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Cycling Holidays, Bicycle Tours, Family Vacations and Biking Vacations in France, hotel, camping and gite based.

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• Home Page • About Brittany and France • Cycle camping Holidays • Hotel Holidays • Routes For 2006 • September Led Trip for 2006 • Gite Holidays • Children and cycling • Bikes Equipment and Backup supplied • Prices, Booking information, booking form and 'getting to us' • Contact • FAQ •

THE PEOPLE

Brittany is unique. Jutting out west into the Atlantic, it is the Celtic homeland of France. With strong links to Wales, Ireland and Cornwall. Reminders of its history are everywhere - lonely celtic crosses by the road, huge standing stones, the celtic names and the strange language spoken by the old folk in tiny village bars. The Bretons do not consider themselves to be truly French, rather a nation within a nation. As a people their warmth and friendliness seem inexhaustable and over the last ten years many of our customers have come back with tales of little kindnesses, long bar room conversations and simple generosity. Perhaps the most graphic example of this being that crime in Brittany is practically unknown. In ten years not one of our customers has had anything stolen, despite bikes and valuables left unattended for hours. In fact every year we get told of wallets or cameras forgotten in bars or shops being still there hours later. If you want to learn more about the area go see www.brittanytourism.com

THE COUNTRYSIDE

Brittany has so much to offer the cycletourist. Our base is in the centre; quiet, unspoilt, with few tourists and a rural landscape little changed in the past 50 years. Here the fields are small with tall hedges full of mature trees. As the farming is less intensive than in most of Europe there is wildlife in abundance, and some of our cyclists have even seen such rarities as wild boar. This part is not flat, but has a rolling landscape that at least gives you downhills to rest on! The tiny country lanes that make up much of our routes are very quiet, you are more likely to meet a tractor than a car. These lanes link ancient villages, each with its own bar and usually a baker where you can buy bread baked that morning, or the most mouthwatering cakes. For those who like it easy, we have the Nantes-Brest canal at our doorstep, with its cyclepath beside it running for over 100 miles. Other cyclepaths mean that if you wish you could cycle off road on the flat for most of a week. The rest of Brittany is within easy reach of our base in the centre, bustling market towns, wide lakes, and beautiful river valleys. You can go south to the coast where sandy beaches stretch as far as the eye can see and Megalithic standing stones dominate the landscape. This is a more commercial area, if you fancy a quieter less touristy area, the dramatic north coast becons with its sandy bays and steep cliffs. Perhaps you'd like a tour to one of the offshore islands on the north or south coast or cycle up to the windswept moors - anything is possible. One thing is for sure, everyone who comes here falls in love with the place.