France Cycling Tour
You love cycling and do want to explore a slightly different area on your bike? What about France? Strictly speaking there is no better way to experience the beautiful French countryside, mountains and woods than on your own bike. There are so many possibilities to get to know France as a whole a little bit better: Whether you decide to cycle the world’s most popular vineyards, for instance along the famous “Route des Grands Crus” experiencing the outstanding land of chateaux, gardens and old castles, or you prefer watching the worldwide known Tour de France race one day of your stay in France. Maybe you succeed in climbing your own stage in the Alps the very next time when you are on a so-called cycling vacation in France. Cycling vacations do not only offer great cycling tours such as for example a bike tour in Burgundy or in the Loire Valley but also a general relaxing stay in France. You do have the possibility to enjoy an elegant and very delicious cuisine as well as regional and precious French wines. While doing a cycling pause, just discover French art and explore the general culture and history of this amazing country. And after being fed up with history, culture, art and museums, we recommend to climb on your bike and experience life as a local on a very special cycling tour in very particular French areas.
If you do want to go on a cycling vacation in France, it is not necessary to bring your own bike with you. There are loads of big or small bike rental outlets where you do have free choice of more than 100 different bikes. Please mind that the type of your bike should meet your own cycling capabilities on the one hand and also the respective cycling areas on the other hand. If you are a hobby biker you should better choose so-called vélos de routes. “Vélos de route” is the French term for a general and classical bike / bicycle. This bike can be used for plain areas such as general bicycle routes, paths, ways and grassland. If you do intend to do bike tours in the mountains or even cross-country, you do better with a general mountain bike or so-called vélos de montagne. In the case of choosing a mountain bike it proves to be very important that you are no biking beginner. Strictly speaking you should have profound cycling capabilities and basic know-how considering more demanding cycling areas such as mountains.
At this point it should also be mentioned that France provides small “companies” that do organize your individual cycling tour. Get useful and helpful information on www.discoverfrance.com and enjoy an unforgettable cycling vacation in France. www.discoverfrance.com is a team of specialists in organizing vacations in France, in particular cycling tours as well as hiking / walking tours throughout whole France. The webpage provides a great offer of interesting bicycle tours for every biker. Considering the physical demands of the respective tours it can be said that they do range from easy to challenging.