Epic Reading For Epic Cycle Touring
A Guide To Bike Odyssey Cycle Tours Bike Odyssey specializes in adventurous cycle tours complete with atmospheric resting places and gourmet food. […]
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Bike Odyssey Origins
The Origin Of Bike Odyssey Where did it all begin? I think it’s fair to say that Bike Odyssey mastermind Sam Wood’s […]
What to look for in a guided cycle tour
What to Look for in a Guided Cycle Tour Around Europe, South America and Australia In 2018, with more healthy and active travellers […]
Explore Europe with a guided Bicycle tour
Architecture, Islands and Breathtaking Landscapes – Explore Europe with a guided Bicycle tour Europe is at the top of most people’s travel […]
Tour history and The Eagle’s Nest….
On our bike tours, we love history, food and a good aperitif and we certainly have our tour ‘themes’. However, as with […]
Plantagenets – Flowers, Lionheart and Royal Houses
Tour History and after our newsletter, a few people understandably asked what colour is Plantagenet! Disclaimer: If you are watching that series […]
Tour History and the Hannibal Bike Odyssey gets a look in as I’ve just moved to Barcelona!
Tour History and Hannibal gets a look in as I’ve just moved to Barcelona! There is a theory that Barcelona is actually named after Hannibal’s adopted ‘family’ name Barca (coined the ‘Barcids’ by modern writers. In general Carthaginians only had one name and the options seemed in short supply!
Neuschwanstein Castle
Neuschwanstein Castle – the most impressive castle in the world? We also visit some battle worn castles such as where Lionheart himself was imprisoned in Durnstein on the Danube….
Tour History – Hannibal is in the news for the first time in 2000 years due to some horse poo being found on one of the passes over Alps!
Tour History – Hannibal is in the news for the first time in 2000 years due to some horse poo being found on one of the passes over Alps! So for literally hundreds of years people argued over where Hannibal crossed the Alps.
Bike Odyssey Tour History – Hannibal and the bloodiest battle ever in history …Cannae, Italy
Tour History – Hannibal and the bloodiest battle ever in history …Cannae. A slightly horrific way to start the New Year… A day when 70,000 men were killed….this figure stands as the most men killed in a single day’s battle, the equivalent of the nuclear bomb’s death toll at Hiroshima and this was all hand to hand combat.