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A cyclist’s guide to the Dalmatian Coast: Split, Makarska and the roads below Biokovo
The Dalmatian Coast looks like obvious cycling country from a distance: blue water, limestone mountains, small harbour towns and roads squeezed between the Adriatic...
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Cycling in Serra da Estrela: climbs, roads and planning a Portugal mountain trip
Serra da Estrela is the obvious place to go if you want serious mountain riding in mainland Portugal. Torre rises to 1,993 metres, the...
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Cycling in Western fjords (Bergen region) – why it deserves a place on your riding list
Bergen is not the obvious place to choose if your first priority is guaranteed sunshine and uncomplicated road riding. It rains, the fjords turn...
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A cyclist’s guide to Lisbon & the Sintra coast
Lisbon works surprisingly well as a cycling destination because the best riding begins where much of the city starts to disappear.
The Portuguese capital itself...
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Cycling in Valais: why Martigny and Sion deserve a place on your riding list
There are Alpine cycling destinations built around one famous climb, and then there is Valais.
Stay somewhere between Martigny and Sion and the Rhône valley...
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A cyclist’s guide to Dutch coastal routes and polders
The Netherlands is often reduced to one cycling stereotype: flat roads, bike paths and a lot of wind.
That description is not wrong, but it...
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Cycling in Salzburg and Grossglockner: the climbs, roads and atmosphere that make it special
Cycling around Salzburg and the Grossglockner is not just about one famous climb. It is about the way Austria changes under your wheels: river...
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Cycling in Soča Valley: why it deserves a place on your riding list
Soča Valley is one of those places that looks almost too polished to be real. The river is turquoise, the mountains rise sharply from...
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Cycling in the Bavarian Alps: Garmisch-Partenkirchen climbs, roads and atmosphere
Garmisch-Partenkirchen is one of those cycling places where the scenery does a lot of the work before the ride has properly begun. The town...
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Cycling in Bernese Oberland: Interlaken, Grindelwald and the climbs, roads and atmosphere that make it special
Cycling in the Bernese Oberland feels different because the mountains do not wait politely in the distance. They arrive early, fill the horizon, and...
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Cycling in Tirol: Innsbruck, Ötztal and the climbs, roads that make it special
Tirol does not ease you into the Alps. It puts the mountains in front of you as soon as you arrive. In Innsbruck, they...
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Cycling in the Black Forest from Freiburg: climbs, quiet roads and deep forest atmosphere
Freiburg is the kind of cycling base that changes the mood of a trip before the first climb has even begun. The city sits...
