Exploring the world by bike is a unique, wonderful, and enriching experience. But it’s also a daunting, logistically challenging undertaking, and when planning travel to new regions, many of us struggle to figure out where to focus our energies, especially when the aim is to incorporate cycling into a family vacation.

This guide is here to help. If you’re considering a trip, this guide is here to help orient you, save time, and increase your chances of having a spectacular experience away from home.

The BETA version of this guide is rides we’ve ridden, with embedded photos.

France

2023 Rated Routes - Nice

• Eze - Gorbio - Madone - Contes: 4 Cols, 5 Star

• Colomar - Levens - Aspremont - Turini: 5 Star!

• Vence - Carros - Vial - Levens: 4.5 Star

• Amazing Grasse Plusse: 4.5 Star

• Sospel Mellow: 5 Star

• Alpine 5 Star Banger: Col de Vence - Col de Castelleras - Le Mas - Roquesteron - Bouyon 

• Another alpine attempt, mixed results. 4 Star

• Out to San Remo and the Poggio: 3.5 Star

• Alpine Variant 2: Col de Vence - Col de Bleine - Roqesteron - Gillette. 5 Star

• Col de la Madone d’Utelle: 4 Star

• Col de Braus - Col de Turini: Eternal 5 Star Route

• Contes - Escarene - Peille - Madone - Eze: 4 Star

Unrated Routes - Nice

• Nice North – Madone (down) – Menton

• Nice – Col de Braus – Col de Turini

• Nice – Villefranche-sur-mer – Col de la Madone

• Up and down the Var River with Alex

• Nice – Revel de l’Alberta – Col de Braus – Col de Turini

• Eze and Turbie before Breakfast - Favourite Descent!

• St. Agnes - Gorbio - Turbie - Pielle

• Nice-Tende-Nice via Col de Braus, Col de Brouis, Saorge Est, Ventimiglia

• The most spectacular Nice route? Col de Turini West Side via Croix de Fer etc.

Greece

Naxos

• Naxos: An Introduction by Bike

• Naxos North Coast Loop

• Naxos Central Looping

• Filoti for Breakfast

• Climbing Loop with Pavlos

• Coffee with Pavlos

Athens

• Athens: An Attempt at the Mountain, Retreat to the Coast

• Athens: Mountains

• Athens: All the Way Up