Category: bicycle travel

The Difference Between Bicycle Routes & Bicycle Trails

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Bicycle Routes Are Not the Same as Bicycle Trails It can be frustrating to search for destination bike trails when planning an active travel tour. Attempting an internet search using the keywords best bike trails in Europe will likely produce nothing but web pages about bike routes rather than bike trails. This is somewhat true in …

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Arthur Frommer Would Love Trailsnet

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Arthur Frommer Promotes Inexpensive Travel Since the mid-1950s, Arthur Frommer has been the champion of inexpensive travel and, for that, he’s my hero. His original travel guides touted Europe on $5 per day. He had to raise the daily rate over the years, but he has always introduced us to inexpensive vacations and affordable travel. …

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Bicycle Travel on the Rise

Active travel in general and bicycle travel specifically is on the rise. More people are choosing to jump on rail-trails or pedal the highways & byways of this country rather than lounging around the pool or zipping by the monuments and mountains in their cars. Looking down on the C & O Canal Towpath trail …

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