Bikers-Lot, a small family-run business, offers relaxed motorcycle tours of Southwestern France with an emphasis on personalising your tour. The family has lived in the Lot area for many years and therefore can guide you to the best places to visit such as Rocamadour, the Millau Viaduct and the Gorges du Tarn. The accommodation, from which you will be able to take trips around the region, is composed of a large double bedroom and large twin room. If you have a bigger party, accommodation can be arranged at the local bed and breakfast. Continental breakfast and a four course evening meal (including evening drinks; local beers and wines) are provided. Lunch can be taken, if required on route during the tour, this will be at a supplementary cost.
Bikers-Lot is located on the outskirts of a small town called Latronquiere, which is in the "Midi Pyrenees," the area is known as the "Lot." The region is unspoiled, with fewer tourists than the neighbouring Dordogne/Perigord region. The area is ideal for biking with differing types of roads, from winding country lanes to mountain passes. Prices at Biker-Lot range from four nights with two guided tours for $465 to seven nights and five tours for $755. The tours are flexible and if your require more guided tours it is $39 per extra tour (all prices as of October 2010).
Bikers-Lot
Les Cerisiers. Lieu dit Nurux,
71520 Montmelard, France
011-033-565-400-856
bikers-lot.com
AlpineBiker Tours offers motorcycle adventure holidays designed for any skill level of rider who would like to experience riding on some of the most unique roads in alpine territory. The "Mountain Passes" French Alps Tour comprises six days of guided tours and seven nights accommodation. You arrive on Friday and depart the following Friday in the morning after breakfast. This tour starts with three days touring in the Jura region from a chalet base and includes Col de la Colombiere, Col d'Aravis, Cormet de Roselend, Annecy-- a beautiful old town and lake--Belvedere de Quatre Lacs and Col de Faucille--with an extensive view of the Alps and Lac Leman. At Geneva there is an opportunity to visit to see the famous Jet d'Eau and Floral Clock. On day four you will head south and spend three days riding in the French Alps and South of France, returning on Thursday evening to the chalet base for an end of tour barbecue (weather permitting). Tours cost between $1,102 and $1,151 per person as of October 2010. Included in this price is the cost of accommodation, three-course evening meals and continental breakfasts. Riders can also enjoy unlimited soft drinks, beer or wine at the chalet base.
Paul Starmer
alpinebiker.com
Blue Yonder Tours offers short tours (three to four days) of France, visiting the Somme battlefields and Normandy including the D-Day beaches. Blue Yonder tours are suitable for all levels of experience and classes of bike. They also encourage women motorcycle riders to try out their tours, and Blue Yonder has a bike-riding female guide as part of the team. If you prefer to arrange your own accommodation and ferry crossings, a "guided ride only" option is available with prices starting at $156 per person as of October 2010. If you prefer to pay for the whole package, it includes fully guided rides, bed and breakfast accommodation in two or three star hotels, ferry or tunnel crossing Dover/Calais for The Somme, Portsmouth/Le Havre for Normandy. The rate for the full package to the Somme battlefield is $425 and for Normandy D-Day Beaches $472 as of October 2010. Not included in the price are bike rentals, road/bridge tolls, fuel, meals other than hotel breakfast. Riders must hold full UK, EU State, U.S., Canadian or other Commonwealth motorcycle driving licenses.
Blue Yonder Tours
30 Collingwood Close
Eastbourne
East Sussex, United Kingdom
011-44-1323-721-910
blueyondertours.co.uk
