Perhaps you haven't considered taking your family on a European bicycle vacation, but it can truly be the trip of a lifetime for everyone! We offer numerous destinations that are suitable for families and feature easy cycling along bicycle paths and a myriad of activities to inspire the young, as well as the young at heart. Stop at a traditional working windmill on the Windmills, Woodlands, and Wildflowers cycling tour in Holland, visit the fairy-tale Castle in Usse that inspired "Sleeping Beauty" on the La Loire: Castles to Coteaux bike tour in France, or pedal the scenic river bike paths along the peaceful Meandering Mosel Valley bicycle tour in Germany. Every day offers surprising new experiences with each turn of the wheel.
For families who don't need the added luxury of 4- or 5-star hotels and prefer fewer group dinners, we offer
Comfort Tours on many departures. These provide savings of up to 25 percent. We invite you to call with your questions. We're happy to help!
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Canoe option to Pont du Gard in Provence France
Tour prices include 3-, and 4- star hotels, three to multi-course dinners, breakfast each day, route maps and directions, van support and 24-hour service from of our fun-loving, expert, multi-lingual guides.
Not only are bike tours a great family vacation, but if you have eight or more in your family we can even arrange a private bicycle trip, tailor-made just for you. We have hosted as many as four generations on our custom family bicycle tours. With a personalized cycling vacation you can even decide how many meals you want to include and what level of accommodations you prefer. What better way to get kids interested in travel, culture, history and cuisine? You really can't find a better educational opportunity! It's not just a bike ride, rather it's a medley of fun to experience, see and share with the most important people in your life. Each year we welcome more families who love spending time together exploring diverse cultures, discovering intriguing places and even learning a bit of a new language.
Our staff will be happy to work with you to make the planning fun and easy. You might expect this kind of service to come at a high price, but we work hard to keep our prices affordable.
Still not convinced? Here is my personal story of traveling with my wife and daughter on our annual European bicycle tours. Neither my wife nor my daughter are avid cyclists. We started taking our daughter to Europe when she was five, and even though cycling was not one of her interests at the time, she had a blast. We have taken a family bicycle tour every year since then.
We went on Taste of Provence bicycle tour in France since my wife had always wanted to visit there. Since I am a halfway decent cyclist, I figured I could always do the pedaling for my daughter while she looked at the scenery from the trailer bike. We stopped at most of the play grounds along the way and usually rode about 15 mile before she asked "dad, does the next hotel have a pool?" Then we would hitch a ride in the van and mom would finish the regular route. She was the only child on the tour, but all of the guests were happy to have her along and by the end of the tour she had made a drawing for everyone on the tour.
When my daughter was six we joined the Meandering Mosel Valley bicycle tour in Germany and were fortunate to have three other families that joined the tour as well.
I brought along a few two-way radios and the kids were gabbing from the back of their trailer bikes all day long!
The next year we were contacted by one of the other families from this trip who said they had so much fun they wanted to go on another bike tour and would love it if we would come along. We now travel with this family every year. Their daughter and our daughter have become great friends and even though they live in another part of the country, when they get together it is as though they were never apart. The kids are not always interested in the same things as the adults, being early teenagers now, but when they tire of cycling they hop in the van and head to the next town to check out the shops or go swimming.
Once you try a family bicycle vacation you just can't think of a better family activity! If you would like to see more photos from the trips, click on the slide show at the top of the page for each tour.
Call us at (800) 321-6060 or send an e-mail with your questions and ideas. We'll be happy to help you plan your next European vacation.
