Val de Loire Tours and Trips

Blessed with good weather, we very much enjoyed our Loire Valley cycling tour. It wasn't until day 3 that we mastered the App. From then on we found it invaluable. The vast majority of the trip was on quiet roads or cycle paths - very few hills. Other than the cycling through some great scenery, highlights were the chateaux at Cheverny and Chenonceau, and the hotel at Chitenay.

The entire trip was easy enough on an ebike. A few gravel tracks were challenging but that was all part of it! I paid for accommodation upgrade and it was so worth it.. with the exception of the first and last night the places we stayed at were charming and comfortable. The first and last night's were at The Mercure, which was all of the above but it just didn't have the charm and history that resonated with the other hotels.

Very smooth. Good bike, good hotels. 2-3 stars, but very nice. Couple of minor things - the app can be improved since it shows the route but does not guide to/from hotel to the route, just says 'you are too far from the route'. Had to use Google Maps. Second, a bit of extra info on country specfics would be useful - for instance, being from the US I did not expect everything to be closed - stores, restaurants in small cities with nothing even to get a coffee... :-)

We found that most of the trails were off road and very scenic. We thought the tracking app was very good and we found the accommodation very clean and comfortable.

My itinerary was well planned and I think the experience was of good value for money. The variety of accommodations were welcoming and clean. I especially liked the GPX/GPS files on the daily routes. The communications were impeccable. My only request is that the trip package be provided a month prior to the start of the walk. I usually travel to the starting point about a week prior to the commencement of the walk to get over jet lag, etc.

I really enjoyed the bike trip with UTracks. We do a lot of bike trips and this was a relatively relaxing one, which was nice. The information that was given was very thorough and we had no issues during our trip. Really enjoyed the accommodations and towns they had us going through! Look forward to another one!