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9 daysDuration
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20 peopleMaximum group size
18 - 99 yearsAge range for participants
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Highlights

Padstow’s old harbour and Rick Stein’s famous restaurant

Visit magical St Ives, a town of art, ice creams and fish ‘n’ chips

Stunning coastline of beaches, coves and cliffs

Includes good quality bike hire for 7 days

Plenty of time to see Cornwall the way you want

Itinerary

An attractive cycle tour of Cornwall taking in the villages and attractions that speckle the coastline. Cornwall is very much a holiday county with beaches, famous cornish pasties, pirates, shipwrecks and the roaring sea. This bike tour is so much more, it is a journey through a varying landscape of inland heaths and downs, rolling hills and tumbling coastlines. There are sheltered coves and beautiful rivers, castles and gardens to visit, some flat trails away from the traffic and then some hilly minor road routes. Cyclists for this ride need to be fairly fit. The daily rides are kept relatively short; the longest day is only approx 30 miles (50km) however it can be windy. This allows plenty of time to see Cornwall the way that you want to!

day 1Arrive Padstow

Make your own way to Padstow. The town is named after St. Petroc who came here circa A.D 500. The church of St Petroc is one of a group of three said to have been founded by the Saint. It is quite large and mostly of 13th and 14th century date. The old harbour usually has a nice ensemble of boats including the old pilot vessels. Nice pub fayre and a Rick Stein café/restaurant, not forgetting Rick's Fish and Chip shop and ‘National Lobster hatchery.’
Accommodation: Old Custom House stands on the quayside and overlooks the harbour.

day 2Padstow to Perranporth - 40.5 km/25.1 miles

day 3Perranporth to St.Ives - 41 km/25.4 miles

day 4St. Ives to Penzance 52km / 32.4 miles (Plus extra optional mileage)

day 5Penzance to Porthleven - 20.1 km/12.5 miles

day 6Porthleven to Falmouth - 55.3 km/34.3 miles

day 7Falmouth to Charlestown - 42 km/26 miles

day 8Charlestown to Padstow - 43.8 km/27.2 miles

day 9Arrangements end after breakfast

What's Included

Accommodation
8 nights accommodation in small hotels and guesthouses on a twin share basis with ensuite facilities where availableHybrid Bike Hire for 7 days: delivered to your hotel on Day 2 & picked up from your accommodation. E-Bikes on request (supplement applies)
Meals
8 breakfasts
Others
Helmet hire: For hygiene purposes we do recommend that you bring your own. Request at time of bookingLocks, spare tube/repair kit and a day bagOne piece of luggage per person transferred from Inn to Inn, not exceeding 20kgDigital information pack including Navigational App, maps and route notes

Customer Reviews

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5.0 | Excellent

Super route, nearly all good hotels/B&Bs, good bikes and support when we had a problem.

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AnonymousVerified Traveler
5.0 | Excellent

Sehr schöne Tour, es geht immer auf und runter darum empfehle ich E-Bikes. [Very nice tour, it is always up and down so I recommend e-bikes.]

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AnonymousVerified Traveler
5.0 | Excellent

Sehr schöne Tour, da es doch immer auf und ab geht sind E-Bike zu empfehlen.

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AnonymousVerified Traveler
3.0 | Average

I’m not sure if I would recommend this area to cycle. Most of the time you are riding on roads with hedges either side also very hilly you definitely need an E bike. It’s called the coastal route though you are more concentrated on the road as it was very busy due to the holiday season. Having said that you do ride into beautiful villages the accom was great and people very friendly. I would definitely walk the area not ride.

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AnonymousVerified Traveler
4.0 | Very Good

Overall it was great. We were very lucky with weather. Only 1 day of bad weather. The bike company was excellent and there were no issues with the e-bikes. Route was good. Need to study the map for each day as this helps with locations of accommodation for each night and bike paths that get you off some of the busy roads. Glad we had e-bikes as some of the hills can be challenging. The accommodation was great.

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