Epic Bike Rides of the World


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Profiles fifty cycling routes throughout the world and offers two hundred ideas for bike rides, including a Bavarian beer ride, a sightseeing trip through Sri Lanka, and a Sierra Nevada traverse.




Bicycling the Pacific Coast


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Croatia and Dalmatian Coast


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This Everyman Guide is a spectacular encyclopaedic reference to the history, art and architecture of Croatia. It also offers invaluable up-to-date practical information to help you make the best out of this beautiful country. Seven detailed itineraries tour the country and its islands. The guide also contains extensive coverage of Croatia's complex history, culture, lifestyle, food, literature, museums, art, architecture and natural history. A comprehensive listing of restaurants and hotels is provided as well details of opening hours and admission prices for all the museums and places to visit. In addition, this guide contains clear mapping plus over 1,000 specially commissioned illustrations and photographs including 3D architectural drawings.




A Year in Provence


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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • In this witty and warm-hearted account, Peter Mayle tells what it is like to realize a long-cherished dream and actually move into a 200-year-old stone farmhouse in the remote country of the Lubéron with his wife and two large dogs. He endures January's frosty mistral as it comes howling down the Rhône Valley, discovers the secrets of goat racing through the middle of town, and delights in the glorious regional cuisine. A Year in Provence transports us into all the earthy pleasures of Provençal life and lets us live vicariously at a tempo governed by seasons, not by days.




25 Bicycle Tours in Maine


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There's no better way to see the real Maine than by bike...and no better way to bike it than with this third edition of Howard Stone's 25 Bicycle Tours in Maine--updated, expanded, and featuring all-new maps. Ranging from half-day jaunts to multiday adventures, these tours take you down nearly 2000 miles of Maine's back roads--through weathered lobster ports, past blueberry barrens and gracious Colonial homes, around remote islands and lakes, up (and down!) scenic hills. Stone concentrates on "the roads less traveled...the route to take if you truly want to learn what Maine is all about." (Bates College Alumni Newsletter). Included with each tour is total mileage; a detailed map; complete mile-by-mile directions; information on nearby bicycle shops, accommodations, and eateries; and the author's notes on the country you're biking through. Many tours include bonuses: side trips, detours, and alternate routes to tailor the ride to your taste.




Backroad Bicycling Near New York City


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Leave the inner city for biking the nearby country roads and lanes in the New York tristate area.




Back Road Bike Tours


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Cranks from Cooperstown


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Backroad Bicycling in the Hudson Valley and Catskills


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Cycling rides on quieter, less-traveled roads and byways easily accessible from New York City. Renowned for sprawling rural townships, quaint agricultural villages, and tucked-away mountain hamlets, the Hudson Valley and Catskills regions are idyllic destinations for cycling. From the dramatic Hudson Highlands, through the little towns along the river that Henry Hudson called a great "Arm of the Sea," this guide will introduce you to the both the Hudson's gentler, scenic river routes as well as the hilly back roads of the Catskill, Shawangunk, and Taconic mountain ranges. Intriguing facts about the historical, cultural, and natural gems you'll find along each ride, detailed mile-by-mile directions, and clear maps guide you along you dozens of never-before described bike routes, many of which pass through recently-designated National Heritage Areas.