Dream Tour: If you were given time off with all the gear / expenses paid for - where would you go?

[hopless500]

Can we make it a threesome?

Absolutely

 

[TheDoctor]

Can I come too? Although I might just get to NZ and stay there.

 

[Brains]

A circular tour of Europe would be a good start.
Northern France to Germany, down to Istanbul, and then home via Greece Italy and Spain
I think with a bit of planning you may be able to get in (nearly) every European country

 

[RobinS]

Anchorage, Alaska to Ushuaia, Argentina. Might take some time.
European tours can't be a "Dream Tour" as we are doing Spain, France ,Italy, Slovenia, Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Netherlands next year anyway.

 

[MarkF]

I don't have a dream destination/tour but I'd love to be able to afford (with both time & money) to set off & just keep pedalling.

 

[Ben Reeve]

I'd definitely want to spend a year just ambling around the UK getting to know it really well.

Then a couple moving across Europe.

A few in America

Oh dear this is a rabbit hole!

 

[jags]

Well you can sort out the weather issue with the right cloths, but Scumbags that's another story altogether

 

[jags]

Ireland for me plan a nice route around the shannon maybe.must ask classic33 for good routes .

 

[Slick]

The U.K is very beautiful and unspoilt in places like the Hebrides, the only things that spoil it here are bad weather and scumbags.

I assume you have some experience of our Islands? I also assume you mean the Outer? Try further South, a better class on the inner.

 

[slowmotion]

A summer trip through the countries in Europe that used to be in the Soviet bloc. Some of the countryside is breathtakingly beautiful and unspoiled. I won't need large panniers. Somebody else will be picking up the credit card bill.

 

[Shut Up Legs]

Alps. All of them.

 

[dim]

If I could choose, and turn back time, I'd tour sections of South Africa (I lived there for most of my life) ...

I'd tour through places like Knysna/garden route:

Eastern Transvaal (that was the old name, I'm not sure of the new name now, as many/most town names were renamed after I left):

etc

I had a decent bike when I lived there (A Peugeot PX10, but I never explored with it (I did however tour to most places on a scrambler/trail motorbike... an amazing country with huge geographical diversity ... tropical rainforests in parts, and deserts in other parts).

I would not want to do this today though, as the roads have deteriorated , and it's not safe anymore

if I had to choose somewhere today, I'd choose Canada during the summer .... I've never ever been there, but have read posts on other forums from people who live there and I have seen photos ... looks like an amazing place to tour/cycle:

and saying that, I've only recently started cycling in areas close to me, that I had never been to before .... some really nice villages and scenery south of Cambridge

 

[Dogtrousers]

Estonia

 

[robjh]

A summer trip through the countries in Europe that used to be in the Soviet bloc. Some of the countryside is breathtakingly beautiful and unspoiled. I won't need large panniers. Somebody else will be picking up the credit card bill.

Make sure you include Romania in your trip. It has some wonderful scenery and is a fascinating place, but the main trunk roads are best avoided on a bike! I will definitely be going back there again sometime.

 

[robjh]

Estonia

It has the arguable advantages of flatness and relative smallness, but I am sure there is something else drawing you there. May I ask what makes it a dream tour destination for you?