Homepage Ride and Seek Bike Tours newsroom

ON HANNIBAL’S TRAIL (without the elephants) – BIKING INTO HISTORY

Announcement posted by Ride and Seek Bike Tours 20 Dec 2011

BBC Documentary Team Offers BikeTours in the Footsteps of History
Ride_and_Seek_Logo_Opaque_long.png
Ride and Seek Bike Tours
launched their 2012 tours today. Inspired by his popular BBC documentary ‘On Hannibal’s Trail’, Sam Wood has teamed up with renowned bike guide, Dylan Reynolds, to offer a series of Expedition and Classic tours in Europe.

Sam Wood says “When the BBC showed the documentary in 2010 we were inundated with requests from people wanting to the do the same ride. It was this interest that inspired us to create Ride and Seek Bike Tours

The Hannibal Expedition tour is the signature tour for 2012 and follows the trail of the Carthaginian commander who invaded Rome in 219BC. Starting in Barcelona the tour travels from Spain, through France and into Italy and heads over the Pyrenees, Alps and Apennines on the way to Rome. Split into 3 stages participants can choose to do one stage at a time or take on the whole Epic over 26 days.

Dylan Reynolds says “The great thing about the Hannibal tour is that it takes in some of the best cycling that Europe has to offer. From Catalunya it passes through the Languedoc, Provence, Piedmont, Umbria and Tuscany to name just some of the great regions the tour covers.”

Sam Wood says “We are creating a niche in the bike tour industry by including all the usual elements - gastronomy, the road less travelled and a cultural focus in our itineraries - but doing so in a deeper historical context.”

Not all the Ride and Seek tours are epic though. Their Classic Bike Toursare designed for the discerning cyclist who wishes to explore a region in depth without too many hotel changes. These tours provide scope for participants to ride as little or as much as they would like. These tours are presently available in Piedmont, Tuscany, Umbria and Provence.

Dylan Reynolds says “There is a cultural focus on all our tours but we recognise that the Expedition tours won’t suit everyone. We conceptualised the Classic Tours to give cyclists the chance to really immerse themselves in a region not only by cycling through its most beautiful areas but through its food, wine and culture.”

About Us: Ride and Seek specialise in bicycle tours which do more than just take you from A to B. We pride ourselves on tours thought out in the greatest detail so the cyclist can not only see and ride some of the greatest roads in Europe, but also visit some of the most spectacular sites as well. Providing a cultural insight into the areas we visit both historically and gastronomically is central to what we do.

###

If you’d like more information about Ride and Seek please contact Sam Wood sam@rideandseek.com or Dylan Reynolds dylan@rideandseek.com. They can also be reached on +61 (0)4 011 605 95.

Some more background information can be found here.

Sam - http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00t6skb

Dylan - www.cycleexif.com/ride-and-seek-bike-tours