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  • #ShareSomething: Cyclist’s Memories from the Road

    Our Travelers’ Favorite Moments From Tour From the best meal to the perfect stretch of road, we love hearing about your favorite moments on tour. A few of our travelers shared some of their favorite memories from tour in 2016!… Read full article

  • Giving back in 2016

    Committed to our Community We believe in giving back! From Forli, Italy, to Fort Collins, Colorado – or wherever we find ourselves pedaling – we’re always looking for ways to give back to the places and people we connect with… Read full article

  • New Video! The Story Behind ExperiencePlus!

    Two Generations, One Passion for Bicycle Travel Meet the family and learn about their passion for bicycle travel Rick Price and Paola Malpezzi Price led their first bicycle tour across Italy in 1972, and in 2008 their daughters, Monica and… Read full article

  • An Italian Cycling Expedition: Alps to the Adriatic

    An Italian Cycling Expedition: Alps to the Adriatic Q&A With Tour Leader Lisa Merighi   We asked ExperiencePlus! Tour Leader and Expedition Expert Lisa Merighi to share some highlights about the 2017 Alps to Adriatic tour. Lisa has guided most… Read full article

  • Personal “Pluses” Bicycling Verdant Umbria: Saint Francis’s Assisi

    Personal “Pluses” On Bicycling Verdant Umbria: Saint Francis of Assisi ExperiencePlus! Traveler Shares Her Tale From Tour ExperiencePlus! rider Viola Canales has been on a number of tours with ExperiencePlus! In this article she shares her story of finding unexpected… Read full article

  • New in 2017: Cycle France’s Wine Country

    Ooh La La! New 2017 Bicycle Tour Cycle (and Savor) France’s Wine Country Join our new cycling tour through France’s wine country and experience la douceur de vivre, the sweetness of living! We are excited to announce a new cycling tour through… Read full article

  • Our S.A.T.T. Winner’s Report On Bicycling Umbria!

    She Went, She Saw, She Cycled Q&A with S.A.T.T winner Elissa Pitts Elissa Pitts was one of our two, 2016 Send a Teacher Traveling (S.A.T.T) award winners. This summer she cycled Verdant Umbria Plus! Todi and Orvieto and we thought we’d… Read full article

  • Bike tour Italy

    Bring the crew – bring your friends and family along

    Let’s Roll! Three great bike tours worth bringing everyone along for the ride Looking to for an excuse to get a group of friends together for a bike tour in Europe? Trying to organize a family vacation and would love… Read full article

  • Recipe: Belgian Endive and Grilled Apricot Salad

    Bitter Sweet The Belgian endive takes on both tastes Belgian endives, sometimes called white gold, are a versatile ingredient that can be served raw or cooked. When served raw, endives add a crisp, bitter element to dishes. When cooked,  the… Read full article

  • Bike Tours in Bavaria

    Cycling Bavaria’s Romantic Road

    “As Pretty As It Gets” ~ Cycling Bavaria’s Romantic Road Ride Across The Land of Storybook Villages To the Base of the Austrian Alps “This is as pretty as a tour can get” says Joan Escosura, Tour Manager of Germany, Spain,… Read full article

  • Cycle Tours France

    My First Bike Tour

    My First Bike Tour  Conquering Fear and Finding Bliss Last fall, with no bike travel experience or real training to speak of, I went on my first guided cycling tour. It was my husband’s enthusiastic “bike touring conversion” that started… Read full article

  • Cycling Southern Italy

    Cycling Puglia – The Secret Charms Of Southern Italy

    Puglia and the Secret Charms Of Southern Italy Discover the lure of Puglia now, before it is fully “discovered.” When the rest of the world thinks of Italy, the celebrity regions and cities of the North come to mind: Tuscany,… Read full article

  • My First Trip To Italy – Or Feasting In Emilia-Romagna

    Eating In Italy, Or, How Pavarotti Built His Figure A Short Tale Of My Visit To The Emilia-Romagna Region Pavarotti’s was the first smile I saw in Italy. His round, beaming, welcoming face and black beard beamed sunnily from an… Read full article

  • Christo The Floating Piers

    Walk On The Water – Christo’s “Floating Piers”

     “Walk On The Water” Of Lake Iseo This Summer Visit Christo’s “Floating Piers” In The Italian Lakes District This summer, from June 18 to July 3, 2016, internationally-renowned environmental artist Christo will premier his latest monumental work, “The Floating Piers”, directly upon the… Read full article

  • Norie Quintos Cycles The Dordogne

    Reflections On A Bike Tour Of The Dordogne Q & A With Norie Quintos Norie Quintos is an Editor at Large at Nat Geo Travel Media, as well as a content strategist advising destinations and travel companies. This is her… Read full article

  • Tour leader Loic Tyberghein and Minnie in Sicily

    2015 ExperiencePlus! – A Year in Pictures

    Check out our Instagram page for a photo celebration of discovery, travel and good friends! A fun look back at a year filled with cycling, learning, eating, and levitating. Our tour leaders and travelers posted live updates from our tours in… Read full article

  • Rick Price - Santa stops by the Fort Collins, CO office

    The Perfect Gift(s)

    Bicycle gear for warm weather or cold weather and more. Suggestions from our staff and tour leaders for the cyclists and non-cyclists in your life. The Price Family Monica Malpezzi Price – Co-owner and Michele Boglioni – Route Manager Gift… Read full article

  • Cate Dollard winner of ExperiencePlus!'s S.A.T.T winner and her Inven Team

    The Gift of Giving

    2015 Send A Teacher Traveling: The ExperiencePlus! Send a Teacher Traveling Award (S.A.T.T.)  program recognizes outstanding K – 12 public school teachers throughout the United States by encouraging teachers to participate in educational, active travel opportunities, like those offered by ExperiencePlus!.… Read full article