8 Day Guided Road Bike Cycling Tours available between 15.10.15 - 15.12.15 

6 stages - 650 km / approx 9000m

 

Price 1200 Euros Per Rider 

THIS ROAD CYCLING TOUR IS ALWAYS OVERSUBSCRIBED.  EARLY BOOKING IS ADVISED

 

 

Bike Trip Cyprus has teamed up with Zypernbike to bring you what is without doubt the single most Challenging Road Cycling Tour on the Island of Cyprus. This  Cycle Tour circles the entire Island, both North & South of the Green line division border. Featuring some of the every best climbs and descents  anywhere, stunning scenery, quiet villages, fishing ports, secluded coastal coves, Crusader Castles, Olive & Citrus groves and both the Kyrenia and Troodos Mountains, including summitting Mount Olympus itself!  This is not a Bike race, but it is a  Road Cycling Tour designed for strong Cyclists ! This  Cycling Tour is supported & would ideally suit Road Cycling Groups used to cycling together at a reasonable pace, such as Road Cycling Clubs. The minimum number of  cyclists for this  Cycle Tour to Run is currently eight. To join this Cycle Tour you must be in good health and used to long days in the saddle with a good degree of climbing experience. Road bikes only.  This Cycle Tour starts and ends in Aldiana near Larnaca  Cyprus with accommodation en route, currently it does not stop at Caesar resort.

 

 

 

 

 

ACCOMMODATION / MEALS

8 nights in selected, good middle-class accommodation with breakfast, including 2 all inclusive nights in the Club Aldiana including Gala dinner on the last day, 2 nights half board with drinks table in Bafra, 1 dinner in the Troodos Mountains, & fresh fish Meze at Kato Pyrgos.

 

TRANSFERS / LUGGAGE

Airport Transfers (as a  Group)  Larnaca Airport to hotel and back

Luggage transportation during the tour

 

PRICE -  € per person

8 days (Sunday - Sunday)

Double room: € 1,198.00

Single supplement both dates: € 120.00

Minimum number of participants: 8 Riders

 

 

Stage 1

135 KM – 320m

ALDIANA – FAMAGUSTA – BAFRA

Our  Tour starts with a crossing of Larnaca to Voroklini. Here we follow varied routes to Athienou, riding along the demarcation line between North and South Cyprus to Famagusta, a former Crusader city and Sea Fortress. Lunch break in Famagusta. We learn more about the exciting history of Cyprus and the naval fortress of Famagusta on a small city tour by bike. 

We then follow the coast road, past the fishing village Bogaz, situated at the entrance of the Karpaz Peninsula and on to Bafra. Dinner and overnight in a 5-star hotel in Bafra.

 

Stage 2 – 101 KM – 1170M

BAFRA – KARPAZ PENINSULA (DIPKARPAZ)

Anyone who has ever visited the remote Karpaz peninsula is one of the lucky ones. This friendly  country is a world of its own, tranquil, picturesque, sensory touching. Karpaz is one of the last unspoilt refuges in the Mediterranean.

Idyllic beach coves and dunes interspersed with rolling hills in between valleys with pine trees and dwarf cypress, carob and olive trees where one can encounter wild donkey herds.

Road surfaces are very good, with the exception of two stretches of rough,but totally rideable asphalt, however the scenery makes this worthwhile. Lunch break in Dipkarpaz, the main town on the Karpaz Peninsula. In the afternoon We ride back to Bafra on the superb low traffic North Coast Road. Dinner at 5-star hotel.

 

Stage 3 – 112 KM – 1900M

BAFRA - Besparmak MOUNTAINS - Girne (Kyrenia)

We ride around the Eastern end of the Besparmak Mountains, a huge wall stretching from one end of the Northern Shoreline to the other, seperating  the vast flat Messaoria plain from the Coast & the Troodos Mountains.  Here we ride 40 km along the Mountain ridge on an excellently surfaced single track Mountain road, with fantastic views of the Taurus Mountains, the Turkish coast & down to Girne/Kyrenia.

We reach Girne/Kyrenia during the afternoon, where we spend the night (5 Star Hotel).

Girne/Kyrenia is a picturesque harbour town on the northern coast of Cyprus. There are lots of small restaurants that offer local specialties at reasonable prices (not included in the tour price).We have dinner in the old town with its numerous small streets leading to the small but very picturesque harbor with its anciant Castle. 

 

Stage 4 – 98 KM – CA. 1400M

Girne (Kyrenia) - ST. HILARION - Guezelyurt (Morphou) - KATO PYRGOS

We take a shuttle bus  back up into the Mountains to visit the old Crusader castle of St.Hilarion, one of 3 castles perched on the highest points of the Mountain range. Then we continue west along the small Mountain road, with its stunning views over both the south and north coast of the island.

After descending from the Mountains, we arrive in Guzelyurt, the largest town in the west of the island.

After a break in a restaurant, right on the sea, the narrow road winds up into the foothills of the Troodos Mountains, before we reach Kato Pyrgos, after a fast descent along the northern coast. Overnight in Kato Pygros in a small, simple family Hotel. Dinner at the Hotel with a traditional Fish Meze.

 

Stage 5 – 93 KM – 2400M

KATO PYRGOS - CEDAR VALLEY - Kykkos MONASTERY - TROODOS

The day begins in the almost 2000 meters high Troodos Mountain range that covers almost 1/3 of the island. Here the countryside is still covered in Cedar trees as we climb on excellent surfaces to the Kykkos Monastery, Cyprus's most famous and most powerful Monastery. Lunch in the cafe at the Monastery, before riding through more stunning Troodos scenery. Dinner and overnight.

 

Stage 6 – 116 KM – 2240 M

TROODOS - MT. OLYMPUS - AGROS - ODOU - CLUB ALDIANA

We reach Troodos Square & Mt. Olympus, at 1952 m the highest peak on Cyprus.Our well earned reward for the climb is a rapid descent into Agros, the Rose Village in the Mountains. The final sections of the Tour take us through even more  picturesque landscapes surrounded by vineyards & Citrus groves  dominate this section of road at altitudes between 900-1300 m. The final climbs and descents see finally take us down to Club Aldiana after a long downhill stretch, ideal for avoiding aching legs.

In the evening we all meet before the gala dinner to review our week together & relax at the pool bar.