Highlights & Stories
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Bicycling the Best of Southern Tuscany Plus …
Wanting to share some of the best of Italy, the ExperiencePlus! Italian tour leaders and I desired to develop a cycling tour that would combine the most exciting areas of Tuscany and Umbria (the green heart of Italy). This came… Read full article
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Highlights & Stories / Scotland
Bicycling Scotland’s Highlands Plus – the Isle of Skye
ExperiencePlus!’s bicycling trip across Scotland was born of customer requests to offer a cycling itinerary in the United Kingdom, and what an option this Coast to Coast trip is! Scotland is Europe’s leading adventure travel destination with good reason. A… 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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Why I Bike: Episode 6
Customer Sherry Walker: I ride so I can eat and still fit into my clothes. I go on bicycling trips to eat, my husband, Scott, goes to ride. Actually, if you are referring to ExperiencePlus! trips, we ride because we… Read full article
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Why I Bike: Episode 9
Becca Austin (ExperiencePlus! Customer) My ride to work yesterday was so fulfilling (in more ways than one – there were 7 Bike to Work Breakfast Stations along my route) that I decided to do it again this morning. Who can… Read full article
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Costa Rica / Highlights & Stories
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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Why I Bike: Episode 8
Scott Cooley (ExperiencePlus! Customer) It makes me feel like a kid again. Remember what it was like when you first learned to ride a bike? It wasn’t only about expanding the size of your world, it was about the feeling… Read full article
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Chile: A New Destination with a Familiar Twist
In October 2009 I was fortunate enough to head south and help lead our inaugural bicycle tour through Chile’s wine country. ExperiencePlus! is proud to be one of the first US bicycle touring companies to offer tours here just as… Read full article
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Why I Bike: Episode 7
Dave Forester (ExperiencePlus! Customer): Given my poor golf scores, it is a better use of my time to spend a few hours biking the local byways than searching for small white balls in tall grass. More exercise, less frustration, and… Read full article
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Bicycle through History in Sicily in Preparation for …
Sicily looms large in the minds of Americans when they think of Italy because this, the largest island in the Mediterranean region, sent something like a million and a half Sicilians emigrants to the US in the early part of… Read full article
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Costa Rica / Highlights & Stories
Keep Your Sunscreen Out This Winter
Join ExperiencePlus! in Costa Rica Now is the time to plan your escape from cold winter temperatures that are, unfortunately, lurking just around the corner. Costa Rica offers you sunshine, great bicycle rides, tropical rainforests, white-sand beaches, active volcanoes, hot… Read full article
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Argentina / Highlights & Stories
Discovering Northern Argentina with Javier Lardone
When I was asked to write about our Discover Northern Argentina bike tours, the first thing that came to my mind was: how do I begin to describe this place? If I could only use one word, undoubtedly it would… Read full article
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Cycling and Eating through the Piedmont Region of Italy
When people ask me what my favorite bike tour in Italy is, I always say Venice to Florence or Venice to Pisa because I think it is such a great introduction to Italy. But, if you were to ask me… Read full article
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The Dordogne River Valley: Paola’s Travels with the …
The Dordogne River Valley: Paola’s Travels with the Queen of France by Paola Malpezzi-Price The Dordogne River Valley is part of the historical region of Aquitaine, which for centuries was vaster and richer than the territory held by the kings… Read full article
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Experiencing Brittany by Bicycle
Experiencing Brittany by Bicycle by Jonathan Hancock, ExperiencePlus! Tour Leader in France I’m very excited to be able to share with you the wonderful and unique area of France called Brittany. You have certainly heard this word like the… Read full article
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History and Geography of the Olympic Games in Ancient …
History and Geography of the Olympic Games in Ancient Greece The games honored Zeus, supreme god of all the Greeks and ruler of the sky (Zeus’s brothers Poseidon and Hades ruled the sea and the Underworld, respectively). The Olympic games… Read full article
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History and Geography of the Camino de Santiago in Spain
History and Geography of the Camino de Santiago in Spain St. James the Greater was the brother of John the Evangelist. The brothers were converted to Christianity by St. John the Baptist. James was martyred in 44 A.D. in Palestine… Read full article