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Family Cycling Holiday Guide

About Cycling Holidays - Holiday Companies
 
Company Details
This section lists the companies that provide family cycling holidays along with a summary of what they offer. If you need more details, please click on the links to visit the company website or request their brochure.
 
Companies Listed
Andalucian Cycling Experience, Breton Bikes, CycleActive, LB Freedom Tours.
 
Andalucian Cycling Experience

The Andalucian Cycling Experience is a friendly, fun, family business. It provides family and leisure cycling holidays through many beautiful 'Pueblos Blancos' (White Villages) of Andalucia. The rides are all rated 'Easy' and are completed at your own pace with as many rest stops and photo stops as you wish. Options for family cycling are either a point to point White Village Tour or to be based in Montecorto and ride out each day. If based in Montecorto, you can decide exactly how far you wish to ride and, if required, can be picked up in the support van when you have had your fill of cycling.

Destinations Spain: based in Montecorto, Andalucia.
Accommodation

There are options of staying in a villa, townhouse or farmhouse:

Villa. This sleeps up to six people and is in Montecorto. The villa has a fully epuiped kitchen, lounge with TV, bathroom, sun terrace, garden with BBQ area and a swimming pool.
Town house. This sleeps four people and is in the centre of Montecorto. The house has a fully equiped kitchen,washing machine, lounge with Hi-Fi, roof terrace and a courtyard for safe storage of the bikes. Both bedrooms are en-suite.
Farmhouse. An idyllic rural hotel which has been converted from a traditional Spanish farmhouse or Cortijo. This option is on a bed and breakfast basis, evening meals are available from the hotel.
Activities

Cycling: Bikes either, Trek Hybrids with front suspension or hard-tail Orbea mountain bikes with disc brakes are provided. Tag-alongs and buggies can be provided for those family members too young to ride independently. Rides are tailored to suit ability and fitness levels, but if you find the rides too demanding you can call upon the support van to to be picked up! Buggies are available for 1 - 3 year olds. Tag-alongs for 3 - 7 year olds.

Other Activities: Kayak canoeing, archery, hiking, canyoning, rock climbing, horse riding and caving. All these activities are arranged through other local companies.
Childcare No childcare.
Minimum Age

1 year. 7 year olds ride independently.

Breton Bikes

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Breton Bikes has been in operation since 1989 and specialises in cycle camping holidays. Cycle camping is cycle touring where you carry your own tent and equipment. Breton Bikes also offers hotel cycle touring holidays and fixed centre cycle tours from a campsite or hotel base. The fixed centre camping option is ideal for families with young children whilst those with teenage children may prefer one of the easier cycle camping tours. Breton Bikes have a full range of child carriers and kids bikes available for family cycle camping holidays. 
Destinations France.
Accommodation Lightweight tents for cycle camping holidays. Fixed frame tents for fixed centre camping holidays. Small hotels for hotel touring and fixed centre hotel holidays. All camping equipment and tents are provided for you.
Activities Cycling: High specification touring bikes are provided. For children, baby seats, 2-seat baby trailers, trailer bikes and small mountain bikes can be provided. Tandems are also available, including one small enough at the back for an eight year old to sit on.
Childcare No childcare.
Minimum Age 1 year.
CycleActive

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CycleActive offer a wide range of cycling holidays and courses throughout the world for all levels of rider. They have 2 family biking holidays designed to satisfy kids and adults alike. The first is a cycle tour through the villages, mountains, beaches and forests of rural Cuba. The second is a hotel based activity week at Lake Garda in Italy. Here the week’s activities are based around alternate days of family mountain bike rides on easier terrain then more demanding rides for more experienced bikers only. Family members not riding on the more demanding days are offered a range of alternative activities to choose from. All of the holidays are graded by skill and fitness level to help you choose the most appropriate holiday for your famliy. CycleActive also offer junior cycling courses and daily bike rentals from their base in Cumbria.

Destinations Cuba: Havana, Trinidad, Escambray mountains, Santa Clara, La Guira National Park, Vinales Valley.
Italy: Lake Garda activity week.
Accommodation 2* or 3* hotels with en-suites and swimming pools.
Activities Cycling: Bikes can be rented at your destination or you can take your own. Tag-alongs can be rented or you can purchase your own through the CycleActive discount scheme and then take it with you on holiday. All flights are planned with cycle carriage in mind.
Other Activities: Swimming, snorkelling, walking and sightseeing along the route in Cuba. At Lake Garda, non-riders are offered a a range of activities such as windsurf lessons, sailing, boat and cable car trips, mountain hikes, via ferrata trips and climbing lessons.
Childcare Babysitting can be organised on some nights.
Minimum Age 6 years.
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LB Freedom Tours

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LB Freedom Tours offers self-guided cycling holidays to European destinations. It has both touring holidays, where you move on from location to location and single base holidays, where you explore by bike from the same location. The self-guided cycle tours involve riding on alternate days with a day off to explore at each destination. Specific dates on a number of the tours have been designated as 'Family Specials' where adults and children can have fun together following family-friendly routes. LB Freedom Tours also offer walking holidays using the same concept.  
Destinations France: The French Alps.
Italy: Tuscany, Umbria.
Sardinia: Costa Verde, Costa del Sud, Stintino, Alghero.
Sicily: Palazzolo Acreide, Noto, Ragusa, Syracuse.
Switzerland: The Swiss Alps
Accommodation 2, 3 and 4 star hotels, mainly on a half board basis. Luggage is transported on all tours. 
Activities Cycling: LB Freedom Tours provides you with a touring bike for the duration of your holiday. It can also provide baby seats, baby trailers and tag-along bikes for children up to 5 years. Mountain bikes for children are also available.
Childcare No childcare. 
Minimum Age 1 year. 8 years to cycle independently.
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