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  • 2021 & 2022 South America Bicycle Tours

    Bicycling Northern Argentina Plus! Ruins of Quilmes Get off the beaten path in Argentina. Explore the famous Camino Inca – or Inca Trail, a major trade and cultural route between Buenos Aires, Bolivia and Peru. Pedal paved roads through deserts,… Read full article

  • 4 Great Tours for First Time Bike Travelers

    4 Great tours for first time bike travelers Whether you are an experienced cyclist at home but it is your first time traveling by bicycle, or it’s your first time bicycling in a while but you’re eager to begin traveling… Read full article

  • Fall Escapes For 2021

    Trying to decide where to go on a bike tour this fall? Look no further! Whether you’re looking for a challenging and hilly ride, endless miles of remote coastline, or a leisurely excursion interspersed with delicious wine, we’ve got the… Read full article

  • 5 Gifts For Cyclists Who Love to Travel

    Take a look at a few of our favorite cycling items that might be just the right inspiration as you’re trying to find something special for your cyclists this holiday season. What costs less than $40 USD, weighs a mere… Read full article

  • Traveler Scrapbook: Biking Portugal Photos

    ExperiencePlus! traveler Norie Quintos pedaled with us from the rivers, coasts and valleys of Northern Portugal and Galicia, Spain to Santiago following the Portuguese Camino de Santiago in 2018. Take a virtual bicycle tour of Portugal with Norie’s scrapbook and… Read full article

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    Updated in 2019: Emilia Romagna’s Culinary Delights Plus!

    Updated version of our short tour and a new “Plus” Ride! We’ve been sharing one of Italy’s greatest food regions with our travelers for decades (it also happens to be our “home” region in Italy – so we might be… Read full article

  • Gear Review: 1UP Bike Rack

    How to Move a Bike, When Pedaling isn’t an Option In an ideal world I would ride my bike everywhere. But in reality, there are times when a ride starts with a drive. Trips to distant trailheads for mountain biking,… Read full article

  • Tour Leader Tales: Adventures in Ethiopia

    Tour Leader Tales: Cristina Taioli Explores Ethiopia November 18th, just one week after my birthday, I was at the “Leonardo da Vinci” Airport, in Rome, ready to take off  for my next adventure in Ethiopia, Africa. A group of seven… Read full article

  • Recipe: Slow-Cooker Root-Vegetable Confit

    Recipe: Slow-Cooker Root-Vegetable Confit This root-vegetable confit is another great winter recipe you that you can adapt with whichever root vegetables happen to be in season or available near you. Not to mention after you’ve finished the initial preparation you… Read full article

  • Top Cycling Trips of 2018

    Top-Selling Guided Cycling Tours in 2018 These tours are filling up fast! Wondering where to go in 2018? Here’s a run down of our top-selling destinations to date in 2018. Take a look and if you see something that strikes… Read full article

  • How To: Everything you need to know about using our website

    Trying to decide where to go? Need help with travel planning? We’ve got the resources we need! Our recent website redesign was done with the goal of providing you with easy access to all the bicycle tour itineraries and information… Read full article

  • A Day On Tour With ExperiencePlus!

    A Day On Tour With ExperiencePlus! Michael and Therese from HITravelTales.com joined ExperiencePlus! this summer. They shared a few of the many photos and videos they took while Bicycling the Danube from Germany to Budapest.” Click here to read their full… Read full article

  • Recipe: Nonna’s Granita

    Nonna’s Granita Tour Leader Andrea Garreffa shares one nonna’s (grandma’s) granita recipe When the heat of summer settles in, Italians reach for a refreshing glass of granita – the way nonna used to make it… literally. On a recent tour… Read full article

  • Tour Leader Lisa Merighi’s Take on Travel and Culture

    Sharing Culture An Interview with Tour Leader Lisa Merighi Upon meeting Italian tour leader Lisa Merighi you’ll quickly learn she is a well-traveled woman of strong character. She has cycled much of her home country – Italy, but has also… Read full article

  • Bicycle Tours in Europe

    Pointed In the Right Direction: A History of Chalk Arrows

    Guided Independence A History of ExperiencePlus!’s Chalk Arrows In 1985, a group of eight cyclists in Vinci, Italy sat around after dinner. Their tour with ExperiencePlus! (then called Italian Specialty Tours, Inc.) was, at the time, missing one essential thing:… Read full article

  • Spring Training: Tips for Getting Back on the Bike

    Spring is Here! It’s time to get back in the saddle again. As warmer riding weather begins to resurface we thought it would be fitting to dig up a few of our training articles. For a little extra motivation to… Read full article

  • New Bike Tour Dates Posted For Cuba!

    New Cuban Departure Dates Are Posted (… and prices are coming soon!) Join us on a bicycle tour like no other as we explore Cuba on one of the most extensive bicycle tours of Cuba available. Pack your sense of adventure.… Read full article

  • The Chalk Arrow Advantage

    The Chalk Arrow Advantage Our time-tested navigation tool – how it all started In the era of limitless navigation devices (Smartphone, GPS, good ‘old fashioned’ maps), ExperiencePlus! simplifies complex routes by marking each day’s route with chalk arrows, guiding our… Read full article