Cycling Holidays

Cycling Holidays

See the world differently by bike

Family Cycling Holidays

Enjoy freedom and fresh air with the family

Gastronomic Cycling Holidays

A perfect blend of wine, food and cycling

Hotel & Cycle Holidays

Explore our extensive range of tours

Bike & Boat Holidays

Hop aboard for an unforgettable experince

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Cycling Holidays in Europe are incredible, especially when booked with the meticulous care taken by Pedal Ventures. See the world differently by bike, it’s healthy exercise and perfect therapy for the mind, body and soul. Cycling holidays give you the ultimate freedom, clock up the miles and appreciate all the hidden wonders of the surrounding natural environment on the way. Our special hand-picked tours will provide the perfect recipe for cycling holidays which will be hard to beat!

Family Cycling Holidays

Whatever your interests, family cycling holidays are fast becoming a sought after alternative to the traditional family holidays of the past. With bikes, trailers and accessories for hire, catering along the routes designed for kids of all ages, luggage transfer arranged between accommodations and triple or quad rooms available wherever possible, convenience and cost have been objectively considered on each of our popular tours. Try something new this year, try our cycling holidays for families.

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Bike & Boat Holidays

If there were one way to make cycling holidays even more exciting than they already are, accommodation on a floating hotel would probably be the answer. Luckily for you, we offer a number of thrilling bike and boat tours across both Italy and France, onboard one of our four magnificent barges and river cruisers. A bike by day for transport, a boat by night for meals and a good sleep, our en-suite cabins provide you with all the comfort of a cosy hotel, with the added bonus of returning to the same room each day throughout your tour.

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Gastronomic Cycling Holidays

Wine tasting cycling holidays are the perfect way to both relax and explore. With the options of guided, self-guided, hotel and boat touring, the opportunities for a wonderful wine tasting holiday are endless. Should you be in any doubt of what exactly it is we offer, just take a quick look at our bike and hotel or bike and boat cycling holiday pages, which describe all the particulars of our cycling holidays. We look forward to sharing a bottle with you in the future. Cheers!

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Hotel & Cycle Holidays

Hotel and cycle holidays are our most extensive and popular cycling tours. We offer over 20 different routes across both Italy and France (some poking into England and Croatia), each catering to your different levels of experience and varied requirements. For the romanticists among you, a number of tours include a stop off in one of the most beautiful cities in the world – Venice, where you can marvel at the bold and intricate architecture of the floating city. For the more scenically inclined cyclist, the Tuscan Hills provide a most luscious setting from which to explore just some of the regions 120+ protected nature reserves.

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Family Cycling Holidays

Family Cycling Holidays

Enjoy freedom and fresh air on two wheels with the family

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Cycling, as we know, is not just reserved for the super-fit elite. A huge part of our tours is based around the exploration of foreign lands and the enjoyment of a journey orientated two-wheeled freedom. In light of this, our cycling holidays for families have been specifically designed with the younger ones in mind and cater to both their inherent love of the outdoors and natural sense of adventure.

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Shorter daily stages follow cycle paths or the quietest of roads and ensure the highest level of safety when it comes to family cycling. Skirting the rolling Berici Hills of Vincenza or the fertile farmlands of Touraine, both Italy and France are home to some of Europe’s most beautiful and popular cycle routes. Whilst simplicity and scenery are high up on the agenda of our family cycling holidays, each tour provides something a little different, directed specifically towards the individual interests of your children. For those interested in history, our family cycling holiday in France is a ‘fairy-tale freewheel’ amongst the Castles of the Loire Valley. It also has the benefit of only 2 hotel changes, between the Amboise and Chitenay hotels, both of which have family friendly swimming pools. In contrast, our Lake Garda tour in Italy takes you to one of Europe’s top theme parks, Gardaland, offering dozens of rides and attractions. Alternatively, Peschiera, where Gardaland is famously situated, also houses the Sealife Aquarium or Canevaworld Aquapark.

Whatever your interests, family cycling holidays are fast becoming a sought after alternative to the traditional family holidays of the past. With bikes, trailers and accessories for hire, catering along the routes designed for kids of all ages, luggage transfer arranged between accommodations and triple or quad rooms available wherever possible, convenience and cost have been objectively considered on each of our popular tours. Try something new this year, try our cycling holidays for families.

Family Cycling Holidays in Italy

Discover the cultural heritage and sparkling islands of the Amalfi Coast and the Gulf of Naples. With so much art, history and glorious scenery to discover in Italy, cycling here is a real joy; the delicious cuisine and superb wines are just the icing on the cake on a family cycling holiday in Italy. Whatever your families level and whatever scenery you like to explore on your bike holiday, Italy has something for you.

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Family Cycling Holidays in France

Rolling hills, winding rivers, vast open plains and a network of quiet cycle tracks, ‘Green Ways’; it’s little wonder France is one of the most popular family cycling destination in the world. Planned with a natural penchant for detail; we offer a number of stunning French tours, each accompanied by boat or hotel stays and varied in exactly what they have to offer.

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Family Cycling Holidays in Germany

Explore and discover Germany by bike on a family cycling holiday. We have a great selection of tours at Pedal Ventures and would thoroughly recommend Germany as the destination for families. On many of the tours you will mix with other like minded families ensuring you and your children are kept entertained.

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Waging a war on cars?

The Wiggins effect or ever-increasing fuel prices? Whatever the reason, recent reports suggest that bikes are out-selling cars with 3.6 million bikes being sold in 2012, compared to 2 million of it’s four-wheeled competitor. Call it inspiration following the success of our British Cycling teams or a desire to seek a healthier lifestyle, even to cut commuting costs, the UK is fast becoming the most enthusiastic cycling nation in Europe.

More cash is being invested by the Government to improve infrastructure and to make roads safer for cyclists. Further reports from the Governments National Travel Survey, show people are looking to cut costs for shorter journeys, collecting the kids from school or a quick pop to the local shop for milk. With increasing household budgets, city congestion and parking charges and people looking for a cheaper and healthier mode of transport, the people of the UK are depending less on cars and it’s easy to see the reasons why.

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Nine Million and counting….

Cycling Popularity in the UK

Following a recent report by Sports Marketing Surveys Inc. (SMS Inc.), almost 9 million of us Brits have taken to pedal power. According to this exciting research, 17% of us are cycling, on average, 50 times a year with a fifth of those, at least once per week.

Now, if we have indeed done our math correctly here, that means cycling is currently the UK’s 3rd most popular sport, just behind running and swimming. Statistics show, if this rapid growth continues, it could well reach the top spot! Here’s hoping…

Interestingly, road cycling makes up 80% of the form of this sport, the most common reason being for recreational purposes.

Considering these fascinating figures, we say it’s time to hit those pedals and enjoy the many benefits of a cycling holiday!

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