Highlights & Stories
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Featured / Highlights & Stories
2024 UK Expedition: Land’s End to John O’Groats
Want to know what it’s like to bicycle tour in Great Britain for 22 days on an ExperiencePlus! Expedition? Thanks to Kay and Kevin Funk, who joined the Land’s End to John O’Groats tour in 2024 and emailed us their… Read full article
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Bike and Boat Details for Greece Dodecanese Islands
Beginning in 2025, our gulet is is a traditional wooden-built luxury yacht, 41 meters in length, licensed for Turkish and Greek waters. Built in 1999 and re-modeled in 2023, the Aegean Clipper has 11 cabins. There are modern and spacious… Read full article
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Austria / Belgium / Croatia / Featured / France / Highlights & Stories / Italy / Netherlands / Portugal
Top 10 bike tours for families
Start a new tradition ExperiencePlus! has led every possible combination of grandparent, parent, child, uncle, sister in-law, and friend group on a vast array of private, custom and regularly published departures in Europe and South America since 1972. As a… Read full article
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Highlights & Stories / Portugal / Spain
What’s your Camino?
Choosing between Cycling the Camino de Santiago from Roncesvalles to Santiago in Spain and the Portuguese Camino from Coimbra offers two unforgettable journeys along Europe’s iconic pilgrimage routes. Each Camino brings its own challenges, landscapes, and cultural experiences, making them… Read full article
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Ready for Adventure? Seek out South America
Expedition: Cycling Chile’s Carretera Austral – 17-day guided tour Dates: January 4-20, 2025Price: $8,495 per person, based on double occupancy What is an ExperiencePlus! Expedition all about? Read this introduction to see if it’s right for you. The famed “Carretera… Read full article
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Self-guided: Italy’s Alpine Valleys with Erik Weihenmayer
Meet pioneering mountaineer Erik Weihenmayer. Perhaps most well-known for being the first blind person to summit Mt. Everest in 2001, Erik is now the first blind person to take an ExperiencePlus! self-guided tour. In mid-July 2024, Erik and his partner… Read full article
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Belgium / Denmark / Featured / France / Highlights & Stories / Italy / Spain
2025 New tours
Many people ask us how we decide where to go next. The process includes a dash of science and a splash of inspiration. We listen closely to traveler, local expert, tour leader and vendor partner recommendations, make a short list,… Read full article
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Featured / Highlights & Stories / Portugal
Azores Gravel Explorer: Green never looked so fun
When photos from the inaugural Azores Gravel Explorer started appearing in the tour photo gallery we got a few goose bumps. First, it was thrilling to see the tour finally in action. Developing a tour located on a remote island… Read full article
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Riding through time: UNESCO on The White Roads of Tuscany
Cyclists head to Tuscany to pedal quiet roads, drink amazing wine, savor Pecorino cheese, and immerse themselves in a remarkable landscape, such as what you encounter in the Val d’Orcia – a prominent corner of Tuscany best experienced cycling the… Read full article
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Spring to Normandy and fall for Brittany
Two primary destinations draw tourists from all walks of life to Normandy: the magical tide-engulfed island of Mont Saint-Michel and the hallowed grounds of the D-Day beaches. The allure of these coastal and storied Normandy sites is easy to grasp.… Read full article
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What’s wrong with the South of France?
Each year ExperiencePlus! staff in the U.S. are gifted the amazing opportunity to join a tour of their choosing. Sometimes we can’t realize our dreams because no one has booked the tour we want to take, and so it gets… Read full article
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The non-wine lover’s guide to Cycling Champagne & Burgundy
If you’ve never been cycling in France, consider our 8- and 11-day bicycle tours in the country’s northeastern regions of Champagne and Burgundy. These tours combine some of the best French history, culture, and traditions that you could experience on… Read full article
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Support for Cuban People
Experiencing Cuba’s Local Culture Americans are now welcome to travel to Cuba as long as their visit meets 1 of 12 approved ‘purpose of travel’ categories. Should you be joining us on one of our bicycle tours in Cuba your trip… Read full article
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Croatia / Featured / Italy / Portugal
Is a Gravel Explorer tour right for you?
Since launching our new Gravel Explorer tour style in 2022, almost 100 travelers have joined us on one of our new offerings in Croatia, Portugal and Italy. When we developed this new tour style, we wanted to create an affordable… Read full article
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Argentina / Belgium / Chile / Croatia / Czech Republic / Denmark / France / Germany / Highlights & Stories / Hungary / Netherlands / Portugal / Slovenia
Multi-country bicycle tours
Border crossings by bike The majority of our guided bicycle tours occur entirely within the geopolitical borders of a single country. Yet, many tours start in one country and end in another. These ‘multi-country’ tours are a great opportunity to… Read full article
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Top tours for seaside cycling
Top tours for seaside cycling Spring and summer are the times for renewal and what makes you feel refreshed more than taking a dip in the sea after (or during!) a long day’s ride on the Mediterranean (or the Adriatic,… Read full article
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Croatia / Highlights & Stories / Portugal / Slovenia / Spain
Top 5 back-to-back tours
We love the idea of making the most of your time and resources in Europe by combining tours in the same or different countries. Back-to-back tours also can help you ‘train your way’ into a harder tour by going on… Read full article
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A Brief Introduction to the Highlights of Alsace
Alsace is arguably the most unique region of France. As a place that has changed hands five times between France and Germany over the last 150 years, it is now a cultural crossroads where French finesse meets German gusto. Tucked… Read full article