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Cycling holidays and cycle touring breaks – do you need help choosing a cycle touring holiday company? Take a look at our article.

Cycle touring in Northumberland – while it may not be the first place you think of for a cycling break, Northumberland offers some interesting cycling routes and some fascinating places to visit – as Ann Tonge discovered one long weekend ...

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G Adventures Adventurous cycling hlidays and road biking tours in wild places in destinations worldwide ... [MORE]

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Active Gourmet Holidays
based: Connecticut, USA
website: activegourmetholidays.com
Culinary vacations in Italy, France, Spain, Portugal, Peru, Morocco and Mexico that include three or four star accommodation, cooking lessons with local chefs, vineyard visits with wine tastings and wine education, visits to markets and local food producers, gourmet meals. Holidays can be paired with walking, hiking, biking, yoga, language lessons and more.
| cookery | gastronomic | wine appreciation/tasting | walking/trekking/hiking | cycle touring | yoga | Western Europe | Peru | Morocco | Mexico |

Activities Abroad
based: Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
website: activitiesabroad.com
Activities Abroad offer an exciting range of activity holidays throughout Europe, for families, adult groups and single people. From cycling and mountain biking in the Pyrenees, to climbing and abseiling in the Ardeche; and from hiking and Via Ferrata in the English Lake District to multi-activity holidays all over.
| mountain biking | cycle touring | climbing/scrambling | abseiling | via ferrata | walking/trekking/hiking | multi-activity | canyoning/gorge walking | family/child friendly | single parent families | singles | Europe |

Alaska Backcountry Bike Tours
based: Alaska, USA
website: mountainbikealaska.com
Mountain biking and road cycling adventure company, offering backcountry mt bike and cycling tours in the last wild place on Earth; with multi-day tours for all riding abilities.
| mountain biking | cycle touring | USA |

Alpine Cycle Tours
based: Sainte Foy, Tarentaise, France
website: alpinecycletours.net
Keen road cyclist? Experience a combination of high quality training cycle tours and comfortable luxury accommodation in the French Alps. The location offers beautiful and challenging local routes, many included in the Tour de France. Four day or longer camps with a tailor made guided service. Non-riding partners welcome.
| cycle touring | cycling training | groups | tailor made | France |

Alpine Elements
based: London, UK
website: alpineelements.co.uk
Skiing, snowboarding and activity holidays from catered chalets and hotels in the French and Italian Alps. Ski weekends, packaged ski holidays and mountain biking or multi-activity breaks for families. Also offering white water rafting, canyoning, cycling and climbing. Resorts are Chamonix, Morzine, Tignes, Les Arcs, Courchevel, Les Gets and Meribel.
| ski/snowboard | ski weekends | multi-activity | mountain biking | walking/trekking/hiking | via ferrata | white water rafting | cycle touring | waterskiing | canyoning/gorge walking | France |

America by Bicycle
based: Connecticut, USA
website: abbike.com
Fully-supported bicycle touring vacations in America, specializing in long distance cross-country touring trips; including a coast-to-coast cycling adventure of a lifetime!
| cycle touring | USA |

Bike Switzerland
based: Switzerland & USA
website: bikeswitzerland.com
Bike tours across Switzerland, with a choice of two tours at different levels, independent and guided cycling tours and vacations.
| cycle touring | Switzerland |

Byways Breaks
based: Cheshire, UK
website: byways-breaks.co.uk
Cycling and walking holidays in Shropshire, Cheshire and Welsh borders. Comfortable accommodation with good food including farms, hotels and pubs. Routes are carefully selected to explore the best countryside and visit places of interest. Offering a range of holidays suitable for all abilities. Full back-up including luggage transfer.
| cycle touring | unguided walking | long distance walks | family/child friendly | tailor made | weekends/short breaks | England | Wales |

Catalan Adventures
based: Catalonia, Spain
website: catalanadventures.com
Catalan Adventures offers top quality guided and self-guided walking holidays; cycling, multi-activity and painting holidays located in the breathtakingly beautiful region of northern Catalonia.
| walking/trekking/hiking | unguided walking | cycle touring | multi-activity | Spain |

Cicloturisme
based: Girona, Spain
website: cicloturisme.com
Specialized holiday company offering guided and self-guided cycling, mountain biking and walking trips from Girona, in Catalonia, north east Spain. Based in the heart of an area renowned for it's cycling, with excellent mountain roads, tranquil countryside, rolling hills, twisting woodland singletrack and stunning Mediterranean beaches and coastline.
| cycle touring | mountain biking | tandem biking | unguided walking | Spain |

Creative Catalonia
based: Girona, Spain
website: creativecatalonia.com
Creative Catalonia is a bike and walking holiday specialist for the Barcelona and Girona regions of Catalonia, Spain. They are located just 25 minutes from Girona and just over an hour from Barcelona and will help you discover the best of Catalonia by bike or on foot. Also other sporting holidays offered.
| cycle touring | mountain biking | walking/trekking/hiking | unguided walking | running/athletics | tennis | golf | Spain |

Cyclomundo
based: Rhone-Alpes, France
website: cyclomundo.com
Cyclomundo is a travel company offering a wide array of self-guided, guided, and customized 'à la carte' cycling vacations for independent riders, families, friends, or groups in France, Spain, Italy and Switzerland. They are also the France-based Official Tour Operator for the Etape du Tour and for the Marmotte Sportive.
| cycle touring | cycling training | France | Italy | Spain | Switzerland |

Evasion Travel Ltd
based: Dorset, UK
website: evasiontravel.co.uk
Active holidays in the Ardeche, France. Situated deep in the south, the Ardeche is a place of rugged natural beauty with a Mediterranean climate that brings over 300 days of sunshine each year. Surprisingly accessible and with enormous scope for exploration, the Ardeche is packed with excitement for every adventurous spirit.
| walking/trekking/hiking | mountain biking | canoeing/kayaking | cycle touring | unguided walking | ropes course | family/child friendly | tailor made | stag/hen | groups | France |

G Adventures Featured Site
based: Canada, London & Worldwide
website: G Adventures
Cycling holiday Cycle tours by road, track and trail to adventurous locations; and mountain biking trips to wild places worldwide! Cycle touring holidays and mt bike trips to destinations such as Cambodia, Tibet, Japan, Peru, Tasmania and Cuba; and more mellow destinations closer to home such as Italy and Ireland.
| mountain biking | cycle touring | ethical/ecotourism | Worldwide |

Get Cycling
based: Yorkshire, UK
website: getcycling.org.uk
Annual 'Get Cycling Week' holidays in public schools or other historic venues in great cycling country, a cycling break unlike any other! Including daily guided rides, opportunities to try out cycles, social activities, cycling films, maintenance classes and talks by cycling personalities. Get Cycling is set up to promote cycling in all its forms, for leisure, transport, health, happiness and the environment.
| cycle touring | UK |

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The travel-quest cycling holidays & cycle touring breaks section lists holidays, courses and weekends or short cycling breaks where the main activity and focus is on road cycling trips, including guided and unguided tours. This includes inn-to-inn tours and cycling safaris. If you offer mixed activity holidays that include cycling and biking, then road cycling must be a significant component of the tours. Cycling holidays by tandem and mountain biking breaks are catered for in separate categories.