Teachers' Travel - Anglo Dutch
Independent  Bicycle Tours
2008
Denmark  - Funen Islands

 

 Independent Cycling  Tour Details
Cycle at your own pace through the most beautiful countryside of Europe. Luggage is shipped from inn to inn. You have a map and detailed route instructions plus as a local representative who can be called for assistance.

This tour takes you to to charming villages, small inns and well-preserved castles. The Danes are
avid cyclists and cycle paths in towns have priority over other traffic.
 
Cost:                              535 UK    $1118 Cdn (based on double occupancy). 
Single supplement:       126 UK    $  263 Cdn

2008 Tour Dates:  Start any Sunday  from June  -  August 
                           
Duration: 7 nights

Tour profile: Easy cycling on cycle paths and country roads.

Included:
  • Seven nights accommodation (double occupancy) in comfortable middle-class hotels and inns with private bath
  • Breakfast daily
  • Luggage transfer
  • Bike rental and comprehensive route notes and map
  • Ferry ticket.

Meeting point: The tour starts and ends in Odense

Itinerary

 Day One:  Arrive in Odense (reached by train from Copenhagen and ferry). Odense was the birthplace of Hans Christian Andersen. It is a university town dating back to pre-Viking times with half-timbered houses and cobble-stoned streets.

Day Two: Head south to visit the medieval castle of Egeskov, built on thousands of oak trunks in the middle of a lake. Continue to Svendborg, one of the most attractive towns in Denmark. Two nights are spent in Troense, on the island of Tasinge, a picturesque village with many thatched cottages.  (38 miles)

Day Three: Cycle around the island with its story-book villages including a visit to the harbour town of Svendborg.

Day Four: The route continues through the fabled woods Noreskoven via the small island Sio to Langeland. A trip around the island takes you on narrow lanes to Tranekaer to visit the castle and along the beach at Spodsbjerg, Rudkobing. This cozy town with picturesque houses and beautiful town squares is worth a visit before catching the ferry to the next island of Aero. The route to Aeroskobing consists of tracks and paths and is one of the most beautiful sections of the tour. This romantic town was featured in one of Hans Christian Andersen's stories.  Stay two nights (24 miles)

Day Five: Explore the beautiful town or perhaps a swim on nearby beaches.

Day Six: Depart from Aeroskobing over the hills to Soby. By ferry to Faaborg on Funen Island through Funen's "Alps" making one of the most attractive areas of Denmark. (27 miles)

Day Seven: Today's route back to Odense goes through typical glacial landscape dominated by lakes, hills and valleys. Stop at an open-air museum which displays centuries of peasant life. (30 miles) Overnight in Odense.

Day Eight: End of tour

For further details ask for an Anglo-Dutch Cycling brochure.