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.
One less Loire Valley hill to bike up!
Headed out for a spin to Bourgueil this morning and ended up discovering a nice way back to our Discovery Tour centre at Gue de Ray
Bourgueil Cycling Route – Cafe de la Promenade
Great news - we can recommend a new restaurant on one of our most regularly cycled routes. Cafe de la Promenade is open for business !
Cycling Holidays France – Montsoreau to Fontevraud Cycle Ride
It may only be January, but the weather today was fantastic – 16c and sunny, so we couldn’t pass up the chance to get in some early Loire Valley cycling. Cycling to Fontevraud Abbey We decided to try something new, so drove down to Montsoreau right on the Loire river and then headed inland to ...
Tour de France 2016 – Saumur’s excited!
July 5th – Tour de France 2016 – Saumur to Limoges You really are lucky if you’re on a cycling holiday in France and the Tour de France decides to drop in! Saumur is certainly getting excited at the prospect of hosting a stage start to the world’s premier cycling event! It’s the first time ...
Loire Chateaux Cycling Challenge
A perfect Loire Cycling route for this Spring Will you accept the Chateaux Cycling Challenge? People often discount a centre based cycling holiday because they think they won’t see enough of the famous sights in a country like France. That may be true elsewhere in France, but here in the Loire Valley the sights are ...