Dordogne Biking Private
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Overview
Highlights
- Explore Dordogne
- Visit a prehistoric cave covered in stone carvings and drawings.
- Opportunity to see amazing and important Christian pilgrimage site.
- Explore Dordogne to the perched town of La Roque Gagéac
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Trip includes
- All hotel accommodation
- Meals as indicated and wine chosen by B&R
- Use of a customized bicycle and helmet.
- Services of B&R guide & support vehicle during rides
- All special events and private tours
- All transportation from rendezvous to drop-off
- Detailed maps, route suggestions and water bottle
Itinerary
Ride through beautiful farmland offering magnificent views of the surrounding region. Enjoy lunch in the tranquility of a riverside mill and stop at a local foie gras production farm for a visit and tasting.
Visit Sarlat, the most untouched town of Dordogne. Explore the town with B&R long-time friend Alistair before riding home through oak forests
Head deep into the Périgord Noir en route to Rouffignac where you'll visit a prehistoric cave covered in stone carvings and drawings. Enjoy a fresh farmhouse lunch and ride home through small villages along the Vézère River. Tonight, enjoy a Michelin-starred meal in the elegant dining room of the Vieux Logis.
Today we travel from prehistoric times to the Hundred Years’ War as we delve into the valley of the Five Châteaux. Trace the Dordogne to the perched town of La Roque Gagéac. After a delicious lunch, begin en route to the town of Souillac, entering the Lot region, known for its wild, arid landscape.
Visit a stunning and important Christian pilgrimage site built on the side of a limestone cliff in the 12th century.This afternoon relax by the pool, sip an apéritif in the expansive French garden or embark on a gently canoe trip down the river towards our hotel.
After an early breakfast you’ll drive to either Souillac train station or the Brive – Souillac airport in time for all departures. Bon voyage!
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The total tour cost includes the tour price (regular or promotional) and the compulsory local payment. The promotional price is subject to change. Check directly with the operator for the latest price offer. The tour operator requires you to pay only the tour price to purchase your travel. The compulsory local payment will be paid when you join the trip. All prices are based on double, twin or triple share occupancy. Solo passengers will be accommodated in a double, twin or triple room according to availability with a passenger(s) of the same gender. Single supplement only needs to be paid if the passenger does not want to share and requests their own room. Discounts can only be applied at the time of booking and cannot be added at a later date, regardless of any changes made to the original booking.
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It's been almost 50 years since we made a conscious decision, on the back of a cocktail napkin, to encourage people to "slow down to see the world." Ever since, Butterfield & Robinson has been leading trips that amble where others stride, linger where others inhale, bike where others motor and sip where others quaff. In the words of Gypsy Rose Lee, a woman who, if nothing else, knew the value of doing things very, very slowly: "Anything worth doing well is worth doing slowly."
There’s so much more to B&R than the high thread count of your sheets. Our kind of luxury takes you to a place you never knew existed. It’s a feeling of freedom. A feeling of exuberance. A feeling like you don’t need a watch or a wallet and you haven’t a care in the world. Wherever we travel, we delve deep into the heart of the local culture, your meals are some of the best in your life, and your sleeps every bit as delicious. But this merely sets the stage for the magical, ineffable part of B&R—the moments of discovery—and self-discovery—that you’ll never, ever forget.
The B&R difference is the best biking and walking routes in the world’s most incredible places. It’s the most capable and genuinely friendly guides you’ll find anywhere. It’s the most interesting hotels the region has to offer. It’s amazing culinary experiences. It’s state-of-the-art equipment, great wines at dinner, a water bottle that’s always filled, route suggestions you won’t find in any guidebook, et cetera! Are you starting to get the picture?
Our Expertise
Incomparable Service
From the first phone call to the final nostalgic photo swap, we pride ourselves on anticipating and answering each and every question you might have before, during and after your trip – plus a hundred more we thought you might like to know. That way, the only surprises on your trip are good ones.
50 Years of Experience
BB&R’s been slowing down to see the world since 1966, and while a steady diet of good food, great wine and miles of biking and walking has kept us feeling sprightly, we can’t deny the truth: we’re about to turn 50. Fortunately, “mid-life crisis” isn’t in our vocabulary—in fact, we’re actually pretty excited about it.
Amazing Routes
We meticulously map out easy-to-follow route notes for our trips. By no means do you have to follow them, but if you do, we promise nothing short of spectacular (think quiet country lanes, glorious vistas and, often, being the only ones in sight). Our guides always have additional scenic routes up their sleeves, too. Up for more of a challenge? Ask and you shall receive.
Impeccable Guides
B&R guides are an exceptional group: consummate hosts, mind readers and raconteurs, among many other things. Think teachers, painters, travel writers, architects, botanists and biologists. The only documents thicker than their CVs are their passports. They’ve lived all over the world. They speak a gazillion languages. And they’re ridiculously fun.
Expert Trip Designers
Our talented team of Trip Designers are the best in the world at what they do—and what they do is turn fantasies into reality. (We thought about changing their title to “Dream Weavers,” but we didn’t want to re-print all those business cards.)
Exceptional Hotels
Winning hotels are a hallmark of B&R; we go to great lengths to find properties that are unique expressions of the region. Often that means they’ve had a previous life as a monastery or a castle. Think of them as the charming and intimate garnish atop your trip. Best of all? We’re friends with our hoteliers, which means preferential treatment for you.
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Accommodation
If you have to cancel your B&R trip for a reason not defined in the Trip Mate Travel Insurance Policy, you are entitled to the return of these amounts:
Number of days prior to your trip:
270+ 100% Refund of deposit
96-269 will be 50% Refund of deposit
61-95 is 75% Refund of penalties
31-60 will be 75% Refund of penalties
0-30 is 75% Refund of penalties
Between 270-95 days prior to departure each traveler will be charged $500 to cancel or the traveler may choose to keep the full US$1,000 deposit in a holding account with us for a future trip.
Activity Level
Enthusiast
This trip is rated Enthusiast, meaning it’s appropriate for travellers who bike about a week at home. Daily biking distances vary from 40 to 60 km, and although the terrain in the Dordogne can be rolling, the van is never far.
Signature
We use premium hotels that are unique expressions of the region. Often they’ve had a previous life as a monastery or a castle, but in every case they offer an exceptionally comfortable stay.
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