Self-Guided Leisure Cycling Holiday - Provence

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Holiday Highlights

Cycling to the romantic town of St Rémy
Visiting Arles, perched on the Rhone with its well preserved amphitheatre
Riding to the famous Pont du Gard, an ancient Roman aqueduct bridge
Sampling wines from the famous vineyards of Côte du Rhône and Les Baux
Visiting the conservation area of the Camargue, home of wild white horses and exotic wildlife
Finishing the tour on the beautiful coastline at St-Marie-de-la-Mer

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Day	Description	Distance	Meals
1	Arrival in Orange
2	Orange to Uzès	34 Miles / 54 Kms	B
3	Uzès to Avignon (via Pont du Gard)	30 Miles / 49 Kms	B
4	Avignon to St. Rémy	20 or 35 Miles / 32 or 56 Kms	B
5	Loop Ride - St-Rémy to Les Baux	25 Miles / 40 Kms	B
6	St. Rèmy to Arles	20 Miles / 32 Kms	B
7	Arles to Ste-Marie-de-la-Mer - Bus back to Arles	23 Miles / 37 Kms	B
8	Departure from Orange		B

Meals: B = Breakfast L = Lunch D = Dinner | Please keep in mind the distances and ascent information provided are intended to be indicative and may vary from the actuals due to accommodation changes or when compared on different GPS devices and software

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Holiday Information

This lovely self-guided cycling holiday in France combines beautiful Provence landscapes with historical towns and cities and has a distinctly Roman feel to it.

Your cycling takes you from the town of Orange through St Laurent, past the famous aqueduct, Pont de Gard to Avignon. Plenty of time to savour wines from the famous vineyards you'll be cycling past, including Côte du Rhône and Les Baux. You'll visit the romantic town of St Rémy, famous for its aromas of wild herbs. Van Gogh lived in St Rémy and along with the wonderful surrounding landscape in the shadow of the Alpilles you'll see what provided the inspiration for many of his paintings.

Cycling southwards towards the Mediterranean the route will take you through Arles, perched on the Rhone with its well preserved amphitheatre. You'll pass countless medieval and Roman monuments and through the protected region of the Camargue, home of the wild white horses and an array of exotic wildlife, providing a memorable finale to your cycling holiday.

Our French cycling holidays are all about good food, comfortable accommodation and beautiful cycling routes which create a memorable cycling holiday experience. You'll stay in carefully selected small 2 and 3 star hotels and guesthouses and a warm welcome will greet you each evening, offering a little luxury after a day in the saddle.

This holiday is available for Friday, Saturday or Sunday departures for a minimum of two people. We book all your accommodation, transfer your luggage and provide you with cycling routes and a detailed itinerary. Just contact us with your preferred dates.

For more information download our trip notes

Holiday Feedback

We had a brilliant week...

Excellent organisation – everyone was expecting us! – very good directions by the km, wonderful luxury (and quirky) hotels and the most fantastic restaurants.

Highlights of the trip include: Cycling through the Camargue – we saw bulls, white horses and flamingos, Hostellerie Provencal in Uzes – where even our bikes had an ensuite room!! The host was fantastic and there was the most amazing art on every wall, the variety of cycling – mostly along very quiet roads but sometimes flat and sometimes hilly – brilliant routes with lots of vineyards, towns and sightseeing, Hotel d’Image, St Remy – spectacularly smart hotel and grounds with 2 nights of amazing food and service to match.

Bags always arrived before us – even when there was a last minute hotel change. Perfect service and help from Kay Cliffe!

Julie, Reading
Using Skedaddle again soon...

The instructions were clear and easy to follow. Overall the holiday was excellent – and I really have no complaints whatsoever. Everything worked extremely well and everyone was very helpful and welcoming. It’s difficult to see how it could have been bettered – and I would happily recommend Skedaddle to family and friends – and, indeed, to use the company again myself.

Phil, UK
A real sense of achievement...

I was very unfit and not a cyclist prior to signing up for this. I started training at the gym in March and was therefore nervous that I would be ill prepared. When we set off on the first day with the blazing heat and two hours of cycling behind me, I knew there was a hill looming. Climbing the 5km hill between Orange and Uzes was the pinnacle of my achievements and I am so proud that I managed it. I now half calf muscles which I have never seen before!

Gwenn, Kent
The accommodation was excellent, and Charlotte, the Skedaddle representative was extremely helpful throughout!

Nina, London
The accommodation was excellent and the half-board options worked well. I am a vegetarian and I was offered great food. The pre-trip information was very good, and everyone was very friendly and helpful.

Kate, Cumbria
All the accommodation was really nice and in great locations. We got upgraded in one hotel, which was really nice. The luggage was always at the accommodation when we arrived and always in good condition.

Michelle, Isle of Man
Everything was catered for by Kay and it was lovely to be called the morning before to have any last minute questions answered.

Lydia, Devon

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