Happy Holidays!

Happy Holidays everyone!

From all of us at Discover France Adventures, Pure Adventures, Cycling Classics, GoToParis; we wish you a wonderful holiday season and a prosperous New Year in 2010!

Dollar on Strong Roll to Euro

Lots of turmoil in the currency market today and since this week. It is likely to continue next week before it turns around. Many analysts see the dollar much weaker than it is today during 2010. We are locking down forward contracts on currency to hedge against 2010 increase. We encourage any readers planning a 2010 vacation to consider prepaying their trip or get connected to the market news.

Here is a good place to read up:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/markets/currencies.html

Happy Holidays!

New Guided Alpes to Mont Ventoux

We are pleased to announce that we have finally posted this new guided trip for 2010; Alpe d'Huez to Mont Ventoux!

This trip is open for booking on the following dates: June 13-20, June 26-July 3, August 21-28, & September 19-26; this tour is guided, or can be available upon request for any group of minimum of 6 persons on any date you choose; subject to hotel availability.

Highlights of the cycling include:

Alpe d'Huez
Col de la Croix de Fer
Col de Galibier
Col d'Izoard
Mont Ventoux

The trip is very nicely priced at 1595 euros with 6 participant minimum basis!
It is a 7 night trip and includes all the following in this price:

lodging in mostly 3 stars and 1 2 star hotel, most dinners as shown in the itinerary, picnic lunches, daily buffet breakfast, arrival and departure transfers and all interim transportation, welcome orientation and drink, road book with maps and cue sheets, luggage handling, 1 professional guide for 8 persons and 1 support van with roof mounted bike carrier, energy bars, drink mix, souvenir Discover France jersey.

Call us at 800-960-2221/480-905-1235 or in France at 04.67.71.16.09
email: info@cyclingclassics.com
OFFER: Subscribers to this feed or our Enews can take a 75 euros per person discount if booked before January 31!

Discover France Announces 2010 Tour de France Tours

Discover France Adventures, official Tour Operator to the Tour de France, has now posted all of their tour offers for the 2010 race. The offers vary from VIP guided tours with full on insider access to media, the teams, and rides on the closed race course as well as podium access. At the other end of the offers are the self guided tours which give independent do-it-yourselfers excellent locations to see several stages of the 2010 Tour. Discover France is also offering what they call their "Domestique" tours - fully guided tours with excellent lodging and professional guides without the price tag of the VIP access.

If you are cyclists, how about riding a full stage of the Tour de France yourself? That is what Etape du Tour is all about and Discover France has packages to do just that.

The cycling isn't only for strong cyclists! Discover France also offers a VIP tour with moderate cycling distances that will suit perfectly for couples and persons who also want to take in more of the French culture and heritage. This trip starts in Aix en Provence on Bastille Day - what a great way to start!

For those who follow the Tour de France but don't have time to give to a complete cycling tour, there are the Paris only and Bordeaux+Paris offers available. These all include special Tribune seating for the final stage that finishes on the Champs Elysees in Paris. There is nothing like reserved seating for this stage as the streets surrounding are at least 10 people deep!

Custom requests are still being accepted. Numerous groups are organized already, so don't wait, hotel space is getting harder to have. Contact us by email to request a quote.