Highlights & Stories
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Why I Bike Episode 5
Why I Bike – Episode 5 (from our staff and tour leaders) Andro Tartaglia – ExperiencePlus! Tour Leader Croatia I enjoy riding my mountain bike in remote and quite places. It gives me an opportunity to relax and not think… Read full article
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How ExperiencePlus customers met Aldo Ronconi, 1947 TdF Stage Winner, in a Bike Shop in Faenza, Italy
Dear Rick, I happened to read the ExperiencePlus! newsletter and your review of the book on the 1949 Giro. Your mention of Aldo Ronconi reminded me of our entertaining encounter with him this year during our Pisa – Venice tour,… Read full article
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Argentina / Chile / Highlights & Stories
Discovering Argentina & Chile
Discovering Argentina & Chile by Bicycle Argentina and Chile cover a lot of ground, from the forbidding rocks of Cape Horn and Patagonia’s mountains, through the endless grasslands of the pampas region to the high Andes, the fierce Atacama Desert… Read full article
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Highlights & Stories / New Zealand & Australia
From the Road: New Zealand – Bicycling the South Island
New Zealand – Bicycling the South Island A Bike Tour Review by Annie Apgar of ExperiencePlus! If anyone had told me when I left New Zealand that I would be returning 25 years later to cycle around the South Island… Read full article
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Costa Rica / Highlights & Stories
Bicycling Costa Rica
Bicycling Costa Rica I had the good fortune of finding myself in Costa Rica this past February participating on our Butterflies, Bicycles and Beaches cycling tour. I’ve never been to Central America and didn’t really know what to expect, but… Read full article
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Why I Bike: Episode 4
Bill Giovinazzo: Why do I ride? Actually, when my son was born I had always hoped that I could do something “epic” with him. That he and I could do something together that would be a memory we could have… Read full article
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Argentina / Chile / Germany / Highlights & Stories / Hungary
Expeditions in Two Hemispheres
Bicycle Expeditions in Two Hemispheres To those of us with normal jobs, it might seem surprising that somebody who designs and sells bicycle tours for a living would have frustrated dreams about big trips. But that’s just how our first… Read full article
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Highlights & Stories / Hungary / Poland Slovakia Hungary / Slovenia / Turkey
A Cycling Journal From Eastern Europe
A Cycling Journal From Eastern Europe Customer Carol Waaser of the New York Cycle Club recounted her Eastern European adventure with our first ExpeditionPlus! (bicycling from St. Petersburg, Russia to Istanbul, Turkey) for her club newsletter last fall. She’s kindly… Read full article
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Highlights & Stories / New Zealand & Australia
Date With the Devil Down Under! – Julie Tours Tasmania
Date With the Devil Down Under! The first thing that comes to mind when you mention Tasmania to most people is the Tasmanian Devil. That’s where the conversation ends because unfortunately very few of us know where Tasmania is… Read full article
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Why I Bike Episode 3
Igor Baccini – ExperiencePlus! Bike Fleet Manager, and Tour Leader: Such a simple question, so many answers. It’s banal to say “I bike because I like it” but it’s the first thing that comes up when I think about it… Read full article
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Bicycling Tuscany and Emilia-Romagna
Bicycling Tuscany and Emilia-Romagna A Bike Tour Review by Claudio Strocchi of ExperiencePlus! There is a famous saying in Italian: "The history and the art of Italy’s different regions were determined by the food people eat in each of these… Read full article
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Argentina / Chile / Highlights & Stories
Routes on the Open Road
Routes on the Open Road Dare Yourself to Ride Across South America The saying goes, “It’s the journey, not the destination.” But who says it’s got the be one or the other? Join this month’s featured tour, the ExpeditionPlus! Coast to… Read full article
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Why I Bike Episode 2
Customer Joni Heath is joining ExperiencePlus! to Chase Lance in the Pyrenees in the summer of 2010. Here’s her response to why she rides a bike: I thought of this question on my ride today. It is the best way… Read full article
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Highlights & Stories / New Zealand & Australia
Tour Down Under
Tour Down Under Thirteen hours and twenty minutes is a long time to hang in the sky from Los Angeles to Sydney to then connect to Adelaide by another flight, but this trip was well worth it! What a great… Read full article
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France / Highlights & Stories / Italy
History and Geography of the French and Italian Riviera
History and Geography of the French and Italian Riviera Our book review this month is an essay on the geography and history of Italy’s Cinque Terre. We have also included some resources to help you find hotels or other lodging… Read full article
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Bicycling Burgundy – it’s not about the wine – its about the cycling, history and friends
Bicycling Burgundy – it’s not about the wine – its about the cycling, history and friends Is there more to bicycling in Burgundy than discovering wines? When I joined the Bicycling Burgundy’s Vineyard tour with my family last fall ,… Read full article
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Cycling Southern Italy and Puglia
Cycling Southern Italy and Puglia Fifteen years ago Paola and I led each of the five tours we offered every year. Now we are lucky to participate in two or three tours per year of the seventy or so that… Read full article
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Provence: Ruins, History, Artists, Authors, Wine, Culinary and Cycling Delights
Provence: Ruins, History, Artists, Authors, Wine, Culinary and Cycling Delights If you’ve dreamed of bicycling through Provence we have three opportunities for you this fall; our Cycling Provence, Cycling Provence Plus! the Cevennes and our Bicycling through the Best of… Read full article