ACTIVE & ADVENTURE CYCLING DESTINATIONS LEFT:
Learn-to-ride lessons
RIGHT: Cuba
and on holiday too. Adventure operators have increased their bike tour programmes, with options for road cycling fanatics and hardcore mountain bikers, as well as gentle ambles through beautiful landscapes, while active resorts offer families everything from cycling lessons for kids to tougher trails for parents. Here, we round up a range for
cyclists of different abilities to get your sales freewheeling.
w EASY A cycling holiday needn’t be all about sweat and Lycra – it can be about views and vintages instead, as Bspoke Tours eight- day Magic Moselle Wine Route proves. Following the river valley and covering about 20 miles a day, the route passes
medieval towns, craggy castles and vineyards with cellar doors where clients can dismount and try the rieslings and piesporters for which the area is famed. Tours include three and four-star hotel accommodation, flights, airport transfers, luggage transfers and bike hire, and departures in June and July start from £1,095. For anyone who wants to make the tour extra-easy, the operator offers electric bikes for hire as well as standard ones. Inntravel says its relaxed trips
are suitable even for novice cyclists, particularly as they are self-guided, so guests set their own pace. A week-long trundle called The Quiet Side of Tuscany avoids the area’s thigh-testing hilltop towns and concentrates on the coast and countryside of La
A week-long trundle in Tuscany avoids the thigh-testing hilltop towns to focus on the coast and countryside
Maremma, staying in comfortable agriturismi with pools, so clients can really dial down the effort if they want to. Suggestions for some days include cycling to spas, sandy beaches and picnic spots, and there are options to swap some rides for wine tours. The seven-night, half-board trip starts from £878 including bike hire but not flights.
And don’t forget, a holiday can be the ideal chance for parents to get their kids to learn to ride. Haven offers Learn2Bike lessons for kids aged two to six from £6 per child, and cycle hire is on offer for adults and kids from £6 per hour – just be sure to check your location as both are on offer only at selected parks. Hoseasons offers Balanceability
learn-to-cycle sessions for threes to sevens from £5-£10 per hour at over half its Go Active Breaks locations, and bikes can be hired from £10-£20 per hour at three locations: The Bay, Finlake Lodges and Lochgoilhead Lodges. For adult and older kids who
want to improve their skills, Club Med offers Mountain Biking School at certain resorts including La Palmyre
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