Cycling Destinations

🇦🇩 Cycling in Andorra

Cycling in Andorra: 21 mountain passes, 300 sunny days, altitude 1,000–2,408m — where Tom Pidcock, Sepp Kuss, and the Yates brothers live and train year-round.

🇦🇲 Cycling in Armenia

Cycling in Armenia: a high-altitude plateau country at the crossroads of Europe and Asia, where Silk Road passes top 2,500m, ancient monasteries cling to canyon walls, and the air at 2,000m is the clearest you will ever ride in.

🇦🇺 Cycling in Australia

Cycling in Australia: home of the Tour Down Under, kunanyi/Mount Wellington, and a flat white café culture that treats the post-ride coffee with the reverence it deserves.

🇦🇹 Cycling in Austria

Cycling in Austria: the Grossglockner's glacial passes, Innsbruck's 2018 World Championship roads, and Alpine infrastructure built to the standard the climbs demand.

🇧🇪 Cycling in Belgium

Cycling in Belgium: Spring Classics cobblestones, the sacred bergs of Flanders, Liège-Bastogne-Liège's forested Ardennes climbs, and a nation where cycling is not a sport but a religion.

🇨🇴 Cycling in Colombia

Cycling in Colombia: birthplace of Egan Bernal, Nairo Quintana, and Rigoberto Urán — where the Andes produce more WorldTour climbers than almost any country on earth and the Alto de Letras is the longest paved climb in the world.

🇭🇷 Cycling in Croatia

Cycling in Croatia: Adriatic coastal roads, Istria's truffle-country climbs, the savage ascent of Biokovo's Sveti Jure, and Europe's fastest-growing cycling destination.

🇨🇾 Cycling in Cyprus

🇪🇨 Cycling in Ecuador

Cycling in Ecuador: the Avenue of Volcanoes, Chimborazo at 6,263m, roads climbing to 5,000m, and the legacy of Richard Carapaz — Olympic gold medalist and Giro d'Italia champion.

🇫🇮 Cycling in Finland

Cycling in Finland: EuroVelo 10 Baltic coast, the legendary 250km Turku Archipelago Trail with free island ferries, midnight sun riding above the Arctic Circle, and Lapland fell climbs rising to 718m — a Nordic cycling destination with zero coverage from English-language competitors.

🇫🇷 Cycling in France

Cycling in France: Tour de France legend brought to life, from the lunar summit of Mont Ventoux to the 21 hairpins of Alpe d'Huez and the great Pyrenean cols.

🇬🇪 Cycling in Georgia

Cycling in Georgia: the Georgian Military Highway crosses Jvari Pass at 2,379m through Greater Caucasus drama, Svaneti's medieval towers rise above glacier valleys, and Kakheti's 8,000-year wine culture lines roads that are, kilometre for kilometre, among the most cinematic in the world.

🇩🇪 Cycling in Germany

Cycling in Germany: Bavarian Alps above Garmisch, the Black Forest's Schauinsland and Feldberg, and road surfaces that make every climb a pleasure.

🇬🇷 Cycling in Greece

Cycling in Greece: ancient roads, the Peloponnese's empty mountain passes, Cretan White Mountain climbs, and a Mediterranean climate that makes serious riding possible nine months of the year.

🇮🇸 Cycling in Iceland

Cycling in Iceland: Ring Road circumnavigation at 1,332km, midnight sun in June–July, volcanic Highland passes, and a near-total absence of other cyclists — the most dramatic low-traffic cycling environment on the planet.

🇮🇪 Cycling in Ireland

Cycling in Ireland: Atlantic edge passes, the Ring of Kerry circuit, and the Wild Atlantic Way's 2,500km of coastal roads where weather and scenery conspire to produce unforgettable riding.

🇮🇹 Cycling in Italy

Cycling in Italy: Giro d'Italia passes, Stelvio's 48 hairpins, Tuscan gravel roads, and Sardinia's wild mountain interior — la dolce vita on two wheels.

🇯🇵 Cycling in Japan

Cycling in Japan: flawless road surfaces, HC passes to 2,702m, the world-famous Shimanami Kaido island route, and a convenience store every few kilometres — the most cyclist-friendly infrastructure on earth.

🇱🇺 Cycling in Luxembourg

Cycling in Luxembourg: birthplace of Andy and Fränk Schleck, 1,400km of quiet roads through Ardennes plateaus, Mullerthal limestone gorges, and Moselle vineyards.

🇳🇱 Cycling in Netherlands

Cycling in the Netherlands: the world's greatest cycling nation, Limburg's Amstel Gold Race climbs, and 35,000km of cycle paths woven into daily life.

🇳🇿 Cycling in New Zealand

Cycling in New Zealand: Southern Alps, Crown Range summit views, 23 Great Rides across 1,600km of dedicated trail — and traffic so light you will ride for hours without seeing another vehicle.

🇳🇴 Cycling in Norway

Cycling in Norway: Trollstigen's cliff-face hairpins, Lofoten's Arctic islands under the midnight sun, and fjord mountain roads that exist nowhere else on earth.

🇵🇱 Cycling in Poland

Cycling in Poland: Tatra limestone peaks rising to 2,499m, the wild Carpathian emptiness of the Bieszczady, Sudetes ridge roads on the Czech border, and Tour de Pologne WorldTour stages through the mountain south — a country with genuine Alpine-grade climbing that English-language cycling media has almost entirely ignored.

🇵🇹 Cycling in Portugal

Cycling in Portugal: the Algarve's sun-drenched Serra de Monchique, Volta ao Algarve roads, and Europe's most reliable winter cycling destination for northern riders.

🇷🇴 Cycling in Romania

Cycling in Romania: the Transfagarasan Highway — declared the world's greatest road by Top Gear — 22km of HC climbing to 2,042m through the Carpathians, plus the Transalpina reaching 2,145m, Transylvania's medieval castle roads, and mountain passes with near-zero traffic and comparable road quality to the Pyrenees.

🇸🇮 Cycling in Slovenia

Cycling in Slovenia: Pogačar and Roglič country, Vršič Pass's 50 hairpins, emerald Soča valley roads, and Alpine climbing with almost no traffic.

🇿🇦 Cycling in South Africa

Cycling in South Africa: Chapman's Peak Drive — the world's most spectacular coastal road — 35,000 riders at the Cape Town Cycle Tour, mountain passes through vine-draped winelands, and Garden Route coastal roads that track 300km of indigenous forest and Indian Ocean cliffs.

🇪🇸 Cycling in Spain

Cycling in Spain: sun-drenched climbs from Mallorca's Tramuntana to the Canary Islands, year-round riding, and Europe's deepest cycling culture.

🇸🇪 Cycling in Sweden

Cycling in Sweden: 35,000km+ of paths, 50 long-distance routes, Kattegattleden coast road, and Skåne ridges up to 226m that almost no English-language guide covers.

🇨🇭 Cycling in Switzerland

Cycling in Switzerland: four legendary Alpine passes from the Engadin valley, Verbier's savage training climbs, and WorldTour-grade roads built for the sport.

🇹🇷 Cycling in Turkey

Cycling in Turkey: HC climbs from sea level to 2,365m, EuroVelo 8 Aegean Coast, Cappadocia volcanic plateau, and Taurus Mountain passes that rival the Pyrenees — a continent-straddling destination almost unknown to the English-language peloton.

🇬🇧 Cycling in United Kingdom

Cycling in the United Kingdom: Tour de France-tested Dales passes, the brutal gradients of Hardknott, Olympic Surrey Hills, and Scotland's wild Highland roads.

🇺🇸 Cycling in United States