Treasures of the Baltic by Bike

What's Included

• Accommodation
  10 nights in 3 and 4 star hotels

• 10 breakfasts, 1 picnic lunch and 4 dinners. The breakfast and dinners are provided at your overnight hotel or a local restaurant. Breakfast will generally be buffet style with breads, cheese, some meats, spreads and perhaps yoghurt and muesli. There will

• 8 nights in 3 star hotels and 2 nights in 4 star hotels on a twin share basis with ensuite facilities

• 24-speed bike rental with pannier and helmet (E-bike available - supplement applies)

• Welcome meeting and welcome drink

• Mineral water during cycle days and reusable water bottle

• Tour guide - one tour guide* for 2-15 people or two guides for groups sizes of 16-21 people. Note *: for groups of up to 7 people the guide will also drive the van so will cycle with the group only at times, mainly guiding from the minivan

• Internal transfers as described by air-conditioned coach/minibus

• Luggage Transfer, 1 piece maximum 20kg, supplement applies for excess

• Support vehicle

• Boat trip across Curonian Lagoon from Nida to Klaipeda or transfer by minibus (day 4)

• Ferry tickets to/from the Curonian Spit and to/from Saaremaa Island

• Entrance to: the Dead Dunes on the Curonian Spit, Saulkrasti Bicycle Museum and Angla Windmill Park in Saaremaa

• Information pack (one set per room booked), GPS Tracks are available on request

• Guided 2-hour city walking tours in English in the capital cities: Vilnius, Riga and Tallinn

• Travel to Vilnius and from Tallinn

• Meals not listed as included, drinks

• Optional 4 dinner package is available: 3 course dinners in Kaunas, Klaipeda, Sigulda, Saaremaa - supplement applies) drinks

• Travel insurance - mandatory

• Tips for tour guide/driver

• Transfers not listed as included

• Transfers by taxi or public transport if you need to skip a stage

• Entrances fees not listed as included

• Excess luggage

• Items of a personal nature

What's Not Included

• 8 lunches and 6 dinners and drinks (optional 4 dinner package -3 course dinners - is available for a supplement - days 2,4,7 & 9)

• Tips for tour guides and crew

• Items of a personal nature - eg. phone calls, laundry

• Entrances to museums not noted as included

• Lunch except on day 3, 6 dinners (optional 4 dinner package is available: 3 course dinners in Kaunas, Klaipeda, Sigulda, Saaremaa - supplement applies) drinks

Accommodation

10 nights in 3 and 4 star hotels
During the trip you will be accommodated in 3 or 4 star hotels, specially chosen for their location and service. Rooms will typically be twin share with a private bathroom. Included meals are taken at the hotel or a nearby restaurant and drinks are available for purchase through the restaurant. Most hotels will have wifi although it may be limited to the lobby.

Grading

INTRODUCTORY TO MODERATE – GRADE 2
The trip requires a reasonable level of fitness to fully participate in the cycling. Daily biking routes are mainly on low traffic roads and cycle paths range from 30 to 58km/18.5 to 36mi. The terrain is varied and rolling with some gradual hills on some riding days (some steep ups and downs in the Gauja River valley) and dead flat most of the tour. The walking in the capital towns is along cobbled streets. The group travels at approx. 20 km per hour with several stops. In some places there will be small, rolling hills eg on Day 1, but normally it’s flat. It can be windy on some days, especially at the coast.

What You Carry

During the cycle day you carry your daily requirements in the pannier provided with the bike. This may include your lunch, wet weather gear, mobile phone and water. A small daypack which can be kept inside the pannier is useful for sightseeing.