Biking holiday, spoilt for choice

[Pete]

As mentioned on another thread the missus and I are considering where to go on the bike this year. I've done France before, so am well aware of how deceivingly big it is (especially on a bike compared to an air-conned and coffee laden car). She has only been to Bordeaux by car.

So option 1 - which is what we've been thinking - is Interlaken in Switzerland. We'll probably ride the toll road down to a camp site outside Troyes called Le Lac d'Orient, which I can highly recommend (has a lake opposite for swimming in). We'll probably stay a couple of nights, taking it slow and sight seeing in Troyes. Then we'll head down straight to Interlaken in one hit, avoiding tolls and Swiss motorways. Not sure what we'll do from there to get back, but one in Interlaken there are plenty of decent mountain passes to have a go on, or if she's tired of the bike there's the mountain railway to go up the Eiger and Jungfrau. We'll be camping every night, but only at 3ish different sites. She's already said she's not keen on pitching up every day somewhere new, which is understandable.

Option 2 - which I'm warming to - overnight ferry from UK to Spain. Ride through Spain in one hit (9 hours) and stay in a villa with a pool in the Algarve in Portugal.

Option 3 - forget the bike, fly to Portugal, stay in a villa with a pool for 2 weeks and hire a car!

Answers on a postcard!

[Stu]

depends what you want out of the holiday really! and how long you are going for

the first option sounds good to me

[klingelton]

i wouldn't choose option 3, but then the wife is non-bikey, so that's what i normally end up with.

I'd go option 1 if it were a bike centric holiday or option 2 if you're wanting to kick back a bit.