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If you love bicycling and Italy, taking a cycling vacation in Tuscany or Sardinia is a must. Prefer high mountains, how about Switzerland and riding the Alps? If you love France, bicycle around Provence and climb Mount Ventoux, the Giant of Provence!

Whatever your decision you will find that any one of these trips will be a perfect combination of fine riding in company of like-minded people as yourself, all bicycle enthusiasts, that love riding together and enjoy good food and lodging in charming inns. The trips are designed to appeal to riders who prefer an active cycling vacation but perhaps not overly challenging rides, wanting just as much to enjoy the pleasures of Europe as to ride, as well as those who like to challenge themselves and do not shy away from the most demanding routes.

Cycling trips are in groups of 8 - 16 cyclists and range from 4 to 9 days, from Spring to Fall. There is a tour focusing on rides around the Maggiore Lake in Northern Italy with daily rides of about 70 km each. Lodging base is in Stresa, at the 4* Regina Palace Hotel.

In Tuscany tours start from Gaiole in Chianti and go to the Orcia valley, stop in Rocca d’Orcia (4* Castello di Spaltenna hotel), then take a different route back to Gaiole.

Around Sardinia, an easy tour, “Costa Smeralda Charme”, is six days of cycling, a great tour that includes five rides promising you’ll discover the true beauty of Sardinia (4* Delphina Cala di Lepre hotel).

Raid of Swiss Alps tour, a six days raid through Switzerland departing from Stresa, a thrilling route in the Alps and among the Swiss glaciers. Possible routes include the Susten Pass, the Furk Pass and the well-known passes of San Gottardo and Sempione.

And then there is France, and splendid in mid summer of July it is on a marvelous six days tour of rides with a base in one of the most beautiful locations of Provence, Gordes. The rides will take you along romantic back roads teeming in colors of Provence, the ambiance of the lavender in blossom, and include the rewarding climb of Mont Ventoux.

The trips and locations are selected not only for their unique landscape and natural beauty but above all for the memorable character of the cycling routes, each truly one of a kind that can be found only in these parts of Europe.

For tour details visit www.bikeitaliarando.com

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Cesky Krumlov is a UNESCO world heritage town in south Bohemia, Czech Republic. Founded in the late 13th century at a ford in the Vltava River, Czech Krumlov grew in prominence due to its location on an important trade route between Linz and Prague. Gothic, Renaissance, and Baroque architectural styles dominate its old town core. When visiting Czech Republic make sure you include Cesky Krumlov in your itinerary. One of the best way to experience it is to arrive by bicycle or on foot along the Czech Greenways that connected all the main market towns of medieval Central Europe, now maintained as scenic bicycle and hiking trails. One of the most scenic greenways is to cycle the Vienna to Prague route, a great idea for a bicycle vacation.

For details of festivals and other evens in Czech Krumlov, see the town information website.

Concierge.com, the online home of Conde Nast Traveler had published its 2008 list of the world’s best adventure trips. Here are their selected destinations, more details on each can be had in their article:

Best of Peru
Lost Alaska by Kayak
Bicycle trip in northwest Argentina, a trip that begins and ends in Salta
Sand and Savannas in Mali, perhaps best known for the fabled trading city of Timbuktu
Panama: Jungles and Caribbean Beaches
Gabon
Trekking Through Transylvania
Swiss Alps
Trekking in Tibet
River Wild in Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan
Philippines
British Columbia
Biking Big Bend

If you are a wine lover and admire beautiful landscape and history, than this trail is the right one for you! On this journey, you will cycle through the most famous wine regions of Austria and the Czech Republic, where the wine making tradition runs for almost two thousand years. You’ll have an opportunity to sample the lives of local wine producers in picturesque villages, become familiar with the process of wine making as well as a chance to taste and to compare samples of exceptional wines of both regions along with specialties of local cuisines! This tour runs through a scenic, gently hilly countryside full of vineyards and beautiful nature! History lovers will be excited about visiting two unique historical sights under the auspices of the UNESCO - the Lednice-Valtice Cultural Region and the Schonbrunn Castle in Austria.  Among the highlights of this entire tour will be the royal towns of Central Europe, the cities of Prague and Vienna! If you can plan your trip to coincide with the September 12 - 19 Palava Wine Festival in Mikulov. There is more than one way we can structure your journey. Here are other options:

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The Czech Greenways bicycle tour follows the Greenways route, studded in imposing castles, picturesque villages and scenic hills and woods. You’ll ride past baroque churches, fertile vineyards, an exquisitely tended gardens, and medieval strongholds gone to ruin. You’ll admire the natural beauty of Central Europe - watch a stork nest in centuries old oak, listen to the call of a cuckoo… Much of what you’ll see and experience you can’t see from a car, so get out there on a bike and enjoy one of Central Europe’s ancient trails. On this cycling trip you can set out on your own or with a group. You can do the fully guided tour with a fixed itinerary and a schedule, or you can spend as much time as you want at historic places and enjoy the countryside without having to go along with a group and follow the route as a self-guided bicycle tour. For more go to Bicycle Tours Vienna to Prague, Bicycle Vacations in Central Europe, Bicycle Tours & Cycling Vacations in Czech Republic.