Top 5 advantages of cycling holidays in Europe

With traveling becomes a popular activity among younger generations that have plenty of energy and time, various different types of travel package are also getting more popular these days. Instead of joining those boring conventional guided tours, young travelers will look for travel types that are both challenging and frugal. Cycling tour is one of their favourites.

Self guided cycling holidays in Europe is getting more popular among budget travelers especially those who are traveling Europe. There are many tour packages to cover various parts of Europe. Budget travelers who wish to spend less on local transport and have ample of time to stay longer to take plenty of travel photos along the way in between cities in Europe, will be attracted to self guided cycling tours.

Cycling holidays packages that involve cycling in transporting from one destination to another, either self-guided or guided, normally cover a relatively short distances over 3 to 5 days. This relatively new mode of travel has several advantages over conventional holiday package. Here are the top 5 advantages of cycling holidays in Europe:

1. Saving on local transportation and tour guide. With bicycle provided and transfer merely by cycling, no extra cost needed for coach or train, off course, the following tour guide;
2. Self guided freedom to enjoy your holidays at your own pace. No more rushing and no coach waiting! Just take your own sweet time to travel to your next destination or hotel. If you are exhausted, lying on the garden field and enjoying the sunlight;
3. Opportunities to take travel photos in beautiful European countrysides. European countrysides are one of the most beautiful in the world. Along the cycling routes crossing the villages, an abundance of landscape scenes could be captured;
4. Fun and wild with opportunity to make friends in your cycling tour group. Be an energetic young traveler and widen your social network along the cycling road, and
5. Can be easily inserted into your Europe travel plan as 3 to 4 days sub tour. If you are spending a week in France, you can join a short cycling tour to visit some of the best vineyard in Burgundy and taste some of the best white wine in Chablis.

For those who are interested in cycling or wish to exercise on vacation, there are numbers of cycling holidays options available and specialists such as Skedaddle could pick the right package for your needs. After all, cycling holidays is something worth and special to be included in your Europe tour. 🙂 – Travel Feeder, the ultimate travel photo blog.

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Cecil Lee

The author is an avid traveler and photography hobbyist who loves to share with others his travel and photo-taking experience in many popular tourist destinations around Europe, Asia and Australasia. Read the exciting stories with many photos captured on his journeys.