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Unforgettable Cycling Adventure Through Geneva and the Swiss Alps

Unforgettable Cycling Adventure Through Geneva and the Swiss Alps

May 4-10 Day 1, Saturday Arrival to Geneva We had a beautiful view of the alps as we flew into Geneva to do the Three Lakes Tour: From Geneva... Read more

Tips and Advice, Tours and Destinations, Stories / July 01, 2024

6 reasons to do the Camino

6 reasons to do the Camino

When you hear the word ‘Camino’, what springs to mind? For some, it’s the idea of taking a personal journey (both physical and spiritual) to a... Read more

Stories / December 14, 2022

A Tip for Tired Legs on the Vienna to Budapest Active Bike Tour

A Tip for Tired Legs on the Vienna to Budapest Active Bike Tour

If you’re not up for the bigger daily miles of the five-night self-guided Danube bikeway ride, you can always take the train. How active is... Read more

Inspiration, Tips and Advice, Tours and Destinations, Stories / November 17, 2022

Valentine's Day: History of Lupercalia and + Florence to Rome Bike Tour

Valentine's Day: History of Lupercalia and + Florence to Rome Bike Tour

View of Colosseum in Rome and morning sun, Italy, Europe.By Brianna Williams There’s no doubt that there is a difference between learning hist... Read more

Inspiration, Stories / February 14, 2022

This is a Bike-Tour Love Story

This is a Bike-Tour Love Story

It was 1993, and I was on my first European bicycle tour, riding solo in Austria. I was a freelance travel writer, and the LA Times had commis... Read more

Stories / February 14, 2022

Pursuing the legend of Silent Night along the Tauern Bike Path

Pursuing the legend of Silent Night along the Tauern Bike Path

In 1993, BikeTours.com president Jim Johnson—then a freelance travel writer—went on his first European bicycle tour, along the Tauern Bike Pat... Read more

Inspiration, Stories, Tours and Destinations / December 21, 2021