Your holiday price includes:
- A double or twin bedded room booked in a delightful hotel for each night of your itinerary. (Single occupancy, always available, carries a supplement).
- A Reserved table in a first class restaurant with four course gourmet dinner each evening.
- A French style breakfast every morning and in many hotels this is now a generous buffet.
- Dawes, light weight 6-speed, indexed-geared touring bicycles with special touring ratios for easy cycling. Bikes are equipped with a lower gear in the hillier regions. Trail-a-long bikes for children 5-8 yrs are available, as well as child seats for 2-5 yrs.
- Bicycle equipment including panniers, provanti bag, water bottle, tool kit and pump.
- Information pack which includes: IGN 1-100,000 maps of the region, your itinerary and hotel details, what to visit guide, a French holiday information booklet, French phrase book.
- The services of our regional assistants with an introductory presentation with a local aperitif.
- Emergency back-up and assistance.
With each bicycle we provide:
- A roomy, three sectioned pannier for carrying your clothes, with two additional small pockets for the bottle of wine and the baguette.
- A provanti bag for the front handlebars with map holder.
- A personal water bottle.
- A lock, pump, tool kit and spare inner tube.
Venise Verte Prices and Travel Options:
1. Making your own way to the first hotel (see prices below)
Our Gentle Tourer options - 2 nights at each hotel with last night back at Le Logis d'Antan in Vallans. (For other holiday options please discuss with the office team.)
| No Nights | Suggested Routes in Venise Verte | Pricing |
| 3 nights or Adventurer | Vallans. Hotel Pool. | £541 |
| 5 nights Slimline Susi | Coulon and Arcais | £777 |
| 5 nights | Vallans and Coulon or Arcais. 1 pool. | £902 |
| 7 nights | Vallans, Coulon, Velluire or Arcais. 1 pool. | £1262 |
| 9 nights | Vallans, Arcais, Coulon & Velluire. 1 pool. | £1492 |
| 10 nights | Vallans, Arcais, Coulon, Fontenay le Comte, Velluire or Maillezais. 2 pools. | £1607 |
| 12 nights | Vallans, Arcais, Maillezais, Velluire, Fontenay le Comte and Coulon. 2 pools. | £1837 |
| 14 nights | Vallans, Arcais, Velluire, Fontenay le Comte, Maillezais and Coulon. 2 pools | £2067 |
Price Discounts: Children under 15 years per night £25.00 Triple Rooms: per room per night £5.00 Group bookings: 8-12 people per person £12.00 Price Supplements: Single Room: Per Person per night £28.00
2. We can book all or part of your travel to and from the UK and France.
| How to get to Vallans (for cycling holidays in Venise Verte) |
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| 1) EUROSTAR & TGV via Lille & Poitiers to Niort & Taxi. Departs St Pancras 08.52 |
1st Class 2nd Class |
£489 £407 |
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| 2) TGV from Paris Montparnasse to Niort and taxi. |
1st Class 2nd Class |
£258 £221 |
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| Nearest airports are La Rochelle, Poitiers. Local train station is Niort. | |||