Hub & Spoke Tours

On a Hub & Spoke Tour from Diverse Directions:

• You'll stay in one or two base locations (hubs) and cycle day trips from those locations (spokes).

• The following diagram illustrates the nature of a Hub & Spoke Tour:

                 £     £

                |    /   

                |  /

     £-------£--------£

        Base 1 \

                      \    

           £--------£--------£              

                    Base 2

• Roundtrip cycling distances for day trips (spokes) range from 22 - 55 miles (35 - 87 km), and include options for adding distance and challenge. Day trips can also be shortened.

• Tours with 2 base locations are 7 days / 8 nights. Tour documentation includes 7 to 11 day trip options.

• Tours with 1 base location are 5 days / 6 nights. Tour documentation includes 5 to 8 day trip options.

 

Hub & Spoke Tours are the right choice of itinerary for:

• persons who prefer not  to change hotels frequently,

• persons who seek the freedom to determine on which days they'll cycle and for how long a distance they'll cycle,

• couples that have different levels of cycling skill or enthusiasm, and

• traveling parties that include non-cyclists and therefore need alternative activities like non-cycling sightseeing excursions.

To serve traveling parties that include non-cyclists, Diverse Directions partners with local tour operators that offer a variety of fun and interesting personalized driving tours in the area. These half-day trips include hotel pick-up and return and the exclusive services of a knowledgeable guide. Destinations include many of the sights described in the cycling itineraries, as well as opportunities to cruise and /or canoe on some of the regions' rivers. Of course, excursions are always open to cyclists who need or want a day out of the saddle!

Please see our TOUR ITINERARIES page for a description of all Diverse Directions Hub & Spoke Tours.

Diverse Directions also offers Circuit Tours. For more information about Circuit Tours, click here.