Bicycle Tours in France: Cycling Through History: Paris to Marseille on the Londonderry Trail

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Join us as we recreate the first foreign leg of Annie Londonderry's bicycle ride around the world. Annie was the first woman to bicycle around the world alone. She did this in 1894-95 to much fanfare, purportedly driven by a wager and the opportunity to earn $10,000. The mother of three small children, on June 25, 1894 Annie stood before a crowd of 500 friends, family, women's suffragists and curious onlookers at the Massachusetts State House. Then, declaring she would circle the world, she climbed onto a 42-pound Columbia bicycle and "sailed away like a kite down Beacon Street."

The first foreign leg of Annie's epic ride was from Paris to Marseille in the winter of 1894-95. We're not quite so brave so we'll replicate her ride in late June and early July 2008. We'll stick to Annie's route as best we can, and share insights and details about Annie and her journey when we gather for dinners. We'll try to imagine how she might have experienced France in those early years of bicycle touring.
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Tour Details

Highlights	Château Vaux-le-Vicomte, Château de Fontainebleau, Loire River Valley, Lyon, Roman Ruins in Orange, Côte du Rhône Vineyards, Marseille
Includes	12 days, 11 nights accommodation, 8 dinners with wine, 11 breakfasts, Fontainebleau
Countries	France
Begin/End	Paris/Marseille
Arrive/Depart	Paris/Marseille, Paris
Total Distance	620 km (385 miles)
Daily Distance	50 - 110 km (31 - 62 miles)
What to Expect	Some long days and varied terrain as we cut across four quite different regions of France.
Rating	301
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Dates & Prices

Dates	Price	Single Supplement*	Next Step
Please call 1-800-685-4565 or e-mail us for the dates for this tour.
** We gladly will match solo travelers who do not mind sharing a room with same sex roommates but if no match exists on tour, due to hotel pricing, we will charge 50% of the single supplement rate. This 'single room' fee will be collected from all solo travelers at the time of the final payment, and refunded at the conclusion of the tour if we have been able to match you with a roommate.