Drôme des Collines Bike Tour
Cycle sports, Cycle touring, Cycling, Hiking / cycling, Gravel bikeA bike trip in the Drôme des collines allows you to discover a bucolic territory, characterized by its landscapes with round reliefs and plateaus that offer splendid viewpoints.
The Drôme is a department with many faces. A bike trip in the Drôme des collines allows you to discover the most unknown of them. This bucolic territory is characterized by its landscapes with round reliefs and plateaus that offer splendid viewpoints, delimited by the majestic walls of the Vercors, the Isère and the Rhône Valley. Far from the crowds, you will evolve in a rural atmosphere and you will discover villages and hamlets perched with small Roman churches. You will also find heritage treasures such as the Palais Idéal du Facteur Cheval in Hauterives, the historical heart of Romans sur Isère or the surprising village of Saint-Antoine-l’Abbaye.It is in Tain-l’Hermitage and the neighboring villages, that some of the most prestigious wines of the Côtes du Rhône are produced on terraced vineyards.
Day 1: Welcome to Drôme des Collines
We will meet you at the Valence TGV station at a predetermined time before transferring you to your hotel in Romans-sur-isère. In the afternoon we will take the opportunity to introduce you to the program, adjust your bike and explore the town.
Meals: Dinner
Accomodation: L’Orée du Parc 4* – Romans-sur-Isère
Day 2: Romans - Saint Antoine l'Abbaye
We go up the Isère Valley for a gentle warm-up, before reaching the village of Saint-Antoine-l’Abbaye in the hollow of green hills, classified among the most beautiful villages of France and a must-see of the local heritage. It remains, as in the past, a formidable center of attraction for people curious about their history. The way back to Romans offers a view of the Rhône valley in the distance and the Vercors summits. We let ourselves be carried by the hills with their bucolic landscapes.
Meals: Breakfast · Picnic / Lunch · Dinner
Route: Option 1 : 40 km / 500 m Elevation Gain – Option 2 : 60 km / 800 m Elevation Gain
Accomodation: L’Orée du Parc 4* – Romans-sur-Isère
Day 3: Tain-l'Hermitage - Vallée du Rhône
Steep roads will lead you today to the hills of the Hermitage vineyards and its emblematic chapel which proudly stands facing the Ardèche and above the Rhône Valley. This unique place is the symbol of this vineyard which spreads out in terraces on the surrounding hillsides. But first, fruit trees, lavender fields and bucolic landscapes accompany you throughout the day.
Meals: Breakfast · Picnic / Lunch · Dinner
Route: 60 km / 700 m Elevation Gain
Accomodation: Les 2 Coteaux 3* – Tain l’Hermitage
Day 4: Hauterives - Palais Idéal du Facteur Cheval
Today Cape north towards Hauterives, known for the “Ideal Palace of the Facteur Cheval”. Built by one man, from 1879 to 1912, independently of any artistic movement, the Ideal Palace is unique in the world.
Meals: Breakfast · Picnic / Lunch · Dinner
Route: 45 km / 700 m Elevation Gain
Accomodation: Les 2 Coteaux 3* – Tain l’Hermitage
Day 5: Fin de séjour
It’s the end of this bike tour in Drôme des Collines with Veymont Travel. After breakfast your guide will take you to Valence TGV station.
Meals: Breakfast
Further information
Opening
From 01/01 to 31/12.
Prices
Adult: from 1,890 €.
Group rate available for > 4 people.
Price includes:
Accomodation:
2 nights in 4* hotel in double occupancy
2 nights in 3* hotel in double occupancy
Meals:
4 breakfasts
3 picnics / lunches
4 dinners
Sport nutrition for every day of cycling
Guiding:
1 guide-driver with van who supports the group all along the tour
Activities:
3 bike rides
Crozes-Hermitage wine tasting
Palais Idéal du Facteur Cheval visit
Equipment:
Garmin GPS rental : 1 for 4 pers.
2 bottles
1 Veymont Travel cycling jersey
Support & Transfer:
Transfer of people
Transfer of luggages
Transfer of bikes
Mechanical assistance
Pick up and drop off at predeterminated places
Price doesn't include:
Travel and repatriation insurance
Plane/train tickets and transportation to/from predetermined pick up/drop off locations
Accomodation before and after the stay
Personnal effetcs purchased during the stay
Activities not planned by Veymont Travel
Meals not mentionned in the “meals” section
Wine and dinks in bars, hotels and restaurants
Bike rental
Cycling guide
Guaranteed departure from 4 participants. Less than 4? More than 8? Contact-us !
In option:
Bike rental and equipment
Room in Single occupation
Cycling guide
All info on https://www.veymont-travel.com/en/bike-tours/france/drome-des-collines/.
Payment method : Bank/credit card, Credit transfer
Through Valence Romans Tourisme