Contributor: Barry Ridout In August 2023. I started my 10-day European cycling adventure in Bergamo, northeast of Milan, Italy. The aim was to do a loop east from Bergamo, around Lake Garda, head north through the Trento Valley to the Alps, climb Stelvio Pass and get to Bormio by day 5. From there, I head […]
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Contributor: Felipe Spina Embarking on a 42-day solo bikepacking and camping adventure around the top of New Zealand’s South Island turned out to be an incredible journey filled with unexpected challenges and breathtaking landscapes. My decision to hit the road was a spontaneous one, triggered by the impending end of my work contract and the
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Contributor: Lil Cub In 2019, after hiking the Appalachian Trail (AT), I returned home and decided to open up my place for the Florida Trail (FT) and Eastern Continental Trail (ECT) hikers to rest and charge up. Since my place was only a quarter mile from downtown and at the crossroads of Hwy 90 and
Contributor: Christine Chappell I’ve always wanted to do a long cycle ride. Not just a day, but weeks or even months. Eventually I decided the time was now. I negotiated time off from grandparent duties, voluntary work, families, friends, the garden, the husband. And in my 70th year I took off for a month. I
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We’re kicking off our 2024 Annual Bike Giveaway! This is our chance to give back to our Warmshowers users while giving you the opportunity to support our mission of building community and reciprocity amongst bicycle tourists worldwide. By donating between April 22nd and June 9th, 2024, you can secure the chance to win a brand-new
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Contributor: Stefan Koehler When life throws unexpected curves at you, the best way to tackle them is with resilience and a sense of adventure. Here, I, Stefan, alongside my fellow traveler, Connie, an unlikely duo of seasoned and newbie bike tourers, embarked on an extraordinary journey along Denmark’s picturesque Baltic Sea Coast. Little did we
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A long, 1000+ mile cycling adventure is one of the best ways to soak yourself in the beauty of this world. But here’s the fact: biking over a thousand miles is not always easy. And many people are right when they say you can never fully prepare yourself for a ride like that. But that
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Contributor: Caroline Burrows Wilfred Owen’s World War I poetry is a passion of mine, so after discovering there were some Wilfred locations in the northwest of England, I set off on a mini cycling adventure, a Wilfred Owen odyssey. In early May, I cycled from near Blackpool, fifty miles south, to Liverpool. I headed past
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Contributor: Kanishka Poddar I am back in Thailand, but this time, I was up for one of my most random out-of-the-box vacay. I was here with no concrete plans in my mind on what to do and where to go. I started by spending a couple of days with Immu at Spinning Bear Hostel, bought
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Have you exhausted all your ideas for your next rewarding bike tour? Are you just looking for more options to add to your bucket list? Don’t worry—with the number of unbelievable possibilities out there, you’ll never run out of ideas. Look no further than these ten amazing bike tour routes that are more than worth
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