Tour Details
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Carcassonne Countryside Biking Tour
6 Nights / 7 Days
Dates 2010
Season: April 1 -Sept 30
This tour starts any day except Sunday. Note: hotels in some locations close Oct 1.
Price
3 star and one 2 star hotels: 1115 euros per person, double occupancy. Solo supplement: 689 euros. Triples available at 1035 euros/person. Single supplement with 2 or more travelers: 299 euros.
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Bike Rentals: 105 euros (click to view) Scott Sportster P3 hybrids; see link for full details and picture. Helmets and add on materials included. Carbon road bikes available also see Cycling Classics for specs under Rental Bikes.
Scott Sportster P3 hyrid rentals - the best rental bike available in the region!
Child Trailers - please inquire
Level
Overall: 2; moderate
Day 2: rolling, 39 km
Day 3: rolling to flat, 43 km
Day 4: flat to rolling, 43 km
Day 5: flat to rolling, 51 km
Day 6: flat option on Canal du Midi 27-69 km
The trip includes
6 nights accommodations in mostly 3 star hotels and one 2 stars, all breakfasts, 4 dinners, a personalized welcome and orientation, bag transfers, routes, maps and descriptions, 1 GPS for 2 people, local emergency service, transfer to St Guilhem on Day 1. We also include free travel planning to add Paris hotels, car rentals, France hotels, trains, airport transfers, and more.
Additional Nights - please inquire.
Details
Minimum 2 persons.
Triple rooms are available as a double and single, but quads are not available.
Pedals on bikes are flat unless straps/cages are requested. Clipless pedals are not available, but can be installed if you bring them.
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Misc Info
Road bikes and child trailers possible.
You are important to us; so we make you thoroughly prepared and include:
Pre-trip travel documents: you will receive extensive information as a customer prior to your departure. Upon confirmation we will send you some general information about preparations including passport info, training tips, and reading lists. As a customer you can also Purchase product from Hammer Nutrition, get 2 FREE issues to Velo News, and much more!
Upon final payment, we will send to you a complete list of documentation by email including Hotel List, contact numbers, itineraries, sites to see and information about sites and culture of the region. We include road signs, packing lists, travel tips, language phrases, holiday info, tour details, culture and customs tips, and much, much more!
Carcassonne Bicycle Tour
Cycling in Languedoc to Carcassonne takes you away off the beaten path into the vineyards of the Herault Department where you start in the historical and picturesque village of St Guilhem le Desert. You will finish at Carcassonne where the French have such a charming accent, an accent that sings and enchants you with another way of French culture! Discover the lifestyle of this region of gastronomy, wine, and amazing countryside scenery. Experience the rural France life and visit one the most renown abbeys of France, explore the marvelous and intact medieval cite of Carcassonne, do wine tasting in the unpretentious appellations of good wine. We leave you for 2 nights to see one of the most beautiful villages of France in Carcassonne. |
 "We are back home and back to the office, sadly, from a great trip to Languedoc. I wanted to thank you for your help in setting this up. We had no problems we could not solve, and even found much more to explore and enjoy than we had anticipated in this real slice of France, no tourists except us. " -B. Amidon 
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Virtual Tour
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Itinerary
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DAY 1
Day 1: Arrival in Montpellier and transfer to St Guilhem le Desert to start your bike tour. Installation in nice 2 Star hotel where you will have an orientation by our staff, and then you can explore this fabulous village. Dinner included; and then after go to the central plaza for cafe or drink of your choice to soak up the ambiance of village dating to the year 804! (D)
Le Guilhaume d'Orange
2
St Guilhem le Desert
Located 30 minutes Montpellier, on the road to Compostelle, hotel and village will enable visitors t...
Day 2: Take some more time after breakfast to explore this fascinating village before you go out on a nice cycling trip to Moureze. On this cyling itinerary you will travel through rural and quiet countryside with several stops possible in villages along the way. This is also an important wine country, so tasting is very possible. You will pass the Lake of Salagou before you reach Moureze and your charming hotel. This little village is an outdoor place with some famous land formations that remind of the Italian Dolomites! 39km, flat to rolling. Dinner included. (B,D)
Hotel de la Source
3
Moureze-Villeneuvette
Charming 3 chimney hotel in Logis de France rating, in the heart of this community, yet in it's own ...
Day 3: Another day in the quiet back country of this region going to the village of Murviel Les Beziers and a very nice 3 star chateau hotel with pool. From Moureze you drop down onto a plain and can enjoy some flat riding and vineyard country. Dinner included. 43km. (B,D)
Hotel St Martin des Champs
3
Murviel les Beziers
Upscale hotel located in the countryside near Beziers in Southern Languedoc Roussillon. The hotel o...
Day 4: Leaving Murviel after breakfast, you will drop further south and west toward the Canal du Midi. The ride starts out flat before getting somewhat rolling. You will pass numerous villages dating from another time. At the end of the ride you are in Homps alongside the famed Canal du Midi. Some added optional riding is very possible along the canal. 51 km. Dinner included. (B,D)
Relais de Chevaliers de Malte
3
Homps
This is not a hotel, but a B&B (chambre d'hote). Situated in the Aude, at HOMPS, on the Canal du Mi...
Day 5: While you are just a short distance from Carcassonne, the eventual goal for the day, we invite you on a ride along the canal direct into Carcassonne or a longer diversion to Fabrezan and Lagrasse and then dropping back into La Cite where you hotel is situated just outside the fortress walls. Dinner on your own tonight - suggestions inside the Cite included. 43-69 km. (B)
Hotel Du Chateau
3
Carcassonne
The charm of the Hotel du Chateau is that it is rural yet metropolitan and sophisticated yet comfort...
Day 6: Bike ride optional today. With all there is to see and do in Carcassonne, we inserted this day to use as you wish. We will include 2 cycling tours, 30km or 67km, over flat terrain to see more of the surroundings but leaving time to explore this UNESCO World Heritage Site at Carcassonne. Dinner on your own tonight. (B)
Hotel Du Chateau
3
Carcassonne
The charm of the Hotel du Chateau is that it is rural yet metropolitan and sophisticated yet comfort...
Day 7: Departure afer breakfast. Trains from Carcassonne possible. Extra nights also possible, please inquire. (B)
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Optional Services:
Travel insurance, Paris museum & metro passes, Paris day tours, Lido shows, and other services. Cell phone rental and luggage storage services.
Note: prices subject to change based upon currency fluctuations. See Booking Terms and Conditions.
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