VBT Bicycling Vacations

Highlights

• Learn how cider is made during a visit to a family-run apple orchard—and enjoy a taste and picnic.
• Visualize the dramatic events of D-day as you tour Omaha Beach with a local guide.
• Stroll a fairytale setting of ramparts, half-timbered houses, and harbor views on a guided tour of the Breton town of Dinan.
• Savor crepes, a paper-thin-style savory pancake and specialty of Brittany and Normandy during dinner at an authentic creperie.
• Visit spectacular Mont Saint-Michel, the medieval island village crowned by its well-preserved Benedictine abbey.

Highlights

• Explore the medieval fortress and fascinating fishing museum in the tiny village of Komiža on the island of Vis.
• Cycle into historic cities central to the past and culture of the Dalmatian Islands: Korčula, Hvar, Jelsa, Stari Grad, Postira, Pučišća.
• Learn some Croatian cooking tips during a demonstration with your onboard chef—and savor the results for dinner.
• Visit one of the last remaining stonecutters’ schools, on the island of Brač.
• Taste unique Dalmatian wines in one of the well-known local wineries.

Highlights

• Learn how historic windmills work and how they are used to reclaim land called “polders.”
• View rare and historic flower bulbs at the flower garden museum, Hortus Bulborum.
• Explore the living catalog of spring flowers at Keukenhof Gardens.
• Explore Holland’s “Green Heart,” a rural and peaceful nature zone.

Highlights

• Learn how historic windmills work and how they are used to reclaim land called “polders.”
• View rare and historic flower bulbs at the flower garden museum, Hortus Bulborum.
• Explore the living catalogue of spring flowers at Keukenhof Gardens.
• Explore Holland’s “Green Heart,” a rural and peaceful nature zone.

Highlights

• Delve into the imagination of artist Vincent van Gogh on a private guided tour.
• Roll through pastoral landscapes of olive groves, vineyards, farms, and villages, set against the lofty Alpilles.
• Stride across the Pont du Gard, the magnificent, UNESCO-cited Roman aqueduct.
• Join a local guide on a tour of Avignon, the “City of the Popes.”

Highlights

• Learn about Banff National Park, part of a UNESCO World Heritage site and Canada’s first national park.
• Spin downhill along the magnificent Bow Valley Parkway, a stunning wilderness corridor.
• Observe wildlife from the saddle–including elk, deer, bighorn sheep, bald eagles, and even black and grizzly bears.
• Pass panorama after panorama of jaw-dropping alpine splendor as you cycle in Kananaskis Country.
• Hike the trails of Ptarmigan Cirque to an alpine meadow with epic views.

Highlights

• Unpack once, then bike and boat along the Danube in four countries and three cultural capitals—all on one trip.
• Follow the car-free and scenic Danube and EuroVelo 6 bike paths in this bicycle-friendly region.
• Sail through the scenic Danube Gorge to the Weltenburg Abbey.
• Choose to be as active or relaxed as you wish from our menu of cycling routes and walking tours.
• Enjoy an exclusive Viennese concert with the music of Strauss and Mozart.

Highlights

• Enjoy a wine tasting at a mountain hamlet famous for its Gewürztraminer.
• Savor house-made specialties from the gourmet restaurant of your 5-star hotel in a ski-resort town beloved by celebrities.
• See spectacular mountains rising around you as you ride through dramatic canyons and ravines.
• Cycle a Mediterranean-like paradise on the shores of Lake Garda.
• Explore the old town of Bolzano, where you can marvel at the museum’s renowned glacier mummy, Oetzi the Iceman.