These relaxed cycling holidays are a good choice for first timers, families with children, or mums and dads who haven’t been on a bike in years! They follow mainly flat, gentle cycling routes with hardly any hills. Typically 2-4hrs cycling every other day. Longer route options are available for the more energetic. For further details on any of the holidays listed below, simply click on the holiday title.
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Contrasts of Catalunya Cycling
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Cycling holiday in Spain | Hotel-to-hotel | 1 bike
Packed with contrasts and variety, this easy 6-night cycling tour takes in the unspoilt Catalan coast, passing through olive groves, peach orchards and stunningly beautiful sun-coloured villages. All the hotels have pools, and 2 nights are spent in a luxury C14 castle.
Departures: JFMAMJJASOND
Contrasts of the Alentejo Cycling
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Cycling holiday in Portugal | Hotel-to-hotel | Upper 1 bike
With 300+ days of sunshine a year, it's little wonder that this holiday is such a winner with Headwater cyclists! But it's not just the weather: Portugal's Alentejo offers wonderfully deserted beaches, tiny white villages, gently rolling hills and colourful fishing harbours - all untouched by tourism.
Departures: JFMAMJJASOND
Highlights of Gozo Cycling
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Cycling holiday in Gozo | Hotel-to-hotel | Lower 1 bike
Wonderfully easy year-round cycling staying in luxury hotels - all with pools - and taking in ancient archaelogical treasures, hidden hilltop hamlets and colourful fishing villages. Beautful bays and stunning turquoise seas. Exceptional value for money too.
Departures: JFMAMJJASOND
Abbeys and Vineyards Cycling
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Cycling holiday in France | Hotel-to-hotel | 1 bike
An easy 6-night cycling holiday, perfect for people looking for a short break. World-famous wines (lots of tasting opportunities!), forgotten country villages, superb local cuisine.
Departures: JFMAMJJASOND
Austrian Lakes Cycling
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Cycling holiday in Austria | Hotel-to-hotel | Choose 1 or 2 bikes
The flexibility of this holiday make it an outright winner for families looking for gentle traffic-free cycling with lots more to do besides: pools, watersports, mountain rail rides, boat trips.
Departures: JFMAMJJASOND
Classic Burgundy Cycling
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Cycling holiday in France | Hotel-to-hotel | 1 bike
This 8-night cycling holiday really gets under the skin of Burgundy: its people, its villages, its waterways and, of course, its world-famous wines. The days have been specially designed to allow for lazy riverside lunches and gastronomic pit-stops!
Departures: JFMAMJJASOND
Classic Wye Valley Cycling
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Cycling holiday in Great Britain | Hotel-to-hotel | 1 bike
A popular 5-night cycling circuit taking in the quintessential British Wye Valley: Iron Age forts, the Black Mountains, the Welsh Marches and the lovely market town of Ludlow, food capital of central England!
Departures: JFMAMJJASOND
Coastal Croatia Cycling
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Cycling holiday in Croatia | Hotel-to-hotel | Upper 1 bike
The Istrian peninsula just south of Trieste is a superb backdrop for a cycling holiday. Swim in the clear blue waters of the Adriatic and stay in gorgeous Italianate harbour towns. Great food, interesting routes, masses of history and electrifying sunsets make discovering this coastline particularly memorable.
Departures: JFMAMJJASOND
Cycling in Emilia Romagna
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Cycling holiday in Italy | Hotel-to-hotel | Upper 1 bike
One of the flattest cycling routes in our programme, this is a great holiday for older couples or first timers. Highlights include gorgeous Comacchio, historic Ravenna and the splendid Renaisance city of Ferrara.
Departures: JFMAMJJASOND
Heart of Venetia Cycling
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Cycling holiday in Italy | Single centre | Choose 1 or 2 bikes
This single centre cycling holiday is a perfect choice for people wanting a genuine grass-roots Italian experience. You'll stay on a family-run farm, in the heart of the Venetian countryside, with private pool and vineyards. Venice, Verona and Padua are all possible day trips.
Departures: JFMAMJJASOND
Highlights of Holland Cycling
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Cycling holiday in Holland | Hotel-to-hotel | 1 bike
Travel from dunes and beaches to canals and windmills as you explore the beautiful, flower filled region of north west Holland, more than half of which has been reclaimed from the sea. Easy, varied and rewarding cycling on routes you can easily adapt for longer/shorter days.
Departures: JFMAMJJASOND
Lake Constance Cycling
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Cycling holiday in Austria | Hotel-to-hotel | Choose 1 or 2 bikes
With over 300kms of pancake flat cycling trails - plus the option to hop on/off the local train (with your bike) - this region is perfect for exploring by bike. You'll visit Baroque churches, Gothic cathedrals, fairytale palaces - and the views are pretty special too!
Departures: JFMAMJJASOND
Loire Gastronomic Cycling
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Cycling holiday in France | Hotel-to-hotel | Lower 1 bike
A gentle, unhurried introduction to the very essence of the Loire Valley: majestic chateaux, wide rivers, world-famous wines and some of the finest food we've ever eaten in France! Holiday includes two nights in a luxury chateau.
Departures: JFMAMJJASOND
Passau to Vienna Cycling
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Cycling holiday in Austria | Hotel-to-hotel | 1 bike
A very gentle linear route following the course of the River Danube - arguably the most beautiful river in Europe. Highlights include mediaeval Linz, UNESCO Krems and Benedectine Melk - stunning 360 views at every turn!
Departures: JFMAMJJASOND
Porto to Coimbra Cycling
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Cycling holiday in Portugal | Hotel-to-hotel | 1 bike
Pancake-flat beach-front cycling along some of the most spectacular stretches of coast we've ever seen! Starting in wine capital, Porto, your route heads south taking in vibrant market towns and seaside marinas before ending in Coimbra, Portugal's capital in the Middle Ages.
Departures: JFMAMJJASOND
Swiss Lakes Cycling
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Cycling holiday in Switzerland | Hotel-to-hotel | 1 bike
Beautifully flat traffic-free trails make this a popular cycling choice for novices or families with children. The route takes you via pretty riverside villages, past chic waterfront marinas and through protected nature reserves linked by sun-dappled trails.
Departures: JFMAMJJASOND
Vaucluse Vineyards Cycling
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Cycling holiday in France | Hotel-to-hotel | Upper 1 bike
A feast for foodies, this 8-night tour circles the famous Cotes de Rhone vineyards, and includes 2 nights in Vaison la Romaine - France's most extensive Roman site with 6000-seat theatre, baths, houses and streets. Swimming pools 6 nights out of 8.
Departures: JFMAMJJASOND
Villas and Vineyards Cycling
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Cycling holiday in Italy | Hotel-to-hotel | 1 bike
Wonderfully flat hotel-to-hotel cycling route exploring the pretty villages, villas and castles of the Venetian countryside. Lots of historic interest and great regional cooking! A day trip to Venice is a 'must' with Padua and Vicenza also within reach.
