Recommendation for guided cyling holidays in France or Switzerland

[Veloscot]

I'm researching costs for doing a cycling holiday in Switzerland or the French Alps maybe next year. I think I'd like to go on a guided holiday - the kind that's all organised with accommodation and which you can share the experience with other riders. I'd like to go for a week, take my own road bike and do a grand tour or something - maybe the famous cols or ride across Switzerland. My preference is to start and finish in or near Geneva or Nice since I know I can get direct flights to there easily.

Am interested to hear from anyone who has been on a similar holiday - in particular if there's a specific guiding company you can recommend?

 

[HLaB]

Apart from being pricey (but then again they all seem to be) I enjoyed my Holiday like that a few years back to Sardinia with Skedaddle and it was well organised, I recommend you check out them.

 

[Veloscot]

Apart from being pricey (but then again they all seem to be) I enjoyed my Holiday like that a few years back to Sardinia with Skedaddle and it was well organised, I recommend you check out them.

Will do! Thanks mate. Yeah, I realise these things are expensive. Have just returned from a week's skiing trip to Courchevel which nearly bankrupted us!

 

[andym]

Apart from being pricey (but then again they all seem to be) I enjoyed my Holiday like that a few years back to Sardinia with Skedaddle and it was well organised, I recommend you check out them.

I was also going to recommend Skedaddle also on the basis of a couple of trips with them to Sardinia (Naomi Lindfield is now running Skedaddle Italia) and other trips.

There are also lots of small-scale operations - usually operating out of a single centre.

 

[andym]

Apart from being pricey (but then again they all seem to be) I enjoyed my Holiday like that a few years back to Sardinia with Skedaddle and it was well organised, I recommend you check out them.

I was also going to recommend Skedaddle also mainly on the basis of a couple of trips with them to Sardinia (BTW Naomi Lindfield who ran the tours in Sardinia is now running all of Skedaddle Italia).

Bear in mind that on a supported tour there will be (or at least for the best companies) two guides and a support van driver. I don't imagine they are very well paid, but that's still a fair overhead to pay before you start paying for food and accommodation.

There are also lots of small-scale operations - usually operating out of a single centre.

 

[jay clock]

+1 for Skedaddle. I did Mexico with them in 2003 and they were great!

CTC also get good ratings, but I suspect a slightly older demographic

 

[asterix]

Marmot Tours. Did the Raid Pyrenean last year with them and they were truly 1st class. The only thing they couldn't fix was the weather. We found them through personal recommendation and they lived up to it.

This link describes what they offer, and I think they are excellent value for money.