Cycling holidays
You don’t have to be a Bradley Wiggins or Chris Froome to enjoy a bike ride. With the Tour de France boosting interest in cycling, there’s a range of holidays to suit a cionados and beginners alike.
The itinerary includes Ho Chi Minh City and cycling along the Mekong Delta to explore Angkor Wat, Cambodia. The next tour departs in December and costs £2,479 per person. The price includes flights, 12 nights’ hotel accommodation on a bed and breakfast basis, three other meals, bike hire, transport and the services of a tour leader, cycle guide, local guides and driver.
0844-499 0901, www.explore.co.uk
The Healthy Holiday Company offers a fournight break based at Reads Hotel, Majorca. The hotel is well situated for less demanding, atter country rides as well as challenging cycling in the Tramuntana mountains. The trip costs from £1,165 per person, including return flights from London to Palma, transfers, breakfast and dinner each day, as well as one full day of private guiding with a local biking expert and three days of self-guided cycling. All cycling equipment is provided, as well as three relaxing massages. Departures are available throughout the year.
020-8968 0501, www.thehealthyholidaycompany.co.uk
Headwater has launched gentle self-guided cycling holidays around southern Spain’s Sherry Triangle, from £1,078 per person for seven nights with flights from Heathrow to Jerez (via Madrid). Starting and ending in the Moorish city of Jerez, highlights include Arcos de la Frontera, reputedly Spain’s most beautiful town, hilltop Medina Sidonia and coastal Cádiz. Prices include accommodation in three-to-fivestar hotels, bike hire, detailed maps and notes and transport of bags between hotels. The holiday is available until 30 April next year; add £71 per person for a nine-night version.
01606-828559, www.headwater.com
If you want something a little more adventurous, MudTrek Mountain Bike Breaks, close to the worldrenowned Brechfa trails in Carmarthenshire, o ers a ski chaletstyle experience. You stay on Llanllwni Mountain and set o straight from your front door, with expertguided ‘o piste’ rides on o er. A twonight, fully catered break costs from £195 per person, based on four sharing Bay Tree Barn or the Hay Barn, including breakfast, packed lunch and twocourse evening meals.
01267-202423, www.mudtrek.com
More on Carmarthenshire: 01267-231557, www.discovercarmarthenshire.com
Contact Wendy at wendy.gomersall@lady.co.uk
CYCLING ALONG THE MEKONG
Adventure travel specialist Explore reports a surge in demand for cycling tours. The company’s programme includes the ‘easy’ graded, 13-day Mekong Delta And Angkor Tour in Vietnam and Cambodia.The itinerary includes Ho Chi Minh City and cycling along the Mekong Delta to explore Angkor Wat, Cambodia. The next tour departs in December and costs £2,479 per person. The price includes flights, 12 nights’ hotel accommodation on a bed and breakfast basis, three other meals, bike hire, transport and the services of a tour leader, cycle guide, local guides and driver.
0844-499 0901, www.explore.co.uk
ROAD BIKING IN MAJORCA
The Healthy Holiday Company offers a fournight break based at Reads Hotel, Majorca. The hotel is well situated for less demanding, atter country rides as well as challenging cycling in the Tramuntana mountains. The trip costs from £1,165 per person, including return flights from London to Palma, transfers, breakfast and dinner each day, as well as one full day of private guiding with a local biking expert and three days of self-guided cycling. All cycling equipment is provided, as well as three relaxing massages. Departures are available throughout the year. 020-8968 0501, www.thehealthyholidaycompany.co.uk
EXPLORING THE SHERRY TRIANGLE
Headwater has launched gentle self-guided cycling holidays around southern Spain’s Sherry Triangle, from £1,078 per person for seven nights with flights from Heathrow to Jerez (via Madrid). Starting and ending in the Moorish city of Jerez, highlights include Arcos de la Frontera, reputedly Spain’s most beautiful town, hilltop Medina Sidonia and coastal Cádiz. Prices include accommodation in three-to-fivestar hotels, bike hire, detailed maps and notes and transport of bags between hotels. The holiday is available until 30 April next year; add £71 per person for a nine-night version.
01606-828559, www.headwater.com
BRECHFA FOREST ADVENTURE
If you want something a little more adventurous, MudTrek Mountain Bike Breaks, close to the worldrenowned Brechfa trails in Carmarthenshire, o ers a ski chaletstyle experience. You stay on Llanllwni Mountain and set o straight from your front door, with expertguided ‘o piste’ rides on o er. A twonight, fully catered break costs from £195 per person, based on four sharing Bay Tree Barn or the Hay Barn, including breakfast, packed lunch and twocourse evening meals.01267-202423, www.mudtrek.com
More on Carmarthenshire: 01267-231557, www.discovercarmarthenshire.com
Contact Wendy at wendy.gomersall@lady.co.uk