Czech Bike Tours Are Unique

The Czech Republic may not spring to mind immediately as a place to go on a bike tour, but it certainly is a wonderful place to holiday, whether on a bicycle or not. Czech bike tours are unique, simply because they are a little off the beaten path. You will be experiencing things that other people have not and enjoy all the things that come with a cycling tour.

There are many roads that are conducive to Czech bike tours. If you choose, you can have a journey that takes place mostly on tarred roads with very easy terrain in between, or a route that is mostly difficult terrain with short breaks of tarred road. The choice is yours, depending on your ability and fitness level.

Easy Trails

One of the easiest trails that you can follow on Czech bike tours, is a route that follows the Elbe river. This route is mostly downhill and requires little effort or a high endurance level. This is the Czech bike tour that would be ideal for a family holiday. Even the little ones will be able to keep up and have fun. There are stunning views of the river and many beautiful little towns along the way.

Some of these towns have beautiful historical monuments that you can visit. Do your research and decide which towns you would like to visit and which monuments are truly different and of interest to you. There are also some castles along this route and a detour to visit these places is definitely a must, if only to say you have been to a castle.

Timing Your Holiday

Czech bike tours have to be timed carefully, just like any cycling holiday, to make sure that you have nice weather. It is no fun cycling when the weather is unbearably hot and you are suffering from heatstroke midway through your holiday. The summer months of July and August are quite hot and crowded, as this is peak tourist season. If you want to take your time when visiting places of interest and don’t want the crowds, then avoid this time of the year.

The weather is pleasant around the months May, June and September. However if you have to go in July and August choose the mountain trails, as they will be cooler and good cycling weather, especially if your days are going to be long ones. April to October are considered the best months for Czech bike tours, so plan your time and journey around these factors.

Self Guided Bicycle Tours Through Europe

A unique experience, is seeing Europe through a self guided bicycle tour. It is guaranteed to be one of the best vacations in your lifetime. It’s easy to view the world from the seat of a bicycle. You see so much more from a bike than you do through from the window of a car. Taking a bicycle tour through Europe is as easy as deciding which country you want to start from.

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 beginner 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, 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.

It’s been said that Holland is such a low country; one can see the horizon from under the belly of a cow. You can try this for yourself when you take the Dutch Lowlands bicycle tour through Europe. Ride your bike along the sluices, bridges and other waterworks that keep the Netherlands above water, if not above sea level.

For families with children aged between 7 and 11, the cycle and sail holiday takes you on a guided tour for seven nights. Activities of interest for 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.

Even if you’ve been to Europe before, you haven’t seen it all unless you have taken a bicycle tour through Europe.