Cicerone Fietsgids Cycle Touring in Wales

Engelstalige fietsgids met een tweeweekse fietstocht “Circuit of Wales” (ruim duizend kilometer) en 6 verbindingsetappes.

Guidebook to cycle touring in Wales. This packed guide describes a circuit of Wales – perfect for a 2-week trip – plus 6 cross routes, which range from 45 to 73 miles and can be completed as day or weekend rides, or used to create shorter versions of the main circuit. Includes all the information needed to plan and execute a successful tour.

The route can be ridden as a leisure ride or as a challenge and there are schedules for all types of rider. There are long easy-rolling stages along both the South Wales and North Wales coasts, much of which is along traffic-free paths, with harder riding along the rockier west coast and through the low hills of the border counties.

A 657 mile circuit around of Wales – or shorter tours around the regions – taking in miles of magnificent coastline in the Pembrokeshire National Park, the mountains of Snowdonia and the gentler marcher along the border.

Guidebook to cycle touring in Wales. Catering to just about any itinerary, it describes a circuit of Wales – perfect for a two-week adventure – plus 6 cross routes, which range from 45 to 73 miles and can be completed as day/weekend rides, or used to create shorter versions of the main circuit.
This guide includes all the information needed to plan and execute a successful tour. In addition to clear route description, 1:200K mapping and gradient profiles, there is advice on selecting a schedule, planning your trip, preparing your bike and organising logistics, such as accommodation, getting to and from the start, and ways to carry (or not carry) your kit. Also includes a handy cycle shop listing, a Welsh glossary and checklist of things to take.
Showcasing mile after mile of stunning coastal scenery, quaint seaside towns, rolling marcher country, as well as an impressive collection of castles, industrial archaeology, churches, chapels and prehistoric sites, Wales is a veritable delight for the cycling enthusiast. Discover verdant green valleys, skirt wild mountains, soak up Pembrokeshire’s salty sea air and boast of your pedal up the highest road in Wales.

A CIRCUIT OF WALES

• Stage 1 Cardiff to Mumbles
• Stage 2 Mumbles to Tenby
• Stage 3 Tenby to Fishguard
• Stage 4 Fishguard to Aberaeron
• Stage 5 Aberaeron to Machynlleth
• Stage 6 Machynlleth to Porthmadog
• Stage 7 Porthmadog to Conwy
• Stage 8 Conwy to Wrexham
• Stage 9 Wrexham to Montgomery
• Stage 10 Montgomery to Hay-on-Wye
• Stage 11 Hay-on-Wye to Chepstow
• Stage 12 Chepstow to Cardiff

CROSS ROUTES

• Cross route 1 Wrexham to Bangor
• Cross route 2 Barmouth to Chirk
• Cross route 3 Welshpool to Machynlleth
• Cross route 4 Aberystwyth to Knighton
• Cross route 5 Fishguard to Carmarthen
• Cross route 6 Carmarthen to Abergavenny

• Appendix A Cycle shops 
• Appendix B Accommodation
• Appendix C Useful contacts
• Appendix D What to take
• Appendix E Welsh words and pronunciation
• Appendix F Selected further reading

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