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History and Geography of the French and Italian Riviera

History and Geography of the French and Italian Riviera Our book review this month is an essay on the geography and history of Italy’s Cinque Terre. We have also included some resources to help you find hotels or other lodging… Read full article
Argentina / Chile / Germany / Highlights & Stories / Hungary

Expeditions in Two Hemispheres

Bicycle Expeditions in Two Hemispheres To those of us with normal jobs, it might seem surprising that somebody who designs and sells bicycle tours for a living would have frustrated dreams about big trips. But that’s just how our first… Read full article
Highlights & Stories / Italy

Cycling Southern Italy and Puglia

Cycling Southern Italy and Puglia Fifteen years ago Paola and I led each of the five tours we offered every year. Now we are lucky to participate in two or three tours per year of the seventy or so that… Read full article
Argentina / Chile / Highlights & Stories

Routes on the Open Road

Routes on the Open Road Dare Yourself to Ride Across South America The saying goes, “It’s the journey, not the destination.” But who says it’s got the be one or the other? Join this month’s featured tour, the ExpeditionPlus! Coast to… Read full article
France / Highlights & Stories

Provence: Ruins, History, Artists, Authors, Wine, Culinary and Cycling Delights

Provence: Ruins, History, Artists, Authors, Wine, Culinary and Cycling Delights If you’ve dreamed of bicycling through Provence we have three opportunities for you this fall; our Cycling Provence, Cycling Provence Plus! the Cevennes and our Bicycling through the Best of… Read full article
Highlights & Stories / Ireland

Bicycling Ireland

Bicycling Ireland A Bike Tour Review by Jan Rastall of ExperiencePlus! May the road rise up to meet you. May the wind be always at your back. May the sun shine warm upon your face. So goes an Old Irish… Read full article
Highlights & Stories / Italy

Reflections on Monica and Michele’s Big Fat Italian Wedding

True to form, Monica and Michele’s wedding had what one would expect from a multinational, multicultural Malpezzi-Price family event. Bicycles (of all sort), people (from all corners of the world), medieval folk dancing, lots of food and even more laughter. Read full article
Highlights & Stories / Italy

Tuscany: An Introduction to the History and Geography

Tuscany: An Introduction to the History and Geography During the last thirty-five years of exploring the world, I’ve come to appreciate the perspective of one of my geography professors. "There is no such thing as an uninteresting place," he observed,… Read full article
France / Highlights & Stories / Spain

Two Epic Bike Journeys

Spain’s Camino de Santiago & Annie Londonderry’s 1894/95 Bicycle Ride Through France: Two Epic Journeys with ExperiencePlus! If you are celebrating a special birthday, anniversary, graduation or retirement you owe yourself an unforgettable journey. These two bicycle tours offer just… Read full article
France / Highlights & Stories

Bicycling Burgundy – it’s not about the wine – its about the cycling, history and friends

Bicycling Burgundy – it’s not about the wine – its about the cycling, history and friends Is there more to bicycling in Burgundy than discovering wines? When I joined the Bicycling Burgundy’s Vineyard tour with my family last fall ,… Read full article
Highlights & Stories / Italy

Bicycling Tuscany

Bicycling Tuscany A Bike Tour Review by James Pippin A couple of weeks ago, I had the pleasure of bicycling through Tuscany leading twenty other cyclists on an ExperiencePlus! Little Tour in Tuscany. I knew some folks beforehand, although… Read full article
France / Highlights & Stories

History, Romance, Revenge: The Loire Valley has it All

History, Romance, Revenge: The Loire Valley has it All As one former participant on our Bicycling the Castles of the Loire Valley tour said, “the scenery was gorgeous—sunflowers, wheat fields, vineyards, forests and, of course, the fabled châteaux dotting the… Read full article
France / Highlights & Stories / Spain

My Six pilgrimages to Spain and France

My Six pilgrimages to Spain and France My husband Eric and I joined the Pamplona to Pyrenees Tour in July 2005. Our trip was a multitude of heroic pilgrimages: A cyclist’s pilgrimage to the greatest cycling race The Running of… Read full article
Highlights & Stories / Italy

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
France / Highlights & Stories

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
Greece / Highlights & Stories

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
Highlights & Stories / Spain

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
Highlights & Stories / Spain

Tour Report: Cycling Andalucia

Tour Report: Cycling Andalucia The Cycling Andalucia tour offers days of riding in wide open spaces, climbs to villages in the hills of the Sierra Mountains, near traffic-free roads through olive groves extending as far as the eye can see,… Read full article