WORLD-CLASS BICYCLE TOURS

Royal elegance and great wines

Experience the best foods, world-renowned wines, chateaux by the score, and endless fields of flowers. Rendezvous with your balloon and lift into the sunset, flying wherever the winds may take you. Spend easy days cycling to wineries and visiting chateaux — Usse, the scene of "Sleeping Beauty";  Azay-le-Rideau, in the center of a placid, dreamy lake; Chenonceaux, the crown jewel of the Loire; Chambord, in a park as big as Paris; and many more. A new vista awaits at every twist and turn as you cycle this glorious, river-laced valley.

Orange to the Mediterranean Sea

View Roman ruins everywhere ... deep green cypress ... vast fields of sunflowers... white mountains always in the background. Cycle the vineyards of Chateauneuf de Pape and swim beneath the Pont du Gard. Track the footsteps of Van Gogh, experience a French bullfight in a Roman coliseum, and cycle through the Camargue, the great nature preserve of France. Follow tree-lined lanes to Aix-en-Provence and spend a night in Cassis, one of the most scenic little ports on the Mediterranean Sea. Enjoy the Provencals, the most fun-loving people of France, and their wonderful country cooking and shops crammed full of local crafts.

Cycling and Sailing the French Riviera

Picture the Cote d'Azur, the gilded shore of France... soft sand beaches edged with gay cabanas... exotic flowers perfuming the air... white limestone cliffs rising abruptly from the sea. Cycle leisurely along this spectacularly beautiful scene on corniche roads through pretty resorts and past secluded beaches, then inland to medieval towns perfectly preserved. Visit the casinos, the cozy ports and St. Tropez, the jewel of the Riviera.Explore France's First Roman coliseum, swim at Tahiti and Pampelonne, and return each night to your elegant sailing yacht manned by an internationally qualified crew. Dinner each evening, fresh from the sea, is prepared by your on-board chef.

Monte Carlo to Portofino - Cycle out of Monte Carlo on the ancient Aurelian Way, past Roman bridges and amphitheaters, villas dotting the hills and seaside promenades. Visit San Remo —old, beautiful, sophisticated — with its ornate casino... Genoa's aristocratic streets lined with palaces... Portofino's yacht-filled harbor.  Pisa's Piazza del Duomo. The Italian Riviera is beauty itself— a quaint, colorful village in a glorious cove with golden beaches and sheer cliffs with astonishing seaside views. You'll be cycling and taking life easy, absorbing this special place surely painted by the gods.

This is the Shoreline route to Venice,  dotted with palatial villas, tropical flowers and hillsides cascading in vibrant color, surrounded by snow-covered alps �� everything reflected in the warm, blue waters of five special lakes. Cycle around this magnificent blue heaven, weaving in and out of Switzerland. Sip cappuccino on a lakeside terrace; visit the wineries, castles and villa. The road from Lugano to Como is one of the most spellbinding anywhere! Cycle towards Venice, city of dreams, a legend suspended in time.

From the Alps to Venice and the Adriatic Sea - Trentino to the Veneto - Crossing Lake Garda & the Po Valley

A short distance through South Tyrol's vineyards and along the Adige river and bicycle path to Trentino. Lake Garda will be included, at the southern end of which the tour leads to Veneto and then in the Po Valley. Famous cities such as Verona, Vicenza and Venice are either stage destinations or located on the way. They promise an extremely interesting bike tour. A boat journey on Lake Garda and possibilities to visit the thermal springs of "Abano Terme" take care of rest and more variety.

The Chianti Wine Tour and The Green Heart of Italy - Begin in Florence then cycle south into Chianti Classico country through a landscape that is truly the most "Italian" in all of Italy. Combine this enchanted scene with Umbria and a trip into history encompassing the Etruscans, Romans and Christians. Cycle slowly visiting the wineries, enjoying the art, and absorbing the sheer beauty of it all.

The Chianti Classico Wine Tour - Begin in Florence, birthplace of the New World. Then cycle south into Chianti Classico country, with vineyards as far as the eye can see, hills topped by cypress silhouettes against a cloud-flecked, deep blue sky, lovely villas on lush green hills surrounded by the rich earth and sun-drenched grapes, villages of honey-colored stone as old as the renaissance... and everywhere, the deep red liquid that gives it its name �� Chianti.

Spas, Mediterranean Beaches and Wine.... Culture - Nature-Chianti-and Italy's Best Olive Oil

You are sitting in a cozy tavern, letting the bike day ease to a close. You honestly deserve the spaghetti al pesto, and with it you are enjoying the Chianti-wine. You are then without any doubt on the way through Tuscany - the Italian landscape and the cultural jewel. Often surprisingly a wonderful castle or a stylish Villa emerges from behind the woods. Surrounded by silvery green olive groves and the violet of the lilies. Tuscany has always been a magic place of attention for people all around the world. Even the great Goethe loved to travel there.

Rome to Capri - Rome, the word comes packed with paragraphs of impressions in your mind. Cycle this adventure south and follow the beaches from south of Anzio to Naples. Climb the Vomero, below which is Naple's gently curving shoreline. Beyond is Pompeii, and across the bay Sorrento perches high on a cliff. To the north lies Lake Averno, the legendary entrance to Hell. Sail to the Island of Ischia with its lavish thermal baths... climb Mt Vesuvius and see what an active volcano looks like from inside the cone... visit Capri, a tiny island paradise with fantastic grottos, unknown ruins and thousands of legends.

A Dream Journey Following the Old Roman Road - Fairytale Bavarian Castles, Roman Ruins and Alpine Scenes. From Innsbruck - Augsburg on The old Via Claudia Augusta

Almost 2000 years ago this road was built by the Romans; the only imperial state pathway across the Alps. Carts that we still smile at and admire today, inns, settlements and graves, which enrich our landscape with monuments in the ground.  No citizen in the Middle Ages would have probably thought that this road would become one of the most important holiday pathways in the future. The old trade route retained its historic image and its romantic atmosphere throughout the ages. The Episcopal and the royal residence and the fairytale Bavarian castles provide a frame for a relaxing bike tour.

Cycling

Quaint Villages, Quiet Rivers & Shakespeare

Cycle the Cotswold Hills beginning in Bath, the most celebrated spa in England. Cycle to Corsham Court with its art collection... to Lacock with 100 homes from the 14th century and home to the world's first photograph... to Sudley Castle with its thousand-year history... to Shakespeare's birthplace and the house in which his wife Anne Hathaway grew up... to Blenheim Palace, England's largest home and Churchill's birthplace. All the while cycling tiny country roads through some of the most charming little villages in the world.

Austria's Alpine Lake District - The Sound and Music of Austria's Villages, Lakes and Alps

The tour begins in Salzburg the famous city of theatre festivals. Just outside the Salzburg city limits the individual peaks surrounding a matrix of pristine lakes beckon you into the rolling alpine foothills of the region. What could be more delightful than riding along placid lakeshores, your soul stretching out to the magnificent mountainsides lining your route. The Ten Lakes Circuit offers just that, taking you through the historical Salzkammergut and the Trumer Lakes region. Only a few kilometers away from the city, the holidaymaker is spoilt by the unique setting. The soft hill landscape of the Salzburger Voralpenland has a charm of its own. Small peaks project above the background of the clean lakes and invite again and again to stop and take in the scenery. You bike past lush green meadows, mighty woods and jagged rocks. You will not believe your eyes.

Cycling, Walking, Sailing, Water-skiing, Swimming and a cog-railway

The scenery is indescribable, with a postcard view every hundred yards or so. It's the very best of rural Switzerland with incredible mountain panoramas, massive glaciers, crystalline lakes, gorges, waterfalls and emerald green slopes dotted with gingerbread chalets. Cycle lakeside roads visiting castles and enjoying the view,  to the tip of a mountain, where, on a good day, you can see to the black forest.

Bermuda is a kaleidoscope of pink beaches, blue-green ocean and patchwork isles. It is a cyclists dream.

Tourists are not allowed to drive cars and the traffic is slow. The landscape is a gently rolling countryside with sweeping seascapes at every new turn in the road. A gentle mixture of England and the tropics. Three different hotels will pamper you during your bicycle journey: A European style spa built on a coral reef, a uniquely Bermudian cottage colony spread on landscaped grounds and a luxurious tennis club - all located on the water's edge with private beaches and all water sports. Golf courses are never more than a few miles away.

The wildlife  -  wombats, kangaroos, sea lions, cockatoos by the thousands, wallabies, koalas, eagles and more.

Explore Adelaide's leafy streets... play Two-up at the casino... cycle north through the Barossa Valley, Australia's premier wine district... enjoy a barby, with prawns a big as your hand... visit an old whaling port on Encounter Bay... sail to Kangaroo Island in the Southern Ocean and play among hundred of sea lions at Seal Beach... ride to the Fauna Reserve for a look at kangaroos, wallabies, wombats, dingos, koalas and emus... walk vast empty beaches at sunset over a crimson sea... coax a wallaby to your hand. The spirit is wonder. Everything is fresh and new - an adventure for the senses!