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Four fantastic cycling tours for a true taste of France.
Few countries stir the imagination like France. You may have already pictured yourself bicycling through small villages composed of beautiful stone buildings, quaint cafés, and Romanesque churches that gaze across… Read More »
Travel Planning: Food and Meals, Destinations: France, About ExperiencePlus!: Rider Spotlight, Travel Stories
Seeking Supper: Adventures in Sète
New Friends And Local Favorites ExperiencePlus! Riders Find The Perfect Dinner Though it may sound counter intuitive, one of the most important elements of tour design and pre-trip planning is making... Read More »
Travel Planning: Food and Meals, Destinations: France, Destinations: Italy
A Taste of Aphrodisiac Diamonds on Tour
By ExperiencePlus! Tour Leader Pia de Richemont What did Marilyn Monroe, Mussolini and President Truman have in common? Fame? Certainly. Insomnia? Quite likely. But the three of them also shared... Read More »
Destinations: France
If Wishes Were Horses
Cycling on the island of Corsica has been on my wish list for nearly a decade so when I learned that I would be traveling there in September to join... Read More »
Destinations: France
Corsica and the 2013 Tour de France
In July 2013 the Tour de France, and the rest of the world, will discover what ExperiencePlus! has known for years: that Corsica, the “Island of Beauty” as first described... Read More »
Destinations: France
Cycling the Languedoc
From the moment I climbed on my bike and began pedaling through the streets in the heart of French villages, I was giddy—this is too cool. With sweeping panoramas, Cathar... Read More »
Destinations: France, About ExperiencePlus!: Rider Spotlight
My Trip of a Lifetime by Sally Miller
I just completed the trip of my lifetime which is more commonly known as Bicycling the Best of Provence Plus! and the Luberon and Aix tour with ExperiencePlus!. I was... Read More »
Destinations: France
Bicycling the Best of Provence
Just when you thought Provence couldn’t get any better ExperiencePlus! has combined two of our most popular tours in France to create one spectacular tour that has it all. Drawing... Read More »
Destinations: France
New in France – Cycling the Languedoc
Cycling the Languedoc (Plus! French Catalonia) With a variety of landscapes bathed by the Mediterranean sun and connected with a vast network of small country roads that extend from the... Read More »
Destinations: France
Le Quatorze Juillet or Bastille Day
By ExperiencePlus! Tour Leader, Marie Lavigne. Bastille Day or le quatorze juillet (14th of July) is the French national holiday, very similar to Independence Day, or the 4th of July,... Read More »
Travel Planning: Food and Meals, Destinations: France, Recipes
Interview with Chef Erick Vedel
A local Provençal chef tells us about his passion for food and how it has pervaded other areas of his life. Each year he opens his home to us on... Read More »
Destinations: France, About ExperiencePlus!: Rider Spotlight
Bicycling Alsace – The Inaugural Journey
After the Cycling the Vineyards of Alsace trip debut in July 2010, cyclists proclaimed that the tour had earned itself an instant place on their “best trips ever” lists because... Read More »
Destinations: France
A Brief Introduction to the Highlights of Alsace
Alsace is arguably the most unique region of France. As a place that has changed hands five times between France and Germany over the last 150 years, it is now... Read More »
Destinations: France, Destinations: Italy, Travel Planning: Learning the Language
“Merci Beau Coup” Means “Thank You”...
“Merci Beau Coup” Means “Thank You” in Italian, Too The clear morning followed a special evening for our group on the Little Tour of Tuscany; the night before had been... Read More »