Tours
We organise both fully supported and self-guided cycling holidays taking in a variety of regions in France. Our itineraries last from several days to a fortnight with varying daily distances, and varying terrain. What they have in common are quiet roads, comfortable hotels, and beautiful landscapes.
On our fully supported tours we accompany the holiday with a vehicle and full back up. We transport your luggage each day, and are close at hand in case you need assistance, get lost, or fancy a ride in the vehicle. Our French speaking guides are always on hand to help and advise, and they know our routes intimately.
On our self-guided options you make your own way from place to place, carrying your own luggage and making use of our detailed route notes. This allows you the flexibility to travel when you can, be it a last minute decision to hop across the channel or a week long tour where you want to know that hotels and route are taken care of. In short, we take the guess-work out of the planning.
The bicycle is a wonderful means of transport, being quick enough to cover a good distance each day, yet slow enough to take it all in. What’s more, when you’re taking lots of exercise you can eat and drink what you like without feeling guilty!
We advise our clients to make as much preparation as they can before their trip. The more you do before, the more you will enjoy it. The rule of thumb is that if you can cover half the day’s distance non-stop, then you will be able to cover the whole distance once you throw in several breaks for eating, sightseeing or just sitting by the side of the road enjoying a fine view. Therefore all of our trips are within reach of moderately active people, and indeed even the longest have been completed by people who have made no preparations whatsoever.
We actively encourage single travellers who do not pay a supplement (unless they specifically request a single room) and who will immediately have much in common with the other guests.
We hope that you like our selection of tours. If you cannot find what you are looking for please get in touch as we can tailor our trips, or even create new ones for you. It’s what we love doing!
A bridge too far: Arnhem, via Ypres and Waterloo
Grading: Moderate
May 2021
Ride to the infamous bridge at Arnhem. This veritable feast of history concentrates on Operation Market Garden but happens to pass by some other pretty significant places on the way. It takes you from Dunkirk to Ypres, then to Waterloo, Eindhoven and...
£850
Shortest Day: 35 miles
Longest Day: 75 miles
Total Days: 5
Total Miles: 345
Alsace and the Vosges
Grading: Difficult
June 2021
Historic Alsace and the unspoilt Vosges mountains; perfect partners for a week of food and exercise. This tour is a mixture of picture postcard villages on the Rhine plain, and some days spent in this beautiful area. You may see the grape harvest or ...
£1,495
Shortest Day: 58 km / 36 miles
Longest Day: 89 km / 55 miles
Total Days: 9 Days
Total Miles: 502 km / 313 miles
Atlantic to Med (La Rochelle to Perpignan)
Grading: Difficult
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August 2021
Ride from glamorous La Rochelle on the Atlantic Coast to Perpignan on the sandy Mediterranean. Discover some of France's most beautiful regions as we showcase quiet roads and pretty villages. 12 days' riding, 13 nights accommodation with breakfast, 1...
£1,995
Shortest Day: 42 miles / 67 km
Longest Day: 66 miles / 106 km
Total Days: 12 days' riding
Total Miles: 613 Miles
Bordeaux Superieur
Grading: Easy
May 2021
Historic wine chateaux with eye watering price tags and more modest vin de table are often only separated by a few metres. This tour reads like a wine dictionary with both the left and right bank, as well as a trip out to St Emilion and its satellite...
£1,295
Shortest Day: 61 km / 38 miles
Longest Day: 86 km / 54 miles
Total Days: 7 Days
Total Miles: 363 km / 227 miles
Brittany and Normandy Combined
Grading: Moderate
June 2021
A week long taster of these two adjoining regions, each with a distinct personality. Beaches, seafood, apples and cream. Forests, lush countryside and a relaxed way of life. This tour is a combination of our Normandy Discovery and Brittany Explorer h...
£1,295
Shortest Day: 65 km / 40 miles
Longest Day: 85 km / 53 miles
Total Days: 9 Days
Total Miles: 685 km / 428 miles
Brittany Discovery
Grading: Moderate
There are no available dates at this moment, please check back soon.
Brittany is an historic and proud region, not dissimilar to Cornwall, steeped in myth and tradition. A visit here is likely to prove memorable as you get a flavour of what makes it so special....
£TBC
Shortest Day: 60 km / 38 miles
Longest Day: 81 km / 51 miles
Total Days: 8 Days
Total Miles: 497km / 310 Miles
Brittany Explorer
Grading: Moderate
June 2021
A 5 day tour of delightful villages, hidden coves and excellent food, giving a real taste of what the region has to offer. Brittany has a varied terrain and is not flat, although neither is it mountainous! 5 days' cycling; 5 nights’ accommodation, ...
£850
Shortest Day: 67 km / 42 Miles
Longest Day: 93 km / 58 Miles
Total Days: 6 Days
Total Miles: 360 km / 225 miles
Caen to Cantabria
Grading: Expert
June 2021
A fantastic ride across France and into northern Spain to take the ferry back to where you started. No need to worry about flights or trains, all travel is included in this wonderful tour....
£2,995
Shortest Day: 64 km / 39 miles
Longest Day: 134 km / 83 miles
Total Days: 18
Total Miles: 925
Calais to Nice
Grading: Difficult
July 2021
A true classic journey, this 15 day voyage will leave you with a great impression of France as you see the landscape and architecture change as you head south. An average of 60 miles a day means this is a ride most cyclists can achieve, and there are...
£2,395
Shortest Day: 49 miles / 79 km
Longest Day: 75 miles / 120 km
Total Days: 16 Days
Total Miles: 893 miles (1,429 km)
Champagne Region
Grading: Moderate
June 2021
Champagne vineyards and the magnificent city of Reims await on this wonderful tour around this world famous region....
£1,495
Shortest Day: 62 km / 40 Miles
Longest Day: 85 km / 53 Miles
Total Days: 7 Days
Total Miles: 376 km / 235 Miles
D-Day Beaches and the Battle of Normandy
Grading: Moderate
May 2021
Thought-provoking sites and museums, with a professional battlefield guide bringing alive the momentous events of the world's biggest amphibious landing and the fierce fighting throughout Normandy as the Allies tried to establish a foothold on mainla...
£895
Shortest Day: 60 km
Longest Day: 78 km
Total Days: 5 Days
Total Miles: 355 km / 221 miles
Dordogne and Lot
Grading: Moderate
May 2021 | September 2021
Famous sights and quiet roads around a region that epitomises France, with good food and character hotels. A round-trip from Bergerac encompasses all the best known places for which the region is justifiably well known as well as the best cycling. Pe...
£1,395
Shortest Day: 46 Miles
Longest Day: 54 Miles
Total Days: 8 Days
Total Miles: 302 Miles
Dorset Cycling Weekend
Grading: Difficult
March 2021
Join us for a weekend of cycling in Dorset; a great opportunity to ride amidst some of the most breathtaking scenery in the UK and stunningly good value too! A choice of routes from 60 km to 100km on the Saturday and our regular '3 Cingles d'Eggardon...
£15
Shortest Day: 25 miles / 40km
Longest Day: 67 miles / 100km
Total Days: 2
Total Miles: 92 max
Great War Battlefields: Ypres, Passchendaele and the Somme
Grading: Moderate
April 2021 | July 2021
A fascinating tour exploring the battlefields of World War One. Varying daily mileage with some longer days, plenty of history and poignancy. A century on it is still humbling to see the places where such sacrifice took place in such terrible conditi...
£1,195
Shortest Day: 45 km / 28 miles
Longest Day: 91 km / 58 miles
Total Days: 7 Days
Total Miles: 340 km / 212 miles
Land's End to John O'Groats Grand Tour (LEJOG)
Grading: Expert
May 2021 | September 2021
Lands End to John O'Groats (LEJOG) is the classic British cycle ride from the south west tip of England to the north east point of Scotland. It is challenging but extremely rewarding as the diverse landscape of our island is showcased in all its glor...
£2,995
Shortest Day: 65
Longest Day: 80
Total Days: 19
Total Miles: 1255
Loire Source to Sea
Grading: Difficult
August 2021
An epic journey along France’s longest river, from its source in the mountains of the Massif Central to its confluence with the Atlantic Ocean on the west coast near Nantes. Follow vineyards along the way and see world famous chateaux....
£2,095
Shortest Day: 61 km / 38 miles
Longest Day: 111 km / 70 miles
Total Days: 13 days total / 11 days cycling
Total Miles: 1,053km / 662 Miles
Loire Valley Classic
Grading: Easy
May 2021
Whatever your reason for visiting the Loire Valley superlatives do not suffice and you will not be disappointed. The amazing architecture with the backdrop of the powerful river combine to make this one of France's best loved areas....
£1,395
Shortest Day: 60 km / 38 Miles
Longest Day: 91 km / 57 Miles
Total Days: 8 Days
Total Miles: 429 km / 268 miles
Normandy Discovery
Grading: Moderate
July 2021
Cider apple orchards with cows grazing under the trees. Historic castles and towns. Lush countryside. Quiet lanes. Rich food from local producers. It is impossible to do justice to Normandy in a mere 4 days but this tour gives a taste of what the reg...
£650
Shortest Day: 53 km / 33 miles
Longest Day: 97 km / 60 miles
Total Days: 4 Days
Total Miles: 325 km / 203 miles
Oberammergau Passion Play 2022
Grading: Difficult
May 2022
The Oberammergau Passion Play is undoubtedly one of the cultural treasures of the world, enacted every 10 years to give thanks for the village being spared the Plague. To cycle to Bavaria is to experience not only this wonderful play, but many other ...
£2,995
Shortest Day: 50 miles / 80km
Longest Day: 80 miles / 130 km
Total Days: 14
Total Miles: 706 miles / 1,131 km
Passchendaele and Ypres Salient Battlefields
Grading: Easy
April 2021
The Ypres Salient was scene of some of the bloodiest fighting in World War One. Here we look in depth at the north and south sections of the salient, and the area behind the lines, to gain an insight into this fascinating area....
£795
Shortest Day: 40km / 25 miles
Longest Day: 45 km / 27 miles
Total Days: 5 Days
Total Miles: 142 km / 89 miles
Provence and Luberon
Grading: Moderate
September 2020 | May 2021 | September 2021
Provence occupies a special place in the heart for all who have visited it. Our route is carefully formulated along the gentlest sections, although there are one or two hills up to the perched villages. However these are well worth it for the excuse ...
£1,595
Shortest Day: 46 km / 29 miles
Longest Day: 77 km / 48 miles
Total Days: 8 Days
Total Miles: 348 km / 216 miles
Somme Battlefields Weekend
Grading: Moderate
April 2021
Experience the major and minor sights of the 1916 Battle of the the Somme. seeing places the tourist buses simply cannot go. 1 July 1916 is etched on the national conscience and we examine the actions of that day, as well as the remainder of the batt...
£795
Shortest Day: 30 Miles
Longest Day: 35 Miles
Total Days: 5 Day
Total Miles: TBC
Spain End to End: Santander to Cape Trafalgar
Grading: Expert
September 2020 | September 2021
Imagine the satisfaction of ending your ride gazing at Africa across the Straights of Gibraltar. For a true traveller there can be few more evocative endings to a fantastic journey! Ride from the Bay of Biscay to Cape Trafalgar near the historic city...
£2,595
Shortest Day: 52 miles / 83 km
Longest Day: 89 miles / 143 km
Total Days: 14
Total Miles: 933 miles / 1,493 km
St Malo to Nice
Grading: Difficult
June 2021
Two thirds of days on this fantastic ride are in the 50 - 60 miles bracket; a couple of shorter days and a few longer ones combine to make this a memorable journey through the very best of France suitable for all recreational cyclists, passing throug...
£2,595
Shortest Day: 47 km / 30 Miles
Longest Day: 125 km / 70 Miles
Total Days: 18 Days
Total Miles: 1,513km / 946 miles
St Malo to Sète
Grading: Expert
May 2021
Diverse landscapes from flat to mountainous, the route takes in quiet roads virtually all the way. Discover la France profonde as you travel off the beaten track in this diagonal traverse of France. This trip is a true experience with sometimes long ...
£1,995
Shortest Day: 76 km / 47 miles
Longest Day: 136 km / 85 miles
Total Days: 11 days total / 10 days cycling
Total Miles: 1,123 km / 702 miles. 15,161m ascent
The Atlantic Seaboard
Grading: Difficult
There are no available dates at this moment, please check back soon.
This is a great first time long distance ride. The Landes area is pancake flat and is a good place to get into the rhythm of covering daily distances. By the time the hillier country in Brittany is reached you should be feeling strong and fit and wel...
£TBC
Shortest Day: 40 Miles
Longest Day: 89 Miles
Total Days: 15 days total / 13 days cyclin
Total Miles: 1,344 km / 840 miles
Wheels on the Western Front: Ride to Arnhem
Grading: Difficult
September 2021
A charity ride in aid of ABF The Soldiers' Charity following the route of Operation Market Garden to Arnhem in September 1944....
£0
Shortest Day: 45
Longest Day: 89
Total Days: 6
Total Miles: 331
Ypres Salient Walking Tour
Grading: Easy
October 2021
A guided walking tour of the Ypres and Passchendaele battlefield based in Ypres with three day walks out in the surrounding battlefields with a knowledgeable battlefield guide....
£595
Shortest Day: 13 miles
Longest Day: 13
Total Days: 5
Total Miles: 45