Last updated 25th July 2010
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Welcome to the 'Breton Bikes Cycling Holidays in France' website - your chance to read about some of the best cycling holidays in France. Still some space left for 2010!
We have cycling holidays for everyone - beginners, experienced cycle tourists, and
all the family. You can choose from a wide range of camping, hotel or gite based cycling tours, all superb value. A week-long cycle camping tour can be had from 195 pounds
including top quality equipment - bikes, tents, sleeping bags
etc, and a hotel-based biking holiday is from 440 pounds (quick price guide here) - all
using some of the best bikes in the business. Our Gite
Holidays (self-catering holiday cottages) are available all year round - perfect for a family cycling tour. This is a dauntingly large site, but for quick answers to most questions try the FAQ page and the links at the top of every page are the main cycling pages, others being embedded in the text. Also please have a look at our feedback page.
Beyond our cycling holiday business this site is intended to be a free resource
for anyone wanting to cycle tour in France - see our articles page and feel free to E-mail
for any help planning a cycling tour in France.
Breton Bikes Cycling Holidays has been in operation since 1989, and for the
last nineteen seasons has offered unique cycling holidays in
France. Our base in Gouarec is in the
middle of Brittany, the bit of France
that sticks out west into the Atlantic Ocean.
Kate and I used to spend all our holidays bicycle touring in France, and decided to offer the same holiday to other cyclists. After having cycled all over
France it was Brittany that captured our hearts, and so Breton
Bikes was born. Now we are the only company in France, or anywhere
else for that matter, offering real cycle
camping holidays in France. We are also one of the few English speaking
companies offering cycling holidays that is wholly based in France - we live in France, cycle
in France, even holiday in France, and love every minute of it. Since 1990 we have also offered
Hotel based holidays and from 2005,
Gite based holidays. However at all times
we have remained true to our original idea of providing an experience
of real cycle touring in France. If you want to know more about Kate and I and the company history have a look at 'Who we are' and 'the history of Breton Bikes Cycling Holidays'.
We can provide a cycling holiday to satisfy all ages and abilities,
from a few months old to a youthful 85 (the current record). As
you can see from the picture below, we have our own children so
know exactly what is involved in taking them on a cycling holiday in rural France,
so children are very welcome
on our family vacations and we are uniquely well equipped for
them. As an example, in 2009 25% of our bookings were for families
cycling with small children. The other 75% were equally well catered for
and of course for those escaping their own children, many of our
routes will be child-free.
For all our cycling holidays we supply everything you need, even for camping,
all you need to bring is yourselves. Have a look at what
happens when you arrive to prepare yourself...
Recently old customers have told us that we should emphasise how
good the bikes are, so if in doubt have a look at our page on
the bikes and equipment supplied.
We must be doing something right because on average around 30%
of our bookings come from people coming on their second, or even
sixteenth bike tour! See what these converts
have to say, see also our 'Mission Statement'...
Our main cycling season runs from the 22nd May to the 26th September. Between these dates all hotel and camping cycling holidays are available (some camping routes may be limited before the 15th June). However with hotel tours this choice will narrow as tours fill and hotel rooms become unavailable pre-season. In this case you need to give us preferred dates and route choices and we'll let you know what is available. Outside these dates our Gite-based fixed-centre cycling holidays run at a greatly reduced cost.
From a situation 20 years ago where there was only the ferry from Plymouth to Roscoff we now have an embarrassment of riches, including cheap flights to local airports, the Channel tunnel link, many ferries and self drive. For details see the 'getting to us in Brittany' page.
Please have a look at our www.cycling-in-france.com about this. Here you can read the full story of our adventures and get some idea of what our equipment is capable of when away from the gentle countryside of Brittany... You might be able to do somthing to help, and we've already had several very generous donations and the total raised now exceeds 12,000 pounds. Otherwise anyone on our holidays can request sponsorship forms for their own ride with us.
Several people have asked about the possibility of hiring a gite (holiday cottage) for their cycling holiday. After a lot of searching we've found the perfect place situated right in the quiet centre of Gouarec. Sleeping up to 10 this Gite is available all year round. The cost is only 350 pounds to be added to the basic camping price, so especially attractive to families and small groups. If you are interested in the gite please email for details.
Our cycle camping holidays use top quality, lightweight tents etc, but for those choosing the 'fixed centre' at Gouarec option we now provide small five berth frame tents. These have two bedrooms, standing up room and - camp beds!
The world famous chefs (Chefettes?) Jennie and Evelyn (who between them have been on 15 of our tours...) have written their own guide to the Breton Bikes diet plan - see it here...
2009 was a good season with most weeks in the summer averaging 40+ (full...). So here I'd just like to thank all the people who came and helped make it such a success, especially those on the various led trips who were such marvellous company in other parts of France. I'd also like to thank the customers from far abroad - Australia, New Zealand, USA, Kenya, China, Canada, S Africa etc for their trust in sending money into the "wild blue yonder" on the strength of a web site!
CONTACT:
If you would like more information on camping, hotel or gite based cycling holidays in fFrance just click on the appropriate links, phone one of the numbers below, or E-mail us.
The story of our charity ride
to the Pyrenees
How not to
starve on a Breton Bikes trip...
The route we took in Normandy in 1997
Patricia gives her impressions of several Breton
Bikes cycling holidays!
WHAT PEOPLE SAY ABOUT US! Including Cycling
Today magazine
Our Satellite sites - all on our vacations, here mainly to help web crawlers find them - couple of nice pics though....
Another cycling in france site:-)
Our French company - Velo Vacances...
and this specially for UK based search engines...
Sitemap Google sitemapSee Breton Bikes new venture! For those wanting a place to drive their sportscar...!
