xilios

New Zealand
Queensland
Norway
Sweden
British Isles.
A desert.
Canadian Rockies.
More of Germany.
The US
Japan

Just some places I would like to visit, not in that particular order.
Avatarworf thanx for the Portugal tip will check it out on our six month eurotour starting next spring.

nancy sv

We just cycled through all of Colombia = from Cartagena all the way to Ecuador. At this point, we are 50 miles into Ecuador. Colombia was perfectly safe and never felt like we had anything to worry about at all (other than the 7000=foot climbs!)

As far as places I-ve been that I think are fabulous, I would say the following:
Yemen = the houses built on top of the rocks are incredible.
Mali = we could not cycle to Timbuktu as we were there in the wrong season, but the rest of the country was fabulous!
Bangladesh = easy cyling as it is all flat, but the people were wonderful
India = especially enjoyed Rajasthan and the Varanasi area
Kashgar, China = we have not cycled the eastern part of China at all, but the extreme west was wonderful
Dalton Highway in Alaska = loved the arctic tundra way up north!
Southwest USA = Utah, Arizona, NM, and California desert. WOW!
Mexico = one of our favorites. Great food and friendly people.

JohnyW

Hi,

I didn't liked that part. Coming from Vancouver Island, Sea-to-Sky Highway, Yellowhead, Ice Field Parkway: This was the most boring part of my tour.

These top 10 lists I don't like...

On all trips there I cycled are nice parts. And it's difficult to compare an Icefield Parkway with the Nile Valley between Luxor and Assuan.

Thomas

tourdottk

1. Colombia: Anywhere in this amazing country
2. The Peruvian Andes: Oh my oh my ...
3. Pakistan: KKH drop dead gorgeous mountains
4. Iran: Western route from Doyabyzit (turkey) to Tehran
5. Kyrgyzstan:Osh to Chinese border
6. Xinjiang Province (Kyrgyzstan border to Tashgorgan)
7. Yosemite National Park to Death Valley
8. Any country lane route in France
9. Nepal: Western Terrai to Katmandu
10. Japan: for a totally different take on the world and great wild camping

Machka 

I liked that part because it was relatively flat and quite a comfortable ride. After tackling Sinclair Pass into Radium, a flat day was nice.

Plus, I discovered something about that road.

For years and years I've drawn these little pictures along the edges of paper, on the backs of envelopes, etc. ... they all contain a cabin, foothills, and mountains, and sometimes a body of water (stream or lake), but all in a specific configuration. I had wondered where the picture came from. I spent most of my life in the mountains, but not in the scene I kept drawing. Meanwhile life took me to Manitoba for many years, and eventually I moved back to Alberta. In 2005, I cycled that road during the Golden Triangle tour, and almost as soon as I got on that road, I recognized it. It was the scene I've been drawing all these years!!!

I spent a couple years living in Invermere (just the other side of Radium) from about 2 years old to about 4 years old, and my parents drove the road to Golden a number of times during that period.


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cyclezealot

Routing to be determined...
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San Francisco to L.A. via Big Sur.
Loire Valley France.
US 50 ( loneliest Road Across Nevada) west to east.
Romantic Road , Germany
Dordogne Valley France to Burgundy.
Bryce-Zion , Utah.
Wine Country , California
Erie Canal Tour, New York..
Vermont
Tuscany, Italy..

zoltani

Corsica is starting to get up there on my list. The more I research it the more it seems like an amazing place to tour. Have any of you toured Corsica?

tcs

A note on "where to tour": when planning a motorcycle or automobile trip, one can suggest "France", but when considering the scale of a bicycle tour - unless we're talking about months of free time - one might more helpfully offer instead "Loire Valley".

My most widely toured friends (2-4 weeks a year for 30-40 years) have highly recomended:
the Lake District, England
Tuscany, Italy
the Black Hills, South Dakota, USA
Rhine River, Germany and Austria

I certainly want to go to all those places. My own personal dream tour before I cash out is around the world @ ~30degS: Capetown to Durban, South Africa; Perth to Sydney to Brisbane, Australia; Auckland to Wellington, New Zealand; Santiago Chile to Montevideo, Uruguay.

tcs

cyclezealot

Corsica interests me also. Never been there. Flown over it a couple times, it was easy to tell, it was pretty mountainous. It's supposed to be covered with olive trees, cork trees and chestnut trees.. That or else so rocky, it will remind you of the American west..... I've talked to some cyclists who have ridden it's interior.... .. The climbs in the interior can reach about 1500 meters.. The coastal roads can be very hilly with over 10% grades, I've been told.. Don't expect the island to be an easy ride... (The coast is rugged.. I've seen friends photos of the island..) After tasting the island's 'chestnut beer,' I am particularly anxious to give it a try.. That plus the island's supposedly pristine water..

axolotl

Yes, I toured there, and it made my list when this thread first began. Yes, it is mountainous, which is a plus as far as I'm concerned. The only flat part of the island is the east coast, and the east coast happens to also be the only part of the island which is not superb for touring. Decades ago, the island had the reputation for having poor roads, but that was certainly not true when I was there, already quite a few years ago. I did have to occasionally watch out for animals, especially pigs, wandering around the roads. Cap Corse in the northeast is gorgeous, the west coast is gorgeous, the mountains in the center are gorgeous. I toured there in the month of June, so traffic levels weren't bad, temperatures weren't too hot, and the sea was warm enough to enjoy.

gdlerner

Machu Pichu Peru
Argentina Igazu Water Falls, Perito Moreno Glacier
Mexico Palenque
Guatemala Tikal
Israel Dead Sea,Jerusalem
Cambodia Angkok Wat
To be continued....

Fueled by Boh

#1) Tour the high deserts of far northern India. Ride from Leh over Khardung La into the Nubra Valley and loop back south towards Pangong Pso. Really a must-do trip, spectacular scenery, lots of road-side services, and very predictable (dry) weather.

Grillparzer

In no particular order:

Spain's Camino de Santiago
Washington D.C. to San Francisco (through Vermont, Illinois, and Texas)
Tierra de Fuego, Argentina

I'm not ambitious enough to have ten.

mattbicycle

I really only have three.
1. Transcontinental USA
2. Danube Trail from Munich (Germany, Austria, Transylvannia) to Sofia
3. north-south from John o'Groates Scotland to Dover on the English coast.

I'd love to do other tours as well, but I will be most unhappy if I meet my demise without taking these trips!

drissmericani

hi bike fans ,i was a pro runner now avid bikers ,traveled lot worldwide ,i agree and disgree on some spots ,finally myslef like my country morocco ;if any one want to visit or come to the sunny morocco ,he will be welcome ,i organize even bike raid to contact me drissmericani@hotmail .com

JoeMan

I believe the Oregon Coast Route (North to South) to be a special place in the US. This route is especially wonderful after the 1st week of September. I would suggest a 10 days ride. This pace will allow tourers to enjoy all it has to offer. It offers great scenery, varied terrain, and some of Oregon's most treasured state parks.

Ekdog

Hello. Could you recommend some routes in Morocco?

Oscuro

I live here, and it is pretty much all I want to tour around right now.

Just never seem to have time or money to accomplish even like a 2-3 day tour.

Chris L

Let's see, in no particular order:

Japan (probably this September)
Wales (since Scotland was so spectacular)
Italy
Nothern Territory, Australia (just to see the contrast between the red centre and the tropics)
Austria, Switzerland and central Europe generally
France
Iceland
Chile and/or Argentina
Tibet
South Africa (The South Africans in my office tell me it's spectacular, and while it's not particularly safe there right now, the situation could change one day).

Some of my favourite places that I have visited:

New Zealand - do both the North and the South. While South is more spectacular scenically, the North has things you won't see on the south, and has more of the maori culture. It also has the friendliest people in the world.

Scotland - pretty much everything Machka said about Wales applies here, too, but looking at a map after I returned, I realised that one could easily spend a lifetime exploring some of the remote places (or some of the 790 islands) in this place. I also loved riding alongside 2,000 year old stone walls and ruins.

Tasmania - I'm planning to move there in the next 12-18 months - enough said.

South East Queensland/Northern NSW, Australia - Granted, it's not as remote as some parts of Australia, but there is plenty of great riding here if you come at the right time (i.e. the end of the wet season, just outside the tourist season, probably late April is best). With almost a dozen National Parks on the world heritage list, it's probably the most underrated destination in Australia.

Western Australia - A bloody long way from anywhere else, but that means you'll see things here you won't see anywhere else. Come in October for the spring wildflowers. The people are extremely friendly too, in fact, if they were any more laid-back, they'd probably be in a coma.

milkcratebasket

I live here as well. I haven't gone much past the southern part of the island though. This summer I want to tour the surrounding islands.

Machka 

You've got Easter coming up ... go ride!!

Machka 

Really? Interesting because we're hoping to move there in next 18 months or so.

mehran9o

Tell me what was your experience in Iran? What is special about Shriaz to Yazd?

Chris L

Yep. The original plan was the end of 2010, but as I have a few things to pay off (including a trip to Japan for a bike tour ), and some unfinished business in this part of the world in terms of riding, it may have to wait another six months. It's definitely happening though.

avatarworf

Iran is simply the friendliest place we have ever toured - truly special people who went above and beyond to make sure we enjoyed their country. On the ride from Shiraz to Yazd, you go past some amazing archaeological sites, and you visit 2 amazing cities, plus there is a real contrast in scenery, from mountains to deserts.