Why you should cycle in Cyprus: The Olympos
Cycling in Cyprus is unknown to many. The partly Greek, partly Turkish island in the Mediterranean is best known for sun holidays, but cycling holidays and Cyprus are not yet commonplace. That's a shame because Cyprus is a beautiful spring and autumn destination with some hugely challenging climbs. Not for the faint hearted to put it [...]
Cycling in northern Macedonia: Lake Ohrid
In the series 'The Tears of Tito', Iva Bicanic goes back to the former Yugoslavia in search of stories. So too to northern Macedonia, known to many from...yes, from what actually? Besides the capital Skopje, northern Macedonia is best known for its various lakes. Funnily enough, northern Macedonia shares a number of lakes with neighbouring countries. For instance, the Prespa [...]
Northern Corsica: France but different
Are you orientating on a cycling holiday to France? But would you like an alternative to a basecamp in Bourg d'Oisans or around Lourdes. Of course, you could opt for a beautiful other department in mainland France. Plenty of choice in the Ardèche, for example. We do have another tip: Corsica! Or better said: [...]
Cycling in Emilia-Romagna: In the footsteps of Pantani
Rimini, Riccione, Cattolica. A three unit mostly synonymous with beach holidays. Sun, sea, booze. At least, that's how I've always remembered it. Not for nothing did I set off for a two-week summer holiday to this Bermuda triangle for young people when I was 18. I had heard of Cesenatico. What's more, the village with this name was [...]
Crans-Montana is a cyclist's paradise
In the beautiful canton of Valais-Wallis, there is so much to choose from when it comes to cycling. How about a beautiful ride from should-have-been World Cup starting town Martigny and then up to Barrage d'Emosson, Grand Saint Bernard or one of those other insane climbs. You can also go from Brig to Moosalp, to the Furkapass, Nufenenpass, Simplonpass and [...]
Cycling across Germany - Met Rik op Reis
After his first stop in and around Frankfurt in the state of Hesse, our guest writer Rik de Voogd drove further through the German country, thus stopping in the state of Baden-Wurttemberg. There again, it was good fun, as his travelogue of that route shows. On his trip, he also met fellow Instagrammers David Kratz and Markus [...]
Cycling to Barrage d'Emosson: a course from a never-run World Cup
It is a Thursday in August around noon. Today we cycle to Barrage d'Emosson, in the Martigny area. The sun is high in a bright blue sky. I quickly check my bike computer: 10% gradient. It feels like double that. Sweat beads off my face. A fellow cyclist calls out to me: 'From here on, it gets even [...]
