England

This trip takes bikers to extremely interesting historical sites. Biking to a neolithic stone circle and Hadrian's Wall topped our biking adventures and this is our 15th VBT trip. The terrain covered was diverse and interesting, the cities unique and welcoming. Our guides were excellent and made the sites come alive. If you like variety and history this is your trip!

The beautiful pastoral vistas that we biked each day were everything I had hoped for in this vacation. All the sheep, rolling hills, moors, everything was just breathtaking. In addition, I felt we got to see and understand the history of this region of England and Scotland. As for the actual biking, the hills could be intense so I would definitely recommend an e-bike which our kind leaders secured for me halfway through the trip.

This was our 10th VBT trip and was one of our favorites. The Cotswolds scenery was beautiful and being able to see Oxford and Bath was a plus. Our guides (Jago and Hattie) took great care of us and were very knowledgeable about the history of the area. Most of our group used e-bikes because the terrain was very hilly. If you are a strong rider, a road bike will suffice. All of the other guests on the trip were very friendly. I highly recommend this trip!

There is no better way to see and learn about a beautiful and historic area like Southwestern England than on a bike! We loved our VBT Cotswolds adventure.

My husband and I did this self-guided tour in early September and absolutely loved it. Country Walkers did an impeccable job taking care of every detail--booking hotels, moving our suitcases between hotels, and, best of all, the "route notes" book was so detailed and had everything we needed from step-by-step directions and restaurant suggestions to history and ideas for things to do. It felt like a wonderful adventure following the famous paths through sheep pastures and little forest thickets, past gardens and ancient churches, and climbing over or around all the different gates. It was often overcast and misty in the mornings, but the mid-day sun burned it all away. Our highlights are choosing to stop for an hour to check out the Hailes Abbey Museum and rubbing elbows with some locals at the only pub in a tiny village. So many great memories! We liked the intimate experience of doing a self-guided trip and the independence (without the planning!) that it provided. We spent some extra days in London at the end of our trip...that was just icing on the cake.

What a fantastic trip this was. This was my 6th time going to England, but my first for the Cotswold region and what an extraordinary time it was. The food was fantastic, everywhere you looked the views were spectacular. It was fantastic trip which I would do again in a heart beat.