Bike & Hotel Tour Reviews page 147
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★★★★★ Richard G
Castles and Wine E-Bike Adventure!
Castles and Wines of Portugal
Two couples, seniors, very experienced road bike riders, taking on the six day self-guided Castles and Wine Portugal Tour route in late September 2026. For some, this was their first experience with ebikes. The weather was perfect the whole time and the towns had an uncrowded off-season feel to them, which suited us fine.
The bikes: Rating: A
We were all issued some configuration of the Cube Touring Hybrid One. Loved these bikes! They were our trusty work horses for the week. No mechanical issues, comfortable seats, so much battery that you could ride in sport and turbo mode as much as you like without concern of running out of battery. The step-through design on these models helped with sudden dismounts while riding a 50+ lb e-bike. Even our least experienced e-bike riders were able to rocket up the rugged 15-20 percent cobbled approaches to the castles without worry! The integrated rear racks held a roomy bag supplied with chargers, tools, tubes, with room for extra clothes and snacks.The App: Rating: B-
We were supplied with access to the Roadbook for Discovery app for our phones, which included day-by-day routing with points of interest noted along the way. All day use (recommended) of the app requires a backup phone charger (you supply). They had rubber handlebar phone mounts for your ebike, which were a bit of a hassle to get your phone in and out of to take photos. Would have liked a better bar-mounted quick release method. With two of us running the app concurrently, we had a couple of instances where one phone said “off course” and the other did not. We had also asked the biketours.com people for the GPX files in advance to run our own software (Wahoo, Garmin, Ride w GPS), but one of the GPX routes supplied before the first day was the wrong map and got us temporarily lost on private property. Better to stick with the Discovery app which was the “official” version of the tour, use your Garmins and Wahoos for recording the rides only. Other than that, the Discovery app got us from place to place well enough, just remember to carry extra battery chargers!Accomodations: Rating B+
All accommodations were welcome sights for us weary old riders. That said, Most Favorite: Mar de Ar Muralhas, Evora (2 nights). Good storage and recharge room for bikes, poolside food and drink served, walk to excellent restaurants. Close second: Pusada de Estremoz, Estremoz. Least Favorite: Hotel Solar do Alqueva, Reguengos de Monsaraz. Nothing was wrong with the hotel, service was good, adequate breakfast, just a small economy hotel compared with nicer places on the tour.Support: Rating B
Staff for Tours Portugal were available for our questions through the What’sap. Didn’t need them for any mission critical issue other than the first day’s issue with getting on the right route group. SHOW MOREOverall: Rating B+
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This was our first self-directed bike tour and six days was a lot of riding, would have preferred 4-5 days if available. That said, we loved the spirit of adventure as we set out each morning to the beautiful countryside and the megaliths, black pigs, ancient castles and wineries. I have done European cycle tours on road bikes in the past but now favor ebikes as they accommodate all levels of riders as a group.- Countries included in this tour?
- Portugal
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★★★★★ Tina
Super Fun Bike Tour
Vienna to Budapest (Classic)
This was a great tour. All of the details were handled very smoothly. Sandy took care of the luggage transfer with no problems. We enjoyed the towns and hotels that we visited. All of the meals were delicious. We usually don’t purchase dinners through the tour but in this case we were glad that we did because we got several evenings of authentic Hungarian meals. The bikes we rented were great for the terrain we cycled on. We will happily book other bike tours with this company.
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★★★★★ Paula Zoccano
Challenging
Aegean Discovery: Cycling through Eastern Crete
As expressed in my title it was challenging. Even with ebikes we had 2 times we needed to push them up a hill and one day, an 80k with considerable elevation the bikes ran out of power . In the city the cars are not biker friendly.
Hotels were lovely with one exception. The hotel staff were very attentive.
The bike company was attentive and helpful
We ran into unusual weather for Crete- high winds and rain. This prevented us from cycling the last 2 days- Countries included in this tour?
- Greece
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★★★★★ Patrick Gat
Excellent trip and support
Tuscan Wine Classic: Pienza to Castellina via Siena
The bicycles were well maintained. The crew was helpful in the bike fitting to make sure it was right and came back to make some adjustments as necessary. The routes were beautiful.
- What was the date of your tour?
- Oactober 2026
- How many tours have you completed?
- 4
- Difficulty (actual vs. expected)?
- As expected
- Who is this tour suitable for?
- Solo travelers
- Do you recommend this tour?
- Yes
- Countries included in this tour?
- Italy
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★★★★★ Monty Willhite
Beautiful Ride
Innsbruck to Lake Garda Across the Southern Slopes of the Alps
Discovered that a self guided bike tour is an excellent way to see and enjoy the country. Hope to do many more.
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★★★★★ Angela Hampton
Tales From the Danube Cycle Path
Danube Cycle Path Passau – Budapest
This was the trip of our dreams and was so great, I had to write a book about it!
We had amazing sights along flat paths, delicious wine in wine country and met interesting people. Navigating from the app was a bit challenging and there may have been a corn field we found ourselves in in Hungary where the paths weren't as easy to follow. However, it all added to the adventure. BikeTours was easy to work with and I highly recommend them.- What was the date of your tour?
- July 2023
- How many tours have you completed?
- 5+
- Difficulty (actual vs. expected)?
- As expected
- Who is this tour suitable for?
- First-time bike tourists, Solo travelers, Families with teens
- Do you recommend this tour?
- Yes
- Countries included in this tour?
- Austria, Germany, Hungary, Slovakia
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★★★★★ François L
Fantastic trip.
UNESCO Sites of Albania
Albania far exceeded my expectations. Very well organized trip, guide was great and accommodations & food were excellent.
- What was the date of your tour?
- September 2026
- How many tours have you completed?
- 2
- Difficulty (actual vs. expected)?
- Somewhat harder
- Who is this tour suitable for?
- Solo travelers
- Do you recommend this tour?
- Yes
- Countries included in this tour?
- Albania
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★★★★★ Chris O’Connor
Great route and scenery
Wine & Cuisine in Girona's Emporda Plain
This trip had quiet roads, well maintain trails, great scenery and was very culturally rewarding
- What was the date of your tour?
- October 2026
- How many tours have you completed?
- 15
- Difficulty (actual vs. expected)?
- As expected
- Who is this tour suitable for?
- Solo travelers
- Do you recommend this tour?
- Yes
- Countries included in this tour?
- Spain
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★★★★★ Terry
Great support
Split to Dubrovnik: The Islands and Coastline of Croatia
We did this as self-guided, but the overall structure and support BikeTours supplied made it great. Nice choice of hotels. The GPS app worked great and supplied deep info/alternatives. All logistics ver smooth
- Countries included in this tour?
- Croatia
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★★★★★ Susan
Bike
Exploring Italy's Sunny Salento by Bike
It was a good experience. The routes were nice, taking advantage of low-traffic roads and bike trails when possible. Spectacular views along the ocean. Hotels were very nice with clean rooms and friendly staff. There was plenty of covered area for bike parking and multiple electrical outlets to charge up e-bikes. Cycling company was very responsive to any inquiries we sent along the route. Would not hesitate to use them again.
- Countries included in this tour?
- Italy
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★★★★★ Monique Rub
On our own. In the land of Castles and Beer
Vienna to Budapest 5-nights (Active)
Perhaps I had not done all my homework as my Zmom had just passed and we were in Rurope two weeks before this. We never received any hardcopy trip material. Emails told us not to print anything off / we’d get everything
Our Vienna contract was very helpful and gave us a printed guide book. We failed to download the routes which others found helpful. Local gps also came into play.
Hotels and booked dinners were all quite lovely.
My husband fell on the third day and bruised ribs so we rode in the luggage fan the next two days snd I doubled back on the paths for a few hours.
The ebike was extremely heavy - twice the weight of his ebike at home.We would recommend the experience to others but warn them to do their homework.
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★★★★★ A&K from NYC
Exceeded Expectations
Vicentine Coast of Portugal & Algarve
What a FANTASTIC trip - we couldn’t have asked for better. BikeTours.com and their local partner, did a terrific job! We’ve been doing self-guided hiking and biking trips for over 20 years and this company was by far the best. They are great communicators and always responded quickly and thoroughly - we worked with Taylor and she was fantastic! They created interesting routes with easy to follow GPS. On day 1 the local rep spent over an hour thoroughly reviewing the bikes and how to use the GPS. The local company texted at the end of each day to see how our day went. There were no hiccups with daily transfer of our luggage. We booked the Premium Hotel package and loved most of our hotels especially the Herdade do Touril in Zambujeira do Mar, the Praia do Canal Nature Resort in Aljezur and the Cascade Wellness Resort in Lagos. The only disappointing hotel was the Hotel Vila Nova de MIlfontes. We had some incredible dinners in restaurants recommend by the tour operator, Artistas in Lagos and Tasca do Celso in Vila Nova de Milfontes, as well as eating at the Herdade do Touril hotel - be sure to make a reservation a few days in advance for all. I would highly recommend working with Taylor at BikeTours.com to book all future bike tours.
- What was the date of your tour?
- October 5 2026
- How many tours have you completed?
- 8
- Difficulty (actual vs. expected)?
- As expected
- Do you recommend this tour?
- Yes
- Countries included in this tour?
- Portugal
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★★★★★ Syd
Beautiful scenery
Bolzano – Verona – Venice
Generally beautiful ride on good paths or tertiary roads. The optional hilly routes on two days were an excellent choice for variety and scenery. Lots of great suggestions to explore history and architectural sites along the way. Riva del Garda area segment was very hyped.
- What was the date of your tour?
- Oct 2026
- How many tours have you completed?
- 3
- Difficulty (actual vs. expected)?
- As expected
- Who is this tour suitable for?
- First-time bike tourists, Solo travelers, Families with teens
- Do you recommend this tour?
- Yes
- Countries included in this tour?
- Italy
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★★★★★ Kat F and Gerald G
Adventure of a lifetime!
Albarracín to Valencia Along Spain's Longest Greenway
My wife (Kat) and I are in our 70’s we had never experience anything like this! Our friend Joab was our guide and we could not have done this without his knowledge!
Kat and I used e-bikes which made all the difference in the world. The people who put this together did an awesome job. Only thing I think may have helped us was to have a day of rest in the middle of the 6 day ride. Have an extra day when we stayed at Hotel Baru! With the Medication and the pool at the hotel were amazing!
Thanks again for all the hard work everyone put into this adventure!
Kat and Gerald!- What was the date of your tour?
- October 13
- How many tours have you completed?
- First
- Difficulty (actual vs. expected)?
- As expected
- Who is this tour suitable for?
- First-time bike tourists
- Do you recommend this tour?
- Yes
- Countries included in this tour?
- Spain
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