Published by Lyn on 27 February 2025
Cycling in France? Need help finding a tour, bike hire or luggage transfers? This page is for you.
Just need bike hire? Go here.
I've been offering this bespoke cycling in France support for years now to help you plan your French cycling holidays. I started off with Provence, Ventoux and Corsica – now I combine my knowledge generally to cover all regions of France.
I sometimes get dozens of emails a week, though, so please be patient if you get in touch!
How I can help you
Unfortunately, I don't have the time to help everyone plan individual, completely independent trips (there are, after all, thousands of people using this website every day). So if you're after a completely independent, self-devised trip that's based around AirBnBs and Warmshowers stops, then this service probably isn't for you (though there is HEAPS of advice elsewhere on this website to help you plan).
This service is for people who need a little extra help in choosing the right guided or self-guided cycling holiday (or if you need a recommendation to match your ideas), and for people who need help with local guiding or other support services, bike hire, luggage transfers, specific accommodation recommendations from my Where to Stay list, car/van support, or other on-road support – just tell me what you need and I'll try and help (usually I will recommend a local company that I know personally and who is an expert for your route or the region).
In short: this is a bespoke service to match your cycle holiday requirements to reliable local services.
I can't promise I can help you out ALL of the time, but I'll do my best.
Send the following info to lyn@freewheelingfrance.com ...
Please note that I spend a lot of time helping cyclists with these enquiries.
If you are already talking to tour companies or researching other options, please include info on which companies you are already in contact with so we don't double up.
1. When do you want to cycle in France? Send me some rough dates (or precise dates if you have them).
2. Are you bringing your own wheels or do you need bike hire? Do you need panniers or other accessories? What type of bike do you prefer?
3. Where do you want to go? Do you have any specific ideas or do you need help deciding? Where are you flying into or out of? This can all help to narrow the options.
4. Anything else on your wishlist? Just send it in! As much info as possible really helps - eg:
- Guided or unguided?
- How many in your group?
- Do you have kids?
- Any accommodation/budget preferences (3-star/4-star?)
- Fixed base or a different hotel each night?
- Do you need baggage transfer each day or are you happy to carry everything in panniers?
- Type of cycling? Hills? No hills? How far each day?
- Dietary request? Vegan? Vegetarian? Allergies?
Now send the above to lyn@freewheelingfrance.com and I'll do my best to get you sorted.
