Loire self guided cycling vacation
From
£1959
To
£2099
9 Days including UK flights
More info:From £1769 - £1909 excluding flights.
“A relaxed nine day self-guided cycling trip, with fairytale chateaux, gourmet cuisine and fine wines all on the menu.”
Highlights
Chissay | Amboise | Chaumont | St-Dye-sur-Loire | Chambord | Château de Villesavin | Château de Troussay | Chitenay | Château de Cheverny | Château de Chenonceau | ChissayTravel Team
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Toll free 1-866-821-6866 Calling from outside the US? rosy@responsibletravel.comDeparture information
This vacation has departures every two days from May to October, please inquire for availability on all your tailormade trips.
Traveling by train:
We offer the possibility of traveling by train to and from the UK for this trip and can book this for you if required. Please inquire for further details.
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Community: We have designed the trip, in collaboration with local agents who have the best inside knowledge. On this trip we encourage and enable our guests to try local cuisine and support local businesses, to chat with local people, visit local attractions such as the magnificent castles along the river, cafes and bars, purchase local produce including the wines and world-famous patisseries, and discover what life is really like amongst the beautiful gardens and fine art of the Loire! We also offer a wine service in the Loire region - any customers who want to purchase local wines can do so en route and any purchases are collected by our Local Representative and delivered to the final hotel on the route.
Group size: This is a self-guided vacation with departures every 2-3 days and low passenger numbers, helping to keep environmental impact to a minimum, and reduce over-tourism. Self-guided vacations in our regions with Local Reps (including The Loire) are possible with a minimum of one person on any departure dates; however we would always hope that more people would want to visit this amazing wine-producing and historical region!
Activity: Few vacations have as little detrimental impact on the environment and local residents as a cycling trip. It is a quiet, low impact activity requiring comparatively little resources to support. We encourage our customers to either walk or cycle between hotels therefore reducing the overall carbon footprint on the vacation. We do believe in leaving more than just bike tracks and encourage our customers to calculate their own carbon footprint for their vacation and make a donation to offset their effects to the World Land Trust.
UK office: In addition to the careful planning that goes into each and every one of our tours, we also have a policy of operating our office in a responsible manner - to reduce the impact on our local environment. We turn off all lights, printers, photocopiers and PCs at the end of each day: a PC monitor switched off overnight saves enough energy to microwave six meals; leaving a computer on 24/7 costs four times more than if you switch it off; a photocopier left on overnight uses enough energy to produce over 1,500 copies. We use energy-efficient light bulbs and make sure they're regularly cleaned - dirty bulbs can reduce the amount of effective light by over 25%. We've turned down every radiator by one degree in a bid to reduce energy consumption by as much as 10%. All our brochures are printed on paper from sustainable sources and sent in bio-degradable packaging. We strive to reduce paper consumption and, what we do use, we recycle. We recycle all our used laser printer and inkjet cartridges.
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Community: We have designed the trip, in collaboration with local agents who have the best inside knowledge. On this trip we encourage and enable our guests to try local cuisine and support local businesses, to chat with local people, visit local attractions such as the magnificent castles along the river, cafes and bars, purchase local produce including the wines and world-famous patisseries, and discover what life is really like amongst the beautiful gardens and fine art of the Loire! We also offer a wine service in the Loire region - any customers who want to purchase local wines can do so en route and any purchases are collected by our Local Representative and delivered to the final hotel on the route.
Group size: This is a self-guided vacation with departures every 2-3 days and low passenger numbers, helping to keep environmental impact to a minimum, and reduce over-tourism. Self-guided vacations in our regions with Local Reps (including The Loire) are possible with a minimum of one person on any departure dates; however we would always hope that more people would want to visit this amazing wine-producing and historical region!
Activity: Few vacations have as little detrimental impact on the environment and local residents as a cycling trip. It is a quiet, low impact activity requiring comparatively little resources to support. We encourage our customers to either walk or cycle between hotels therefore reducing the overall carbon footprint on the vacation. We do believe in leaving more than just bike tracks and encourage our customers to calculate their own carbon footprint for their vacation and make a donation to offset their effects to the World Land Trust.
UK office: In addition to the careful planning that goes into each and every one of our tours, we also have a policy of operating our office in a responsible manner - to reduce the impact on our local environment. We turn off all lights, printers, photocopiers and PCs at the end of each day: a PC monitor switched off overnight saves enough energy to microwave six meals; leaving a computer on 24/7 costs four times more than if you switch it off; a photocopier left on overnight uses enough energy to produce over 1,500 copies. We use energy-efficient light bulbs and make sure they're regularly cleaned - dirty bulbs can reduce the amount of effective light by over 25%. We've turned down every radiator by one degree in a bid to reduce energy consumption by as much as 10%. All our brochures are printed on paper from sustainable sources and sent in bio-degradable packaging. We strive to reduce paper consumption and, what we do use, we recycle. We recycle all our used laser printer and inkjet cartridges.
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From
£1959
To
£2099
9 Days including UK flights
More info:From £1769 - £1909 excluding flights.
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