle paths. (more)You can trust responsibletravel.com reviews because, unlike many other schemes, reviews can ONLY be written by people who we have verified have been on the holidays. In addition, we don't run these holidays ourselves - our only interest is giving you the best independent advice.
Introductory cycling
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