Road bike France
Gems of the dordogne
Ride through breathtaking landscapes, savor regional cuisine, and immerse yourself in this iconic regionRef CR27
The Périgord is one of the top cycling destinations in France. And rightfully so... A rich and diverse terrain, with quiet shady back roads, lush green valleys, and a variety of landscapes with breath-taking views. The area is also steeped in a rich history. This trip takes in the discovery of the Vézère Valley and its prehistoric sites, famous medieval fortresses and sleepy forgotten villages, as well as the Dordogne Valley… But it’s also a culinary paradise for meat lovers: we return to our hotel at the end of each day, where you can look forward to relaxing evenings and fine local food and wine.
Highlights
- The exceptional historical heritage of the area: castles, medieval fortresses, churches, prehistoric sites…
- Quiet back roads that pass through beautiful sleepy villages.
- The famous gastronomy of the Périgord…
- The ride up the Dordogne Valley.
- Tailor-made itineraries concocted by locals.
Description
Comments
- This trip exists in 3 versions : V1 = 1 wheel / V2 = 2 wheels / V3 = 3 wheels. Each day you can choose between different itineraries (V1, V2 or V3), with varying distances and profiles.
- Special offers available for private groups. Please ask us for a quote.
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Dates
This tour can be booked anytime from April to middle of November.
Available extra services
(prices per person)
| Half board: 7 multi-course dinners | 255 € /  |
Extra nights in Tamniès:
| Extra night, double room incl. breakfast, côté village | 85 € / |
| Extra night, single room incl. breakfast, côté village | 150 € / |
| Extra night, double room incl. breakfast, côté parc | 105 € / |
| Extra night, single room incl. breakfast, côté parc | 185 € / |
Bike rental: see below
Road bike rental
You can reserve the following bike hire for this tour:
| Road bike Carbon frame and fork, Shimano 105 groupset, 11- or 12-speed, 11-32, Bianchi, Cube, Merida or equivalent |
355 € / |
| Delivery/pick-up of rental bike (Package to share, from 1 to 6 bikes hired) |
120 € / |
Don't forget to tell us your height and, if possible, the desired frame size when you make your booking. Thank you very much.
Costs and services self-guided tour
Price per person for a group of :
A single-room supplement will be automatically added in the case of odd-numbered groups:
| Single room accommodation (7 nights), côté village | 390 € / |
| Single room accommodation (7 nights), côté parc | 490 € / |
The price includes:
- 7 nights in a 3* hotel with swimming pool in double rooms with en-suite facilities
- 7 breakfasts
- Carefully designed itineraries with routes for 2 physical levels
- Our navigation app for smartphones, a detailed road book including maps (digital format) and GPS tracks
Standard and comfort rooms
The rooms "côté village" are located in the main house in the heart of the village and offer comfort in a relaxed decoration. The rooms "côté parc" are located in a building directly in the hotel's own park. Most of them have a balcony or a private terrace overlooking the valley and the surrounding countryside.
Dinners
This tour is offered without dinner. Our hotel has a very good restaurant, but you can also go to nearby Sarlat (15 km - 20 minutes by car) for some variety. Option for dinner possible - see additional services.
What is not included:
- Lunch and dinners
- Bike rental
- International flights
- Supplementary services
- Your transfer to the meeting place (see paragraph below)
- All services mentioned in extensions
- Insurance, assistance
- Drinks at the accommodation
- Visits to museums, monuments and sites
- Additional travel related to changes in the programme due to bad weather
- All personal expenses
- Everything not mentioned under “the price includes".
Vélorizons cycling jersey
A cycling jersey to our taste.
A timeless road cycling jersey produced in France, inspired by our team and our road cycling trips. High quality, made in France by a Savoy company and with a feel-good character for long days in the saddle. Offered at a great price.
Features
- High-quality SIRTECH + LYCRA textiles
- 3 pockets, one with a central zip + 1 side pocket
- Full front zip
- Half-high cycling collar
- Short raglan sleeves in Lycra with seamless ends
- Gripper at the hem
Available sizes (EU sizing): XXS bis XL
Cut: Slim fit, unisex
Price: see above
Order and further information by e-Mail or ask our leaders while on tour.
Private groups / Custom tours
You are a group of friends, a family, a company or a cycling club and you would like to organise a private cycling tour on the dates of your choice. This option is available for guided and self-guided tours.
- If you are interested in one of the tours presented on our website, we can provide you with a detailed quote based on the number of persons in your group.
- If you are interested in a custom version of one of our tours, with specific requirements (tour duration, accommodation type, vehicle assistance, airport transfers, bike rental, etc.), we can provide you with a detailed quote based on the number of persons in the group and the group's specific requirements.
For more information or to receive a quote, please contact us by phone at +33 458 140 435 or by email at info@france-bike-trips.com.
Booking procedure / Cancellation
How to book
In order to make a booking please fill in the online booking form on the "booking" page of your chosen tour. At the end of the booking process you will be transferred to our bank's secure payment page in order to pay a 30 % deposit.
Last minute booking
All self-guided bookings made within 21 days of tour departure will incur a surcharge of 15 € per person.
Expert advice
- Unsure which tour to book?
- Interested in a custom version of one of our tours?
- Not sure if a particular tour is suitable for your riding style?
A dedicated team of travel specialists is available to offer you expert advice Monday to Friday from 9 am to 6 pm (French time) by phone - +33 458 140 435 or by mail - info@france-bike-trips.com.
Tour confirmation
In order to confirm our guided tours, we need to reach a minimum number of participants (usually 5 persons are necessary). Therefore booking a guided tour does not necessarily mean the tour is confirmed. In the unlikely event that we are unable to confirm your chosen tour, we will offer you the opportunity (no less than 21 days before departure) of switching to another (confirmed) tour, or receiving a full refund.
Self-guided or custom tours: We confirm bookings of self-guided tours and custom tours directly after booking.
In both cases, please await our final booking confirmation before making any travel arrangements.
Balance payment
Tour balance payment must be made no less than 30 days before tour departure. Your travel documents will be sent to you once we have received your balance payment. Road books and maps will be sent to you 3 weeks before departure.
Cancellation
In the event that you are obliged to cancel your tour France Bike Trips will reimburse the entire sum paid for the tour, minus the following cancellation charges:
- More than 60 days before departure: 5 % of the tour price, excluding insurance premium
- Between 60 and 31 days before departure: 15 % of the tour price, excluding insurance premium
- Between 30 and 21 days: 30 % of the tour price, excluding insurance premium
- Between 20 and 14 days: 50 % of the tour price, excluding insurance premium
- Between 13 and 7 days: 70 % of the tour price, excluding insurance premium
- Less than 7 days before departure: 100 % of the tour price, excluding insurance premium
Full details of our sales conditions are available here
GPS tracks
When you book a self-guided tour, we provide the GPS tracks of the route. GPX type files will be sent to you by mail.
These tracks were created with GPS mapping software. In some places, there may be slight differences between the GPS track and field reality. These tracks are a "plus" that allows you to follow our route, but they do not replace the "paper" maps and common sense when out in the field ...
We ask you not to publish these GPS tracks on the internet. Their development has required many hours of work, both in the field, and in the office. Thank you in advance for your understanding...
Travel insurance
It is important to be correctly insured when embarking on a cycling holiday. We recommend checking the details of your travel insurance (if you have one) and, if necessary, subscribing to our contract below. Please note that France Bike Trips is simply an intermediary between you and the insurance company.
You can choose between these travel insurance contracts while completing your booking form:
- I subscribe to the "comprehensive multi-risk" insurance cover (4.5%), minimum premium of 15 €:
This contract covers assistance, repatriation, lost or stolen luggage, holiday interruption and cancellation. To see the full contract, click here. - I purchase the "cancellation only" insurance cover (2.5%), minimum premium of 10 €:
This policy covers cancellation only. To see the full contract, click here. - I purchase the "repatriation & assistance" insurance cover (1.6%), minimum premium of 10 €:
This policy covers assistance, repatriation, lost or stolen luggage and holiday interruption. To see the full contract, click here.
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Getting there
By plane:
- From Toulouse airport or from Bordeaux airport : you will need to rrent a car to get to the hotel.
By car:
Route planner: en.mappy.com
Accommodation
We favour comfortable accommodation with warm hospitality.
The 3* Hotel Laborderie is located in the village of Tamniès. Rooms are equipped with en suite bathrooms, TV, mini bar and wifi. Facilities include swimming pool, sauna and jacuzzi.
Food
"L'art de la table"
This trip is also an opportunity to discover the famous French gastronomy.
We pay very careful attention to the quality and the variety of your meals. Fresh and local products will be served wherever possible.
Depending on the meals included in your chosen tour:
- Continental breakfasts taken at the accommodation
- Cereal bars and dried fruit during the day
- Hearty dinners (3 to 4 courses, with local dishes)
- For lunch, we offer 3 options based on your preferences:
- A picnic to carry along in a small backpack. It contains an individual salad (carbohydrate and vegetable based salad), cold meats, cheese and fruit. This picnic can be carried in a small backpack or a handlebar bag.
- "Racing food" for those "allergic" to backpacks: energy bars, dried fruit.
- No lunch organised by France Bike Trips, leaving you free to stop and eat when and where you choose (restaurant, bakery, grocery store...).
Please check the "Dates & Prices" section for meal plan details.
Car sharing
If you sign up for a guided tour, we offer you the opportunity to see if you can carpool with other participants to get to the point of departure. To do this, go to "Car sharing" in our website. By entering the complete reference and the date of departure of the tour (available on the registration confirmation that we have sent you), you have access to route details and emails of other participants who wish to carpool.
Baggage
During the day you carry only a daypack for additional clothing, water, food, camera, etc. The rest of your baggage is transferred each day to the following nights accommodation.
Health
We strongly recommend having a medical check-up before your holiday.
Our / Your state of mind
- A "group" tour: If you join a guided tour, you will be part of a group for several days. This is a superb opportunity to meet new people and share some magical moments. However, a group tour requires that each person show friendliness, openness and mutual respect for their fellow travellers.
- An "adventure" tour: despite the most careful preparation, adventure tours can present unforeseen events. Accepting these risks will help you enjoy your trip to the full, in the knowledge that your guide, our local partners and the entire France Bike Trips team will offer you the most suitable solutions to any given situation.
Bike and plane / train
If you decide to bring your own bike, be aware that transporting a bike by plane or train is no longer an issue. However a few simple guidelines help to optimise the transport and avoid potential damages that could occur.
Your bike must be transported in a designated bike bag (standard size 120x90cm). This maximal size allows you to travel with your bike as "hand luggage" in any TGV and SNCF trains.
It is very important that you protect your bike in the bag. After having deflated the tires, removed the wheels (by removing the quick release mechanisms), pedals and rear derailleur (which is left hanging on the chain), we recommend you wrap your bike inside the bag in a sheet of dense foam (thickness of 3 to 5 cm). A piece of cardboard or rigid plastic positioned between the foam and the inside of the cover can be beneficial to provide more rigidity.
Once folded up the bike bag will take up very little space and will be transported by the assistance vehicle during your tour.
Bike bags are available directly from France Bike Trips at a cost of 70 euros, plus postage.
Your equipment
Personal equipment to bring:
Luggage
All your luggage must be distributed in two bags: a backpack and a travel bag:
1/ Backpack (or saddlebag)
This is the bag or saddlebag (saddle or handelbar) you use every day while cycling, if you choose to take a picnic lunch (see paragraph "Food"). This bag should not be too large (up to 20 litres).
It will contain: a picnic for lunch, snack food, camera, waterproof and extra clothing and sunglasses, ...
2/ Travel bag
This is the bag that will be transported from one accommodation to the next by vehicle. It will contain all the belongings you will not use during the day. You will find it at the accommodation in the evening (or sometimes for lunch).
List of equipment to pack:
For your head
- A cap or other head protection against the sun
- A hat or sweat band
- A bike helmet.
For your upper body
- Two cycling jerseys or technical t-shirts (made of synthetic or natural breathable fabrics)
- A warm shirt or sweatshirt
- A fleece
- A waterproof jacket
For your legs
- Two good quality cycling shorts with chamois (avoid triathlon shorts)
- A pair of warm cycling tights or leg warmers
- Trousers
- Casual short
- A swimsuit.
For your feet
- A pair of biking shoes
- A pair of shoes suitable for the evening
- Sandals (not compulsory, but nice for warm evenings...)
- Sport socks.
For your bike
- Gearing adapted to riding in the mountains: if in doubt ask your local cycle dealer
- 2 spare tubes
- Puncture repair kit
- Spare brake pads (except if you start with new pads)
- A rear derailleur cable
- Chain lube
- A pump
- A multitool
Other
- A pair of bike specific gloves
- A bike lock
- A headlamp with batteries
- A pair of spare laces
- A toiletry kit and towel
- 2 bike bottles 75 cl (or camelbak)
- A pocket knife
- A few plastic bags to protect your belonging
- A needle and thread
- A small individual pharmacy: sunscreen (face and lips); band aids + double skin (Compeed); Immodium; pain killers, earplugs, other personal medication.
Self-guided tour "user guide"
Active autonomy: what you need to know for our self-guided tours
In order to achieve the planned tour programme, you must:
- Guide yourself with the highlighted maps and road book;
- Choose suitable start times adapted to the lengths of the daily stages as well as your own riding pace, and leave an adequate safety margin of time;
- Obtain daily weather forecasts from your hosts, and take into account the weather conditions when planning journey times;
- Arrive at the booked guest houses and hotels listed in the programme on the given dates;
- Bring the necessary personal equipment to carry out the tour. France Bike Trips equipment list constitutes the necessary minimum;
- Carry insurance policies and emergency telephone numbers with you at all times;
- Be familiar with basic first-aid steps;
- In the event of any problems during your trip, contact France Bike Trips (contact information in your travel documents). Possession of a mobile phone that works in France is strongly recommended.
Self-guided tours are undertaken without a guide and at your own risk. France Bike Trips cannot be held liable for any route error, misconduct, personal imprudence, inadequate planning or inappropriate reactions in the event of incidents.
Any programme change of your own initiative is under your responsibility and at your expense.
Having said this, with our advice and good preparation, you should be able to look forward to a wonderful, trouble free holiday. Enjoy your trip!
Route navigation
You will receive an email 2 weeks before departure, containing all the information necessary for your upcoming tour, including the following navigation tools:
Our dedicated smartphone app
Follow your route with comfort and ease! Thanks to the Velorizons navigation app, download the full trip itinerary to your smartphone, view route maps and profiles, access the list of booked accommodation, services and useful contacts, and use the integrated route guidance (visual and vocal) for navigation.
►See the mobile app presentation video
To benefit fully from the app navigation system, we strongly recommend attaching your smartphone to the bicycle handlebar using a dedicated mount. An example can be viewed here.
| Operating system | Android | Apple | Windows Phone | Blackberry |
| Compatibility | Version 8.0 minimum | iOS 8.0 minimum. iPhone compatible, iPad compatible if GPS equipped | Non compatible | Non compatible |
A detailed Road Book
Your tour road book will be available to download in your My France Bike Trips customer area. The road book contains:
- Full colour maps with highlighted routes,
- Step-by-step route description,
- Route profiles
GPS tracks
Tour GPS tracks will be available to download in your My France Bike Trips customer area. The tracks are in .gpx format, compatible with all GPS devices/apps.
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