Biking Transcontinental — 5 weeks
France (Burgundy), Switzerland, the Italian Lakes, and Austria (the Salzburg Hinterland and the Danube Valley)

On this page, you will find...

• ...a presentation of the trip,
• ...a summary itinerary with links to detailed descriptions of the itineraries that we follow in each of the regions visited, and...
• ... prices and departure dates.

One can never see “all” of anything, but Biking Transcontinental makes a fair attempt, offering an excellent sampling of continental Europe’s diversity.  The paradoxical result is that you realize how much more there is to see.  The variety of discoveries made on such a journey defies any generalization about “Europe.”

Countries and capitals surpass their stereotypes.  Dijon is far beyond a mustard:  it’s a hub of XVth century political intrigue.  Evian is more than a mineral water:  it is one of Europe’s most gracious spa towns.  Lake Como has inspired arts, letters, and most recently films, across the ages.  Salzburg is centuries’ worth of classical music tradition.  Vienna... well, we’ll leave its discovery, and countless others, to you.

Each remarkably different French village or Alpine pasture increases your curiosity about the next.  And each country’s attempts to advance in the modern world give new perspective to choices in our own.  The tourist who travels too fast (or too quickly) assumes that all is the same; that nothing is missed.   “Biking Transcontinental” avoids this mistake.  It reveals the heart of continental Europe step by step, and helps you to realize just how much more there is to see.