Virginia

United States / America / Explore at your own pace

For the love of biking

In spring, Virginia offers cycling and visual pleasures along smooth-paved, undulating roads. Departing from Martinsburg, visit the university town of Shepherdstown and its charming main street. Bike through Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historic Park, skirting the Potomac River and its locks. Follow pleasant routes past fields and meadows, Victorian mansions and eighteenth century farms, at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Explore the George Washington Forest. You will want to adapt the State’s slogan to Virginia is for lovers… of biking!

Formula:
Available in customized package only

Trip length: 9 days / 8 nights

Level of difficulty: 3

Customized Trips

Prefer to travel with your own group - family, friends or colleagues? Want to carry out a project, discover a destination, take up an athletic challenge or collect funds for a cause you hold dear? The obvious choice is the Customized Formula.

Tell us about your project in terms of preferred dates and desired destination, whether for a day, a week or two weeks. We will help you realize your dream of getting away in good company.

Contact our consultants now!

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General Conditions

Options for serving you better
Delayed departure or return, single occupancy, travel insurance, bike rental (for several destinations) and much more: ask our consultants!

From day to day

Short route: 336 km • Long route: 526 km

Day 1 - Rendez-vous in Saint-Lambert at 6:30 a.m. and departure at 7 a.m. Arrival in Martinsburg at 8:30 p.m. Stop for lunch and dinner.
Day 2 - Martinsburg, Shepherdstown, Harper's Ferry, Bolivar, Charles Town (69 km).
Day 3 - Charles Town, Berryville, Winchester. Looped route via Purcellville (51 or 86 km).
Day 4 - Winchester, Boyce, Front Royal (56 to 100 km).
Day 5 – Free day or looped route via Browntown or Shenandoah National Park (65 or 92 km).
Day 6 - Front Royal, Edinburg, Woodstock (59 km).
Day 7 - Woodstock, Apple Pie Ridge, Cedar Creek, Winchester (55 km).
Day 8 - Winchester, Martinsburg (46 or 65 km).
Day 9 - Departure from Martinsburg at 8 a. m. and arrival in Saint-Lambert around 9:30 p.m. Stop for lunch and dinner.

Elevation Profile

The level of difficulty of each of our routes is rated from 1 to 6. These ratings take into account the terrain and the daily distances travelled. The proposed ratings and distances, established according to the basic route, serve as a guide only. Weather conditions (sun, rain, wind direction, temperature and altitude can also affect the amount of excursion required on a given day. To select the route that is right for you, contact one of our travel consultants.
1	Easy and flat route; presents few difficulties; from 30 to 60 km.
2	Relatively easy route; includes some gentle slopes; from 40 to 70 km.
3	Route of average difficulty; rolling, occasionally hilly terrain; from 50 to 80 km.
4	Relatively difficult route; rolling and hilly, with slopes that are quite steep; from 50 to 90 km.
5	Difficult route; repeatedly requires a significant amount of effort; from 60 to 110 km.
6	Very difficult route: requires constant effort, repeated climbs (passes) as well as advanced training; from 70 to 165 km. The proposed levels of difficulty and distances are provided as references only.