Optional Vermont Tandem Tours
Vermont is a great place to extend the 2014 ETR into a great biking vacation. With that in mind, we have secured three excellent Tandem tours for you. The two Pre-Rally Tours are offered to you by Sojourn Tours and Gear To Go Tandems. The Post-Rally Tour is offered by Gear to Go Tandems.
Before the Rally we suggest
Sojourn Tours
Sojourn specializes in extraordinary bicycle tours and active vacations throughout the US and Canada. Choose from destinations artfully selected for breathtaking scenery, unique points of interest, fabulous cycling, and distinctive lodging. Friendly, personalized service is just one of the reasons why 70% of Sojourn’s travelers have vacationed with them before or been referred by friends who have. Sojourn bicycle tours are active vacations that offer choices for all levels of cyclists – from leisure to avid. Enjoy each day at your own pace and savor the good life every evening!
Exclusive Tandem Tour of Vermont’s Lake Champlain Valley
July 13-18
Vermont-based Sojourn Bicycling Vacations has developed a deluxe tandem tour of the Lake Champlain Valley to specifically coincide with the 2014 Eastern Tandem Rally. Routes for Sojourn’s Lake Champlain Valley tour will not repeat any of the Rally routes.
Soujourn’s award-winning tour of the Lake Champlain Valley (Frommer’s named it one of the top ten bike tours in the world) has been redesigned specifically for tandem cyclists. Ride through covered bridges, experience the region’s finest road riding, and explore classic villages in one of the most beautiful states in the US.
Sojourn, based in the heart of the Lake Champlain Valley, has intimate knowledge of the most coveted routes and points of interest in the region. Spectacular Lake Champlain is nestled between Vermont’s rolling Green Mountains and the high peaks of New York’s Adirondacks. Gentle valley farmland offers miles of fabulous cycling, and mountain foothills are close enough to provide more challenging options for those who want them.
The tandem tour offers an exclusive stay, and dinner, at the magnificent Inn at Shelburne Farms – a most memorable evening to cap off the trip. The trip has been specifically designed for tandem cyclists in conjunction with the Eastern Tandem Rally which will be held in Vermont from July 18-20. Routes will not repeat those included in the Rally.
The Tour Package Includes:
Enjoy a private cruise across Lake Champlain to ride to historic Essex, New York.
Indulge in a private wine paired dinner featuring fresh Vermont products.
Learn about the history of the Morgan horse during a private farm tour.
Visit important sites of historic maritime battles along Lake Champlain.
Explore charming villages listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Ride Vermont’s finest back roads and pause for a dip in Lake Champlain.
The conclusion of this tour has been planned to transition seamlessly with the start of the first official ETR ride.
For more details with complete itinerary click below:
Exclusive Tandem Tour of Vermont’s Lake Champlain Valley
Space is limited to ten tandems.
Gear to Go Tandems
is offering two tours for you: one that ends before the Rally and one that starts after the Rally. This is a great company with over 18 years of expertise in the tandem business.
Come take a tandem vacation with Rich and Lindy, riding through tandem friendly country side. Our tours are created with tandem riding in mind, combining beautiful views, the best roads and routes, and interesting sights along the way. These tandem vacations include hotels; detailed routes, cue sheets, and maps; and baggage transfer. Share ride highlights and laugh with the other tandem riders at our numerous group get-togethers, Happy Hours and group dinners. Catch up with your tandem friends or make new friends in these welcoming tandem tours.
The 2014 Lake Champlain pre-ETR Tandem Tour
July 12-17
Our tour of Lake Champlain Islands takes full advantage of the lovely islands that are scattered haphazardly along its long and narrow length, and the unsurpassed views across the lake to the Green and Adirondack mountains. Connected by bridges and causeways to the rest of Vermont, these islands are blessed with a unique combination of exceptional rural scenery, big prosperous farms, cows and sheep grazing in green fields, the best apple and fruit orchards in New England, and historic structures built by Vermont’s earliest settlers.
Enjoy the Shelburne Museum, one of the finest diverse collections of art, Americana, and historic buildings.
Take the Water’s Edge route, a winding loop ride along the AuSable River as it meanders down to Lake Champlain. And ride the Acres of Apples tour through the apple orchards of northern New York. Hike through the famous AuSable Chasm. Savor the tastes of Vermont – locally raised foods at great restaurants overlooking Lake Champlain, crisp apples, apple butter and fine wines. You get to enjoy all this while cycling along quiet lake shore roads that wander along the water’s edge!
The tour package includes:
Five (5) days of riding
Five (5) nights lodging
Three (3) dinners
Four (4) Breakfasts
Three (3) afternoon ‘Happy Hour’ get-togethers
Maps and cue sheets
Baggage transfers
The tour will be limited to eleven (11) couples on tandems.
For more details with complete itinerary click here: Gear to Go Tandem Tours
After the Rally we suggest:
The 2014 French Canada Tandem Tour
July 20-27
Join us for a week long tandem tour in French Canada, with its spectacular people, foods, and traditions. Ride your tandem in Montreregie and the EasternTownships, south and east of Montreal. Enjoy the cultural and architectural heritage, riding through hamlets and villages considered the most beautiful in Quebec.
This is a fun tour with lots to see and tandem friendly rides. It’s mostly flat to rolling riding on quiet country roads. Tour old forts, visit an old Cider Mill and ride past apple orchards. Visit a duck farm and an art glass studio. Come on north and enjoy. Bon Voyage!
The tour package includes:
Seven (7) days of riding
Eight (8) nights lodging
Five (5) dinners
Five (5) afternoon Wine & Munchies ‘Happy Hour’ get-togethers
Maps and cue sheets
Baggage transfers
The tour will be limited to eleven (11) couples on tandems.
For more details with complete itinerary click here: Gear to Go Tandem Tours