E-Bikes on our Loire Valley Cycle Tours
We picked up Loire Life Cycling’s first E-Bikes this week and immediately gave them a ride up to the Lac du Rillé. Jon also attached Ruby’s trailer bike (with Ruby on-board) to see what difference that made to the battery life. After a lot of research, we’ve opted for a Gitane Organ’e with the drive ...
Mixing wine and work
Just as cycling and other outdoor activities spring back into life in the Loire in May, so do the vineyards as they fling their doors open to let us sample the fruits of their labours. Over the Easter weekend we spent a happy half day tasting at Chateau du Petit Thouars and this weekend at ...
What did our first guests of 2018 get up to?
The 2018 cycling season is underway and our first guests found the sun and warm temperatures were here to greet them! From Ottowa, Canada, they hired a car from Paris Charles de Gaulle airport and spent four nights with us on our Loire Valley Short Cycling Breaks. So what did they get up to? Arriving ...
Loire Life Cycling Holidays – Plans for 2018
Happy New Year to everyone from the Loire Valley France! The weather this week allowed us to ride for the first time in 2018. On Thursday 25 km around the lake at Rille and then on Sunday a 7 km jaunt to the bakery and cafe in our local village with our daughter Ruby. She’s ...
Road Bikes for our Loire Valley Cycle Tours
Road Bikes for our Cycle Tours are now a hire option for the 2018 cycling season. We’ve added the Orbea Avant to our fleet, which can be rented as an upgrade on our cycle breaks and tours. Availability is limited, so it will be early bookers that have more of a chance of bagging one. ...
Loire Life Cycling in Rhodes!
Extending our cycling season We’ve just taken our end of season holidays and to keep the summer going just a bit longer we headed to the island of Rhodes in Greece. After a season of entertaining our guests, organising bikes and routes we thought we’d take a turn at being pampered so opted for an ...
Loire Bike Route – Langeais
Cycling to Beautiful Langeais We have a route on our Discovery Tour and Loire Cycling Breaks that visits Langeais – a medieval town with a fortress that has guarded the Loire for centuries. We spent a lazy Sunday morning in Langeais and to be honest, I’d forgotten how beautiful it is. The outdoor market was ...
More routes for our self guided bike tours in the Loire Valley France!
We are always discovering new routes for our self guided bike tours in the Loire Valley France. Today was no exception with a ride that meandered through the countryside just east of Saumur, never more than a few kilometers from the banks of the Loire river itself. Cycle Touring the Banks of the Loire The ...
Cycling in France – Four Loire Valley chateaux in one day!
On our Loire Valley cycling breaks it’s easy to visit four famous Loire Valley Chateaux in one day! This particular cycling route must have the largest concentration of famous Loire Valley Chateaux anywhere in France. Loire Valley Chateaux Route View Guederay to Villandry & Azay in a larger map Two guests recently spent three ...
Fines after wine! – Cycling Laws in France
Many people choose cycling holidays in France because France has a deserved reputation for welcoming cyclists both on and off the road. There are cycling laws in France and they are pretty straight-forward and full of common sense.
Experts for cycling holidays in the Loire Valley France
