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Cotswold Guided Electric Bike Tour
Tour Details:
Duration: 7 nights / 6 days
Distance: 151 miles / 241.5 km
Grade: Easy
Taking in some of the Cotswolds' most stunning scenery and historic locations, this expertly guided tour, on hand-picked quiet lanes, offers a unique way to experience the area and showcases the countryside at its very best.
We’ve hand picked four delightful country hotels and inns you’ll love. The tour is arranged on an all-inclusive basis which means that the services of an expert guide, carefully chosen accommodation along the route, all meals (excluding drinks), e-bikes, helmets and luggage transfers during the tour are included.
Please see below Day to Day Itinerary which can be adapted to suit your requirements.
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Subject to a min. of 4 people.
To maintain the highest levels of customer service and safety, guest numbers are limited to a maximum of 10.
Day to Day Itinerary
DAY ONE
Arrive in Moreton-in-Marsh
Arrive in Moreton-in-Marsh, a thriving market town packed with antique shops, art galleries, tea shops and restaurants.
Enjoy lunch with other members of the tour and spend the afternoon on your e-bike on a short familiarisation ride to Stow-on-the- Wold, 10 miles/16 km.
Overnight in Moreton-in-Marsh.
DAY TWO
Moreton-in-Marsh circular ride
25 miles/40 km
Explore some classic Cotswolds countryside and enjoy a trip to the Cotswold Distillery on a circular tour, followed by a light lunch at Whichford Pottery.
Return to Moreton via the ancient Rollright Stones and Chastleton House, location for BBC TV’s award winning "Wolf Hall”.
DAY THREE
Cycle to Winchcombe via Chipping Campden and Broadway
25.7 miles/41.5 km
The tour to the Saxon town of Winchcombe starts with a ride to Chipping Campden, a beautiful town with its much photographed market hall.
Here, we’ll stop for a light lunch together and spend time exploring this remarkably well preserved settlement before continuing to Broadway Tower Country Park; worth a detour for the amazing views of the Cotswolds.
The route passes through the lavender fields at Snowshill and down Snowshill into Broadway, another chocolate-box village of the Cotswolds. The route flattens along the base of the hills and continues through the picturesque village of Stanton and past the magnificent Stanway House, before arriving in Winchcombe.
DAY FOUR
Choice of a guided walk or a cycle tour
Winchcombe is one of the most popular walking destinations in the Cotswolds, so you have a choice to join a guided walk from Guiting Power back to Winchcombe - 6 miles/9.6 km
Alternatively, do a short, but hilly cycle tour that is a loop through some of the smaller settlements in the north Cotswolds - 17.4 miles/28 km
Both groups will join together for a light lunch in Winchcombe and then spend the afternoon at Sudeley Castle – a must see destination on the edge of Winchcombe.
DAY FIVE
Cycle to Bourton-on-the-Water
19.2 miles/31 km
Today, your route will take you through the charming villages of Guiting Power, Lower Swell and the Slaughters, all of which will offer ideal chocolate box photos.
There will be ample opportunities to stop for refreshments, from the ‘post office’ in Guiting Power, offering superb tea and cake, to the wonderful Slaughters Country Inn which will be your base for the next two days.
Explore Bourton-on-the-Water in the afternoon, just as the day visitors leave, and marvel at its quaintness. then return to the Slaughter’s Country Inn.
DAY SIX
Circular ride from Lower Slaughter via Burford
31 miles/50 km
Today’s cycle route will take you through some stunning "undiscovered” villages to Burford and back through Bibury, described by William Morris as "England’s prettiest village”, on quiet country lanes with ever-changing vistas.
DAY SEVEN
Cycle to Kingham
21.7 miles/35 km
Your last day’s ride meanders between the Windrush and Evenlode valleys, through Swinbrook, Shipton-under-Wychwood, and Bruern until your reach Kingham.
Relax and enjoy this high profile Cotswold village renowned for "Daylesford Organics” and its Michelin starred cousin, "The Wild Rabbit”.
DAY EIGHT
Depart
Depart after breakfast.
If you’d like to extend your holiday we will be pleased to book extra days for you.
The most obvious things on the doorstep are Blenheim Palace, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and the beautiful university city of Oxford. Both can be accessed easily and make great day trips.