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Customer Comments

"I wanted to write and let you know how marvelous out trip to Tuscany was and thank you for arranging such a wonderful biking tour. Giuliana and Marco were terrific and made sure we had everything we needed. The route maps were easy to follow, our hotels were terrific and the bikes satisfactory for our Tuscany adventure!! "
- Julie S./USA

"Excellent trip. The route selection was superb, the hotels were excellent, and the local support was superb (flexible, knowledgable, and extremely helpful)."
- Michael C./USA

For A Challenge

challenging cycling tours in europe Here we want to help make some suggestions for those who want either longer distance cycling offers or perhaps some hilly or even mountainous riding. Note, we normally classify trips as easy (level 1) to challenging (level 3) on this site and on the Discover France site. However, beyond these levels of challenging are the tours we put on the Cycling Classics Site! If you want some big time mountains and serious riding challenges, then check out Cycling Classics!

The suggestions below keep the challenges within the 'vacation' type of tour and not at the Cycling Classics level.

Long Distance suggestion: Spain Costa Brava Explorer Tour - averages 100 km/day
Combine 2 tours: Prague to Viena and on to Budapest - this can be a 2 week trip, or we can combine into 1 week
Portugal - some long days on this trip, not too hilly, but also some unpaved sections make up the routes

Hilly Regions - climbing is necessary
Tuscany - any of the Tuscany trips have this, Try the 6 nights for more riding
Umbria - challenging yes, but beautiful too!
France - Dordogne Valley