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Legendary mountain passes, family-friendly greenways, MTB spots and gravel routes: we catalogue the world’s best cycling destinations, with a real guide for every place, well-located hotels to sleep in, where to rent a bike on the spot, and the gear to make the most of it.
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FranceAlpe d'Huez: the 21 hairpins of the Tour's most famous climb
Climbing Alpe d'Huez from Le Bourg-d'Oisans: profile, the 21 numbered hairpins, difficulty and tips for this legendary ascent.
FranceCol du Galibier: the roof of the Tour de France
Climbing the Col du Galibier from Valloire: profile, difficulty, best season and tips for tackling one of the highest passes in the Alps.
Col du Granon: the climb that flipped the 2022 Tour
Climbing the Col du Granon from Saint-Chaffrey: profile, brutal gradients, Vingegaard's 2022 attack, difficulty and practical tips.
Road
See more →Albulapass: Graubünden's balcony climb above the UNESCO railway
Climbing Albulapass from Tiefencastel: 22.5 km, 1,360 m of elevation gain, 6.1% average to 2,312 m — an ascent running alongside the UNESCO-listed Albula railway line.
FranceAlpe d'Huez: the 21 hairpins of the Tour's most famous climb
Climbing Alpe d'Huez from Le Bourg-d'Oisans: profile, the 21 numbered hairpins, difficulty and tips for this legendary ascent.
Alto de Abantos: the Madrid summit above the Escorial monastery
Climbing Alto de Abantos from San Lorenzo de El Escorial: 14.2 km, 803 m of elevation gain, a Vuelta classic overlooking the royal monastery.
Alto de Aitana: the Costa Blanca's highest, hardest climb
Climbing Alto de Aitana from Alcoleja: 22.3 km, 1,260 m of elevation gain, 5.8% average — the Vuelta a España's toughest Costa Blanca summit finish.
MTB
See more →Cycling Mount Trebević from Sarajevo: up to the abandoned Olympic bobsled track
Climb Mount Trebević from Sarajevo: around 10 km up to the abandoned bobsled track from the 1984 Winter Olympics.
Gravel riding in Peneda-Gerês National Park, Portugal's only one
Gravel riding in Peneda-Gerês National Park from Caldas do Gerês: forest tracks, granite villages and reservoir lakes, Portugal's only national park.
Mountain biking at Åre, the Swedish resort that hosted the World Cup
MTB guide to Åre in Jämtland: a chairlift-served bike park, host of UCI World Cup rounds, practical tips.
Mountain biking at Ballyhoura, southern Ireland's great singletrack network
MTB guide to Ballyhoura, between Cork and Limerick: waymarked forest singletrack, rideable year-round, practical tips.
Gravel
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ItalieColle del Sommeiller: Europe's highest carriage road
Climbing Colle del Sommeiller from Bardonecchia: 26 km, nearly 1,700 m of elevation gain up to 2,993 m, split between asphalt and extreme gravel.
Colle delle Finestre: the legendary Giro climb, gravel included
Climbing the Colle delle Finestre from Susa: profile, 8 km of unpaved track, difficulty and tips for this iconic Giro d'Italia pass.
Colle di Tenda: the old military pass between Piedmont and France
Climbing the Colle di Tenda from Limone Piemonte: 13.8 km at 7.3% average, a historic pass with military fortifications, partly unpaved.
Cycling the Mullerthal, Luxembourg's Little Switzerland with the family
A family bike ride through the Mullerthal from Echternach: sculpted sandstone rocks, forests and villages, distance and practical tips.
Family
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Royaume-UniCamel Trail: Cornwall's family-friendly cycle path
Riding the Camel Trail between Padstow and Bodmin: a flat, traffic-free former railway line, the quintessential family cycling route in Cornwall.
FranceCanal du Berry à Vélo: the Cher's family-friendly greenway
Riding the Canal du Berry à Vélo from Saint-Amand-Montrond: a flat greenway along a former canal, ideal for a family outing.
FranceCanal du Nivernais by bike: Burgundy's family-friendly cycle route
Riding along the Canal du Nivernais from Clamecy: a flat towpath, locks and stone villages, an ideal cycling route for a family outing.
Copenhagen by bike with kids, on the harbour's bicycle snake
A family bike loop around Copenhagen's harbour, on some of Europe's finest cycle infrastructure: Cykelslangen, Nyhavn, practical tips.
Multi-day routes
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FranceLa Loire à Vélo: the great châteaux crossing
405 km of nearly flat greenway along the Loire, from Orléans to the Atlantic estuary: the guide for planning a cycling crossing, stage by stage.
FranceLa Vélodyssée: the great family-friendly Atlantic crossing
1,200 km of near-flat greenway along the French Atlantic coast: the guide to planning a family ride on La Vélodyssée.
FranceThe Canal de Nantes à Brest: the great Breton crossing by bike
330 km of nearly flat towpath between Nantes and Brest: the guide for planning a cycling crossing of Brittany, stage by stage.
FranceThe Canal des Deux Mers à Vélo: from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean
490 km of greenway between Bordeaux and Sète, along the Canal latéral à la Garonne and the Canal du Midi: the stage-by-stage guide.