Cycling the Parenzana Trail The Parenzana Trail is a roughly 80 mile (129 km) cycling route that runs from Muggia, Italy to Poreč, Croatia. The trail follows the route of a narrow-gauge railway that operated between 1902 and 1935. We bicycle toured the Parenzana in mid-September of 2021, and it was a major highlight …
Bikepacking Western Slovenia Introduction to the Balkans Crossing borders in the Schengen Zone of Europe is exciting mentally but a little anticlimactic externally. There is no border guard station, no passport stamp, no customs. Just a small sign, if you’re lucky, letting you know that you’ve crossed into another country. Slovenia lies within the …
Bicycle Touring the Dolomites When we were researching our route through Europe and polling our friends for suggestions, the Dolomites kept popping up on our radar. The mountains acquired a certain mystique and allure as more people told us how spectacular they were. It wasn’t a hard decision to adjust our route to include …
Bicycle Touring the Swiss Alps The Alps are a legendary mountain range that stretches across eight European countries: France, Switzerland, Monaco, Italy, Liechtenstein, Austria, Germany, and Slovenia. Almost all of the highest peaks of the range are found within Switzerland, and the Alps constitute a significant percentage of Switzerland’s land area – roughly 60% …
The Loire Valley and Jura Mountains Bicycle Touring Across France France has excellent cycling infrastructure and a wealth of well-signposted bicycle routes. We initially planned to ride the EuroVelo Route 6 (EV6) from Nantes all the way to the Black Sea, but wound up deviating from this in favor of linking local bike routes …
Cycling Normandy and Brittany After riding La Seine à Vélo, we patched together several French cycle routes to visit the D-Day beaches, Mont Saint-Michel, and some historic towns in the regions. The route options are endless, and we were easily able to take cycle paths and country roads to the areas we wanted to …
La Seine à Vélo Bicycle Touring from Paris to the Atlantic Ocean La Seine à Vélo is a 260-mile (420 km) bicycle touring route that is relatively new (completed in October 2020) but is sure to be a fast favorite among those wishing to explore France by bicycle. Art enthusiasts will especially love meandering along …
