What is a typical day on the tour like?
This depends on the bicycle tour you select. All tours allow you to decide how much or little you want to ride each day, and whether you want to ride with the group or on your own. We provide you with multiple ride options and other activities so you can choose how you want to spend the day. The support van is always available if you decide you want to shorten your ride or get a “boost” up a certain hill. Our flexible tours allow you and a companion to share the same trip even if you have different interests or cycling abilities. Each day you’ll receive detailed maps, route sheets and other pertinent information for the day. Breakfast usually starts around 7:30 a.m. and continues until 10 a.m. Most of our guests begin riding at 8:30 a.m. and arrive at our night’s lodging in the early afternoon. The van usually arrives by 3 p.m., so you can check in, wash your cycling gear and still have time for a dip in the pool or a stroll around town before our nightly briefing. On days when we retu
When we are on land: We will begin each day with breakfast together. Our stay in each destination beings with a tour of the city with our multi-lingual tour guide so that you can become acclimated to your surroundings. Depending on the sights included in our itinerary for that day, we will begin our sight-seeing. You have lunch on your own with your friends. This is always a great opportunity to truly experience and immerse yourselves within the cultures of the places we are visiting. We will eat dinner together every evening, but you will have many options for your evening activities. For example, in Rome you might want to take a walk and see some of the monuments at night or eat a gelato with friends or you might want to go with a group to a “discothque” and enjoy dancing. When we are on sea: We will be following the schedule set forth by our cruise directors. We will be docking into ports at different times each day. You will have all of your meals on board the ship and those meals
We will begin each day with breakfast together. In each destination we will have a tour of the city with our multi-lingual tour guide and/or a local tour guide so that you can become acclimated to your surroundings. Each destination is unique and different. Check out the detailed itinerary to read exactly what you will see and when in each of the six countries we will visit. You have lunch on your own with your friends. This is always a great opportunity to truly experience and immerse yourselves within the cultures of the places we are visiting. We will eat dinner together every evening (except one night in Paris when you are given a meal voucher to choose your own restaurant with your friends), but you will have many options for your evening activities. Chaperones and your tour guides will provide you with ideas for entertainment in the evening that will help you really experience the culture of whatever city we are in.
