Taking Self Guided Bicycle Tours Through Europe

If you want to see Europe in a unique and different way, then you should consider bicycle tours through Europe.  Exploring Europe through a bicycle tour is a unique experience.  You can be certain that this will be one of the best vacations of your lifetime. Imagine taking in all the sights and sounds from the seat of your bicycle. You see so much more from a bike than you do through the window of a car.

Is this sounds appealing to you, then you should know that taking a bicycle tour through Europe is much easier than you may think.  In fact, the most difficult part may be deciding which country you want to start from.

Bicycle Tours Through Europe: Starting In Germany

A variety of bicycle tours through Europe start in Germany.

The Lake Constance self guided tour through Bavaria starts in the town of Lindau, which calls itself "the happy end of Germany." This ride is not recommended for beginners, as the elevation through the Allgaeu Mountains of Bavaria and the highlands of the Allgaeu call for strong climbing legs. The scenery is well worth the effort, with views of the spectacular alps, alpine lakes, and forests. This is a self guided, seven-night tour.

A much better option for beginning cyclists is the bicycle path that goes round Lake Constance. This path is the most popular bicycle riding route in all of Europe. Travel through the medieval villages of Meersburg, Lindau, Stain, and Konstanz. This is a self guided, seven-night tour.

The Innsbruck to Munich bicycle tour through Europe is another challenging bit of roadway, with high mountains and deep canyons providing challenges and thrills. You'll be amazed by the beauty of the Ziller Valley, with its rustic guest houses and turquoise blue water. This is a self guided, six-night tour.

The Four Countries, Three Lakes tour takes cyclists through Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Austria and Germany and along three picturesque lakes. This seven night tour is also self guided.

The Berlin to Copenhagen tour provides 400 miles of scenic cycling on some of the best maintained bike paths in Europe. You'll see rustic fishing villages and royal palaces as you travel quiet country roads.

Bicycle Tours Through Europe: Starting In Holland

Holland is known to be a very low country.  In fact, you may have heard the saying that  Holland is such a low country, you can see the horizon from under the belly of a cow. If you want to know if this is true, you'll get a chance to try it for yourself when you take the Dutch Lowlands bicycle tour through Europe. Ride you bike along the sluices, bridges, and other waterworks that keep the Netherlands above water, if not above sea level.

This can also be a great vacation idea  for families with children aged between 7 and 11.  There is a cycle and sail holiday that takes you on a 7 day guided tour. Activities of interest to children are included in this tour. Sail across Ijssel Lake to the port town of Hoorn, then cycle to an open air museum and other sight seeing destinations.  This is one vacation your kids will remember way into their adulthood.

You may be thinking…"I have been to Europe before".   Truth is, even if you've been to Europe before, you really haven't seen it all unless you have taken a bicycle tour through Europe.  It's a unique experience you don't want to miss.

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