Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher Discover 200 of the best places to
ride a bike in this beautifully illustrated paperback. From family-friendly sightseeing urban
rides to epic adventures off the beaten track. Destinations range from France and Italy for
the world's great bike races to the wilds of Mongolia and Patagonia. These journeys will
inspire - whether you are an experienced cyclist or just getting started. The book is organised
by continent. In the Americas we join a family bikepacking trip in Ecuador we pedal the
Natchez Trace Parkway and stop at legendary music spots we ride the Pacific Coast Highway in
Oregon and California go mountain biking in Moab and Canada and explore the cities of Buenos
Aires and New York by bicycle. European rides include easy-going trips around Lake Constance
along the Danube and the Loire and coast-to-coast routes routes in Tuscany Spain and Corsica
and professional journeys up Mt Ventoux and around the Tour of Flanders. In Asia we venture
through Vietnam's valleys complete the Mae Hong Son circuit in northern Thailand cross the
Indian Himalayas and pedal through Bhutan. And in Australia and New Zealand we take in
Tasmania and Queensland by mountain bike cycle into Victoria's high country and around
Adelaide on road bikes and try some of New Zealand's celebrated cycle trails. Each ride is
illustrated with stunning photography and a map. A toolkit of practical details - where to
start and finish how to get there where to stay and more - helps riders plan their own trips.
There are also suggestions for three more similar rides around the world for each story. Each
piece shows how cycling is a fantastic way to get to know a place a people and their culture.
About Lonely Planet: Started in 1973 Lonely Planet has become the world's leading travel guide
publisher with guidebooks to every destination on the planet gift and lifestyle books and
stationery as well as an award-winning website magazines a suite of mobile and digital
travel products and a dedicated traveller community. Lonely Planet's mission is to enable
curious travellers to experience the world and to truly get to the heart of the places they
find themselves in. 'Lonely Planet guides are quite simply like no other.' - New York Times
'Lonely Planet. It's on everyone's bookshelves it's in every traveller's hands. It's on mobile
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how to travel the world.' - Fairfax Media (Australia)
