Seeking recommendations for bike tours in Europe - The Chainlink2024-03-29T00:50:02Zhttps://thechainlink.org/forum/topics/seeking-recommendations-for-bike-tours-in-europe?feed=yes&xn_auth=nohttp://www.eurosailtravel.com…tag:thechainlink.org,2015-08-21:2211490:Comment:9396542015-08-21T01:30:03.012ZJon Cunninghamhttps://thechainlink.org/profile/JonCunningham
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<p>Bike & Barge: My wife and I, and 18 friends from the Elmhurst and Naperville bike clubs chartered the Fleur for a weeklong trip down the Seine, from Paris, in 2014. Guided rides and touring during day. The barge is always waiting at your destination town for drinks, dinner, and a good night's sleep. Wonderful trip, great food, cooked by a real chef, on the barge. Though…</p>
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<p>Bike & Barge: My wife and I, and 18 friends from the Elmhurst and Naperville bike clubs chartered the Fleur for a weeklong trip down the Seine, from Paris, in 2014. Guided rides and touring during day. The barge is always waiting at your destination town for drinks, dinner, and a good night's sleep. Wonderful trip, great food, cooked by a real chef, on the barge. Though most of us were experienced cyclists, we enjoyed the easy pace and fairly low mileage, that still took all day because of added off bike tours along the way. Bikes and helmets provided, with a pannier for carrying lunch and rain gear. If you are hard core, you can bring your own saddle, pedals, and shoes, but nobody did on this trip. Tours of everything from <span>Chateau</span><span> de </span><span>Fontainebleau </span>to a sheep cheese farm, and a honey farm. We packed lunches every day, with food provided, and picnicked in some really cool places, including Fontainebleau forest. There was even one non-cyclist spouse in the group, who rode the barge from town to town and walked to tour towns at times. I think that their normal way is to book singles and couples for an eclectic group aboard the 20 guest barge, with a crew of five. In our case, a person who was active in both Naperville and Elmhurst clubs organized a group, and we locked in the barge by filling it. Eurosail does other B&B tours, in other countries as well. Highly recommended.</p> Thank you for the suggestions!tag:thechainlink.org,2015-08-20:2211490:Comment:9397582015-08-20T23:02:08.177ZDana Brighthttps://thechainlink.org/profile/DanaBright
<p>Thank you for the suggestions!</p>
<p>Thank you for the suggestions!</p> For organized tours, my wife…tag:thechainlink.org,2015-08-20:2211490:Comment:9397552015-08-20T22:30:46.711ZAl Sturgeshttps://thechainlink.org/profile/AlSturges
<p>For organized tours, my wife and I have gone with Experience Plus six times. They've done tours for many years and have trips in most of Europe.</p>
<p>We're scheduled for a self-guided tour with an Austrian company through Biketoursdirect. o far so good.</p>
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<p>For organized tours, my wife and I have gone with Experience Plus six times. They've done tours for many years and have trips in most of Europe.</p>
<p>We're scheduled for a self-guided tour with an Austrian company through Biketoursdirect. o far so good.</p>
<p></p> I did the self-guided tour so…tag:thechainlink.org,2015-08-19:2211490:Comment:9390182015-08-19T15:41:13.458ZCherylhttps://thechainlink.org/profile/cmz
<p>I did the self-guided tour solo. I travel solo pretty frequently so was comfortable doing the ride on my own as well. The maps for the ride were fantastic, the path well marked, and while it wasn't quite as populated as I'd expected, there were enough riders coming by that it didn't feel desolate. </p>
<p>I did the self-guided tour solo. I travel solo pretty frequently so was comfortable doing the ride on my own as well. The maps for the ride were fantastic, the path well marked, and while it wasn't quite as populated as I'd expected, there were enough riders coming by that it didn't feel desolate. </p> I've only done one organized…tag:thechainlink.org,2015-08-19:2211490:Comment:9389992015-08-19T01:24:41.952ZDavid P.https://thechainlink.org/profile/DavidAPertuz
<p>I've only done one organized bike tour - a camping / mountain biking trip in central Idaho with Backroads. It was terrific. Lots of fun, very well organized, excellent food, great staff, and so on. This was quite some time ago (1998) but if my vacation priorities were such that I decided to do another tour, I would gladly use them again.</p>
<p>I've only done one organized bike tour - a camping / mountain biking trip in central Idaho with Backroads. It was terrific. Lots of fun, very well organized, excellent food, great staff, and so on. This was quite some time ago (1998) but if my vacation priorities were such that I decided to do another tour, I would gladly use them again.</p> I appreciate your perspective…tag:thechainlink.org,2015-08-19:2211490:Comment:9388412015-08-19T00:28:28.326ZDana Brighthttps://thechainlink.org/profile/DanaBright
<p>I appreciate your perspective. Thank you!</p>
<p>I appreciate your perspective. Thank you!</p> Hi Cheryl,
Out of curiosity,…tag:thechainlink.org,2015-08-19:2211490:Comment:9388382015-08-19T00:27:56.369ZDana Brighthttps://thechainlink.org/profile/DanaBright
<p>Hi Cheryl,</p>
<p>Out of curiosity, did you do the self-guided ride solo or with a group?</p>
<p>Thanks much,</p>
<p>Dana</p>
<p>Hi Cheryl,</p>
<p>Out of curiosity, did you do the self-guided ride solo or with a group?</p>
<p>Thanks much,</p>
<p>Dana</p> Thank you, Mike!tag:thechainlink.org,2015-08-19:2211490:Comment:9389232015-08-19T00:26:40.514ZDana Brighthttps://thechainlink.org/profile/DanaBright
<p>Thank you, Mike!</p>
<p>Thank you, Mike!</p> Hi Jeremy,
I have looked a bi…tag:thechainlink.org,2015-08-19:2211490:Comment:9388362015-08-19T00:26:20.564ZDana Brighthttps://thechainlink.org/profile/DanaBright
<p>Hi Jeremy,</p>
<p>I have looked a bit at Backroads. If you think of it, I'd love to hear what you thought of the trip. How were the hiking and multisport trips?</p>
<p>Thanks so much for responding,</p>
<p>Dana</p>
<p>Hi Jeremy,</p>
<p>I have looked a bit at Backroads. If you think of it, I'd love to hear what you thought of the trip. How were the hiking and multisport trips?</p>
<p>Thanks so much for responding,</p>
<p>Dana</p> I second this recommendation.…tag:thechainlink.org,2015-08-18:2211490:Comment:9389122015-08-18T21:38:01.309ZCherylhttps://thechainlink.org/profile/cmz
<p>I second this recommendation. I had a great experience with them on the self-guided Danube ride from Passau to Vienna.</p>
<p>I second this recommendation. I had a great experience with them on the self-guided Danube ride from Passau to Vienna.</p>