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Bicycling Italy’s Veneto and the Dolomites – Twice
Each year at least one or two of our travelers registers for a bicycling trip that they’ve done previously. With so many places in the world to bicycle, we wonder, why do the same trip twice? When John Sadler… Read full article
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“50 Tours of a Lifetime” – The Danube
National Geographic Traveler has honored ExperiencePlus! Bicycle Tours once again by naming our Bicycling the Danube from Germany to Vienna Plus! Hungary tour as one of “50 Tours of a Lifetime” for 2011! Last year, our Camino de Santiago: Roncesvalles… Read full article
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Celebrate Italy’s 150th Birthday
As the ExperiencePlus! Italia 150 bicycling expedition begins May 7th in Marsala, Sicily we thought it would be the perfect time for all of us to acknowledge Italy’s unification. Unfortunately we can’t all join the twenty-seven cyclists who are riding… Read full article
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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 our 8-day Bicycling through the Best of Provence and 11-day… Read full article
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Camargue Red Rice with Ginger and Chickpeas
This recipe comes to us from Chef Erick Vedel and was served on the ExperiencePlus! Bicycling through the Best of Provence tour October 2010. Clinical studies have proven that red rice helps lower cholesterol and is also famous for its… Read full article
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Per la Cena or What’s for Dinner?
An interview with Bea Tassinari who coordinates meals on ExperiencePlus! Bicycle Tours in Italy. Bea can you tell us a little about the process of deciding what’s for dinner on a tour? The first step is to ask each restaurant… Read full article
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Bicycling the Mediterranean: Corsica and Sardinia
The Mediterranean is one of the world’s most attractive vacation destinations, and its islands are renowned to be amongst the finest bicycling locations on the planet. In fact two of our favorite places to bicycle are also two of the… Read full article
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Tips for Using Your Credit Card Internationally
With the increase in fraud and identity theft using your credit card overseas is getting trickier and more expensive as credit card companies add transaction fees that typically run 3% on any foreign transaction. The Wall Street Journal recently had… Read full article
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Why I Bike: Episode 10
Jerry and Dick Smallwood (ExperiencePlus! Customers and Tandem Riders Extraordinare) Riding a bicycle through a countryside that is completely new to you is a strange and wonderful experience. Everything is fresh – the sights, the sounds, the smells – every… Read full article
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Bicycling Chile’s Wine Country (Plus! the Pacific Coast)
Recently mentioned in National Geographic, the Maule and Colchagua wine valleys of central Chile are a must-see for both adventurers and foodies—and what better way to make the trek than by road bike? ExperiencePlus! Bicycle Tours is ready to take… Read full article
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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 of the region’s many treasures, brilliant colors and pastoral splendor.… Read full article
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The Italia 150 ExpeditionPlus! Bicycle Ride
Covers the Length of Italy While Italians may continue to bicker over whether Giuseppe Garibaldi made a huge mistake 150 years ago in uniting the South of Italy with the North, ExperiencePlus! Bicycle Tours, is celebrating by offering you the… Read full article
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Bicycling Vacations: Stress Free Fun For Friends and Family
We at ExperiencePlus! have noticed an interesting trend amongst our travelers: more and more folks are inviting friends and family to join them on their bicycling vacation. These groups come in all shapes and sizes but if you are looking… Read full article
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Brunelleschi’s Dome by Ross King
Reviewed by ExperiencePlus! Customer Bill Giovanazzo. She lay there, basking in the sun of a Tuscan August. Her beauty is beyond any of her kind. She is the queen of the Renaissance, Firenze. She is the queen mother who gave… Read full article
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Tales from the Road: Costa Rica
At ExperiencePlus! we believe that a bicycle tour should allow you the freedom to travel at your own pace and the opportunity to experience another environment and culture in your own way. We provide you with tools so you have… Read full article
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A Bell for Adano by John Hersey
Reviewed by ExperiencePlus! Customer Bill Giovanazzo Italy, Italia, is unique in the world. From the voluptuous bosom of the Tuscan hills to the fishing towns on Apulia’s Adriatic coast, the culture of this ancient land, of these loving people, affirms… Read full article