Info - Cycling Holidays

What’s included in our Guided Cycling Tours with more than one day duration

By joining our guided cycling tours you will be provided with:

• Transfer from/to Varna airport to your accommodation at the day before and the day after the tour. Transfers in two directions from/to Burgas airport will cost 35 € per person and from/to Bucharest airport 85 € per person (min 3 persons). One way transfers will cost respectively 20 € and 45 € per person
• 24-gear lightweight trekking Bike without helmet (Helmets at your disposal by renting - 20 Euro per tour)
• English/Russian speaking ride leader with local knowledge
• Map
• BB accommodations during the tours at family run hotels and guest houses, spa and other hotels at the quality of 2 and 3 stars including breakfasts
• Entrance fees
• Picnic lunch and wine tasting program where it is part of the tour
• Refreshing drinks (non alcoholic) during the cycling time
• Support vehicle and luggage transfer
• Permanent technical bike support
• Medical insurance for Bulgaria
• Bonus for direct booking on our site after-the-tour accommodation in the itineraries and cost-free transfers to/from Burgas Airport

Not included: Flights; Travel insurance; Lunch and dinner; Tips; Alcoholic drinks and other personal expenses.

What’s included in our Hub & Spokes

The prices for our Hub & Spokes cycling vacations include:

• Transport from/to the airports of Varna and Burgas to the first/last hub and in-between the hubs
• BB accommodations located in the heart of the best cycling routes with breakfast included
• Fully equipped bike. You can bring your own helmet or rent one from us
• Detailed route notes and highlighted maps for daily spokes. Every spoke has shorter and longer options - perfect for groups of mixed abilities and desires
• A car and driver at your disposal. Request should be made at least 3 hours before the planned beginning of trip. The price covers total distances not longer than approximately 200 km/day
• Advice on planning your daily spokes around lunch stops, whether it will be a special picnic location, or a not-to-be-missed restaurant en route
• Emergency contact mobile phone and info
• Technical support at short notice
• Lists of local cultural events, sites and wineries
• Medical insurance for Bulgaria

Not included: Flights; Travel insurance; Lunch and dinner; Entrance fees; Additional activities; Tips; Drinks and other personal expenses.

What’s included in our Daily Bike Tours

Please see Daily Bike Tours

What about the German speaking guides?

German speaking guides are available on request for 7 to 10 participants in a group for Guided Cycling Tours, Hub & Spokes and Daily Bike Tours and the additional cost is:

• +10 Euro per person per day

Our Bikes

Bikes are made by Drag - the leading bike producer in Bulgaria. We provide lightweight alloy framed Grand Canyon TE or Cruiser TE - hybrid touring bicycles with 27 or 24 indexed gears, and flat handlebars with adjustable stem. The riding position is comfortable and upright. These are the bikes we recommend and supply for most riders. Also we have hardtail mountain bikes Ontario TE.

The bikes come in with Xerama Alloy platform pedals and Selle Royal Energy Saddle. Bring your own saddle and pedals if you wish and we will fit them to the bike. You can bring your own helmet or rent one from us.

Activity Level Classification

We grade our tours by difficulty levels and hope this will help our clients to choose the proper one to cope with the physical condition requirements.

• Easy Cycling Tour

  Relaxed pace, mainly flat terrain and 1 or 2 days with hilly stretches. These routes are suitable for most degrees of fitness, but little cycling experience is necessary.

• Moderate Cycling Tour

  For regular cyclists who ride often daily and sometimes take weekend trips. Half of the tour follows hilly areas and half of the routes are flat. cover mid-long distances and you have enough time for leisure, photos and sightseeing.

• Adventurous Cycling Tour

  Some difficult days with steep climbs and predominantly hilly terrain. Few short technical sections and day distances 50-75 km. Suitable for experienced cyclist in very good condition who endure to pedal at a ‘stronger’ pace.

Scheduled flights to your Tour

Arrival at Varna Airport:

• Austrian Airline - flight from/to Vienna
• Jetairfly - flight from/to Brussel
• Airberlin - flight from/to Dusseldof
• Luxair - flight from/to Luxembourg
• S7 Airlines - flight from/to Moscow-Domodedovo
• Wizz air - flight from/to London-Luton
• Bulgaria Air - flight from/to London-Gatwick
• Bulgaria Air - scheduled flight from/to our Capital-Sofia

Arrival at Burgas Airport:

• Wizz air - flight from/to London-Luton
• Luxair - flight from/to Luxembourg
• Norwegian Air Shuttle - flight from/to Oslo
• S7 Airlines - flight from/to Moscow-Domodedovo
• Bulgaria Air - flight from/to Moscow-Sheremetyevo
• Bulgaria Air - scheduled flight from/to our Capital-Sofia

A lot other airlines use the opportunity to provide services to the Varna Airport and the Burgas Airport during the summertime. Here are the partner airlines for both airports for the incoming season with which you can arrange your safe and pleasant voyage to our coastline.

Varna airport partners:

Bulgaria Air; Bulgaria Air Charter; Air VIA; Austrian Airlines; Balcan Holiday Airline V I M Airlines; British Airways; Pulkovo; Siberia Airlines; Thomas Cook Scandinavia Transvia Airlines; Finnair; Air Mediterranee; Jetairfly;Transaero; Centralwings(LOT) Norwegian Air Shuttle; Malmo Aviation; Ural Airlines; Luxair; Kogalymavia; Thomas Cook Belgium; Aeroflot-Don; Ukraine Intl. Airlines; Belavia ; Aerosvit Airlines ; Wizz Air; Air Berlin; South Airlines; Aviastar-TUI; Globus; Pegasus Airlines; Air Finland; Tatarstan Air; Georgian Airways; Saratov; Air Moldova; Axis Airlines; Hello AG; Transavia France; Jet Time; Skyexpress; Windrose; Orenair; Tulpar;

Burgas Airport partners:

Adria Airways; Aer Lingus; Aerosvit Airlines; Air Armenia; Air Berlin; Air Finland Air Lazur; Air Mediterranee; Air Via; Aircompany Tatarstan; Alexandrov Air Antonov Design Bureau; Arkefly; Aviacon Zitotrans; Avio Delta; B H Air Bashkortostan; Belavia; Bulgaria Air; Bulgarian Air Charter; Condor; CSA; Finnair; FlyLAL Charter EESTI;FlyLAL Charters Globus; Hello Airline; Iberworld Airlines; Jet Time; Jetairfly; Kavminvody Avia LOT; Luxair; Malev;Malmeo Aviation; Monarch; Norwegian Air Shuttle Novair; Orenburg Airlines; Rossiya; SAS; Seagle Air; Siberia Airlines; Silk Way; Sky Express; Skyeurope Airlines; Smartlynx Airlines; SunDor; Thomas Cook Belgium; Thomas Cook Scandinavia; Thomas Cook UK Thomson; Transaero; Transavia Airlines; Travel Service; TUIfly Nordic Ukraine International Airlines; Ural Airlines; UT Air; Venid Air; VIM Airlines VIP Wings; Wizz Air;

If it is easier for you to use the busier Sofia International Airport we are able to arrange extra paid accommodation in the capital of Bulgaria and transfer to Plateau Cycling Center.

For your convenience the neighbor airport of Bucharest/Romania is at a road distance of 270km from Varna and there is a regular bus service.