Looking for a self-guided cycle trip in the Loire Valley this Sept. 2007. Any suggestions for cycling companies, areas to cycle, and any other advice would be appreciated.
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Check the tour options on www.eurobike.com
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Further thoughts ---- Check http://users.ids.net/~tandem/loire.htm for a fairly comprehensive (though slightly dated) website dealing with self-touring on bikes in the Loire.
If this works out for you , you might want to come back and give a %26quot;Loire bicycle itinerary%26quot; in the %26quot;On-line Guidebook%26quot; here on TA.
P.S. don%26#39;t miss Chateau Chambord.
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www.valdeloire.org/front.aspx…
http://www.loire-a-velo.fr/
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%26#39;Just returned from a little bike tour in the Loire Valley, out of Tours. Our biking time was sadly limited to three days, but here are some links I just sent a friend, which may prove useful for you:
http://www.ids.net/~tandem/loire.htm - an American who will help you with the route, planning, and what to pack
bikingbis.com/blog/…2855668.html - more do-it-yourself info about biking in France
mayq.com/Best_european_trips/Loire/Loire.htm - lots of information and links about seeing the chateaux in the Loire Valley via bike
http://www.loire-a-velo.fr/ - information about an almost-completed bike path (800 km) across the Loire Valley. Click the British flag (upper right) for information in English.
visaloire.com/images/LAVCR_GB1110468929_8CR_…
Adobe file of the 2006 %26quot;Loire by Bike%26quot; handbook (with maps), described above. Not the newest version, but I couldn%26#39;t find the 2007 edition online, and this looks much the same as the 2007 pamplet I just picked up in France.
www.locationdevelos.com/en/randonnees.php - bicycle shop in Tours where we rented our (Trek hybrid) bikes and arranged the tour. I suggested a possible route, with the mileage we wanted to pedal each day. They provided bikes, lock, helmets, panniers, directions and maps to the most beautiful untravelled off-the-beaten-path roads you can imagine. Also reserved hotel, recommended restaurants, and arranged luggage transfer. I thought this bike tour was a little expensive, but after completing their route, we decided the maps and directions marking these picturesque backroads were priceless! Nathalie speaks excellent English, but was slow to reply to my first emails. Everything was nicely arranged, even though one of the chateaux we biked to turned out to be closed for rennovation. In America, you would expect them to check on things like that. Our luggage was transferred back to the shop after our return instead of to the hotel in Tours, but that worked out fine. We enjoyed the friendly hotel they recommended in Amboise. Occasionally the directions were hard to figure out, but we managed. Much of the first day was on a bumpy bike path along the Cher River. The route was all paved the next two days, we missed our road bikes and pedals! GREAT trip, fabulous countryside!
http://www.anjou-bike-center.com/menu.htm - Very nice couple who arrange bike tours out of Anjou. I emailed Claude several times about our options, then ended up leaving from Tours instead and using the shop above because it was more direct with our timing and the trains (we were coming from Bordeaux, and would have had to travel to Tours, then take a train back to Anjou. This would cut into our already limited biking time, and there are good chateaux from Tours, so we switched). Claude seemed very nice and good to work with, but may be more expensive.
Good luck with your route and plans!
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I would suggest inntravel.co.uk, they are a little expensive but they cart your luggage from hotel to hotel. I have heard several good reports about them
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