You need to understand the cycling laws in France and what French road signs mean when cycling in France. We’ve summarised the important points for you!
Back roads cycling in the Loire Valley
Loire Cycling Holidays 2025 – Another great season!
Our Loire cycling holiday 2025 season is over and what a great season it was! Our busiest cycling season ever with the season running from mid April until mid October. We hosted guests from all over the world with guests and welcomed back many previous guests. The new route to Saumur was a highlight –… Continue reading Loire Cycling Holidays 2025 – Another great season!
Loire Life Cycling – Our Story
Loire Life Cycling is the combination of a dream to live in France and the desire to create a business that fitted with that dream. We moved permanently to France in 2007, drawn to the Loire Valley by the promise of space, warmth, countryside and rich history. It was a chance to spend time enjoying… Continue reading Loire Life Cycling – Our Story
Cycle Tours for Solo Travellers in France
Travelling on your own and looking for cycle tours for solo travellers? We have just the solution! Our Loire Valley cycling breaks in the Loire Valley, France are suitable for single travellers of all ages and cycling abilities. Cycle on your own or join up with others, the choice is yours. The breaks are not… Continue reading Cycle Tours for Solo Travellers in France
French road signs for cyclists
Expanding on our post ‘Cycling Laws in France‘ we’ve brought together the most important French road signs for cyclists. Knowing these signs, together with understanding the cycling rules in France will ensure you have a fun and trouble free time riding in this cycling paradise! Are bikes allowed? Cycle lane signs One way streets Town… Continue reading French road signs for cyclists
E-Bike Tours in the Loire Valley, France
E-bike tours in France are becoming more popular and we’ve offered an e-bike option on our French bike tours for several years.
Loire Valley Cycling Jerseys!
Grab yourself a souvenir of your cycling holiday with our Loire Life Cycling jersey! The jersey is a unique design produced in partnership with a European manufacturer and is available in all sizes when you are here. We’ve incorporated our new wheel logo and kept to a very French colour scheme. The jersey has a… Continue reading Loire Valley Cycling Jerseys!
Our cycling apparel brand Chic à Vélo
In addition to our cycling holidays we also have our own brand of cycling clothing and apparel for women – Chic à Vélo! The inspiration for Chic à Vélo is you, the female guests we host here at Loire Life Cycling. Sophisticated cycling apparel Female guests always comment that it is hard to find well-tailored… Continue reading Our cycling apparel brand Chic à Vélo
Watching the Tour de France – 5 top tips!
Wacthing the Tour de France live is completely free! It is the most prestigious and watched cycling race in the world and running our cycling holidays in France, we have inevitably caught the bug for watching it. But starting as complete novices, there were some interesting things we found out when it comes to actually… Continue reading Watching the Tour de France – 5 top tips!
Road Bike Hire – Loire Valley Bike Tours
Road bike hire is available on any of our Loire Valley cycle tours. Road bikes are a upgrade option and availability is limited. So, it will be early bookers that have more of a chance of grabbing one! Orbea Avant The Orbea Avant has carbon forks, a Shimano Tiagra group-set and rides on Kenda Kriterium 700×25… Continue reading Road Bike Hire – Loire Valley Bike Tours
Cycling Holidays for beginners – Don’t be nervous!
Cycling holidays for beginners can be hard to find. If you’re looking for your first cycling holiday perhaps you’re nervous about cycling with others and keeping up. Don’t be worried, we have the solution. We can give you lots of great reasons why you should join us on our Loire Valley Discovery Cycling Holiday here… Continue reading Cycling Holidays for beginners – Don’t be nervous!
Cycling Holidays in France – How do you choose one?
The choice of cycle tours in France is vast, so how do you choose the best cycling holiday for you?
Gravel Cycling in France
Gravel biking is massive and if you know where to look, there is some amazing gravel cycling in France.Mention gravel cycling in Europe and most people will talk about cycling the strada bianche. These are the white roads of the Crete Senesi region of Italy. Trouble is, you get there and everyone else is there… Continue reading Gravel Cycling in France
Easy Cycling Holidays in France
Try our easy cycling holidays in France – choose from the Loire Valley Discovery Tour or our Loire Valley cycling breaks ! Our holidays are perfect for beginners and make for great leisurely cycling vacations. To see how these easy cycling holidays in France work, follow some guests on our Discovery Tour Loire Valley Discovery… Continue reading Easy Cycling Holidays in France
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… Continue reading Cycling Holidays France – Montsoreau to Fontevraud Cycle Ride
Loire a Velo – What is it?
Loire a Velo – a great French idea, amazingly executed! Loire a Velo is a marked cycle-way that runs 800kms from Cuffy in France (not far from Nevers) to Saint-Brevin-les-Pins on the french Atlantic coast, just to the west of Nantes. The cycle route is the first part of a much bigger European cycling project… Continue reading Loire a Velo – What is it?
Enjoy this fantastic video – The Discovery Tour!
Back in September 2018, Julie, Marybeth, Theresa & Andrea from Whitehall, Michigan, USA joined our Loire Valley cycling tour. They put together this brilliant video and have been kind enough to let us share it with you! Follow the ladies as they cycle to Langeais, Chateau Villandry, Bourgueil with it’s fantastic market and wineries, the… Continue reading Enjoy this fantastic video – The Discovery Tour!
Cycle breaks in the Loire Valley
So how do out guests enjoy their cycle breaks in the Loire Valley? Here is the experience of some guests who headed to us in April and found the sun and warm temperatures to greet them! From Ottowa, Canada, the guests hired a car from Paris Charles de Gaulle airport and spent four nights with… Continue reading Cycle breaks in the Loire Valley
Cycling routes around Bourgueil
It’s only mid March but the weather here in France is glorious – sunny and warm and perfect for cycling. Our cycling holidays in France visit Bourgueil – a Loire Valley town famous for its red wines. Over the winter the tourism folks have been very busy revamping all of the local cycle routes. We… Continue reading Cycling routes around Bourgueil
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… Continue reading Loire Bike Route – Langeais
