Every self-guided tour includes:

• Detailed itinerary with daily stage information and route notes

• GPS tracks loaded to a navigation app before you leave

• All accommodations booked, with breakfast included

• Daily luggage transfer between hotels

• Bike rental delivered to your first hotel

• 24/7 support throughout your trip

You arrive, you ride. Everything else is handled.

No — but you need to be comfortable cycling the distances involved in your chosen tour.

The GPS tracks, daily route notes and pre-booked logistics make the process straightforward for first-timers. Navigation expertise or previous multi-day cycling experience is not required. What matters is that your fitness matches the tour's difficulty rating.

Our 24/7 support line is available throughout your tour.

For mechanicals — punctures, minor repairs — your pre-departure kit includes the basics and our route notes identify bike shops along each stage. For anything more serious — an injury, a significant mechanical, a change of plan — call us and we handle the solution, whether that's arranging a taxi, a train connection or alternative accommodation.

You are never genuinely stranded.

Before you leave, GPS tracks are loaded to a navigation app on your phone. Each day's route is pre-programmed with turn-by-turn directions, waypoints and points of interest.

No separate device is needed and there is no technical setup on arrival. Our pre-departure notes explain exactly how to use the app and what to do if you lose signal in remote areas.

Yes — within reason. The daily riding is entirely at your pace. Start early, stop for two hours at lunch, take an optional detour — the day is yours.

The accommodation is pre-booked, so significant changes to overnight stops require advance notice. If you want to rest a day or stay an extra night somewhere,get in touch before your tour and we can often arrange it.

Yes — typically meaningfully so.

Guided tours include the cost of an expert local guide and associated support infrastructure. Self-guided tours deliver the same quality of accommodation, logistics and route planning without that overhead.

For most cyclists the self-guided format also delivers a better experience — more freedom, more flexibility and a more authentic feeling of independent travel.

Significant. A DIY cycling holiday requires:

• Researching and booking every accommodation

• Planning every route and creating GPS tracks

• Handling any problems that arise without support

Our self-guided tours do all of that — drawing on years of local knowledge across 21 destinations — for a total price that typically costs less than organising the same quality independently.

It depends on the tour. Our tours are rated 1–5:

• 1–2/5 — flat to rolling terrain, suitable for leisure cyclists and beginners

• 3/5 — moderate terrain, suits regularly cycling riders

• 4–5/5 — sustained climbing and longer stages, requires solid fitness

If you're unsure which rating suits you,schedule a free meeting with our professionals before booking — we'll point you to the right tour.