Bike tours and cycling holidays in Scotland
Tailor made cycling breaks in south west Scotland. The easy way to discover Dumfries and Galloway’s holiday gems, including the home of the pedal cycle.
At Galloway Cycling Holidays we are dedicated to helping you make the very most of your precious holiday time, offering great value cycling and biking breaks in one of Scotland’s most scenic and fascinating landscapes.
- Savour enjoyable cycling routes that reveal the scenery, culture and history of this beautiful corner of Scotland.
- Stay in cyclist friendly accommodation, from comfortable B&B's to quality Hotels.
- Enjoy our cycle hire with equipment and luggage transfer service.
- Take advantage of our vacation and travel advice service including railway station collection by us.
We are regular cyclists and experienced cycling tour organisers, with a real passion for south west Scotland. At all times our focus is on providing you with exceptional service and outstanding value holidays, tailored to your individual needs.
This is our new website for 2009 - with another level of more detailed tour information still to add in due course. We are always happy to provide more information, so feel free to email us if you would like a more detailed description of a particular route. Alternatively simply contact us with your cycling break requirements and we will put together some tour suggestions.
2 and 3 day Cycling Tours
Ideal as a 'taster' for first-time cycling holiday makers and for those with only a few days to spare for a weekend or short midweek break. Based from Castle Douglas 'food town' with the option of up to another two overnight stop places for the 3 day tours (3 nights accommodation). A National Scenic Area and Kirkcudbright artist' town are day tour options.
4 and 5 day Tours
Enjoy a longer stay with different places for overnight stops. Ideal for a long weekend or a Monday to Friday midweek break. We have a selection of routes with different characteristics using quiet country roads or cycle tracks with spectacular diverse scenery and places of interest to stop and see along the way.
6 day, 7 day and longer Tours
The most popular category with our customers to provide a varied and interesting experience of Dumfries and Galloway on a bicycle. Tours have different daily average cycling distances. The region has over 100 miles of coast, farming countryside,the Galloway Forest Park and Galloway Hills for a diverse cycling landscape.
Edinburgh, Glasgow and Belfast Tours
Enjoy a City Break in Edinburgh and/or Glasgow in addition to your cycling break in Galloway. We can arrange your accommodation, sight-seeing and advice on transport. Our location also allows us to uniquely offer a ferry trip to Belfast and 3 day cycling tour around Strangford Lough (guided) on specific dates.
Cycling and 7 Stanes Mountain Biking Tours
Although not our specific expertise, we have all the contacts to arrange a dedicated mountain bike holiday or include some mountain biking days during your cycling holiday. We are fortunate to be based at the centre of 5 of the acclaimed 7 Stanes mountain biking centres and Drumlanrig Castle mountain biking trails.
Themed Breaks
We are able to arrange cycling tours with specific themes e.g. The Five Red Herrings Murder Mystery Cycling Tour, Sign-posted National Cycle Route and National Byways Cycle Routes Tour, Galloway Gourmet Cycling Tour with overnight stop locations with excellent evening restaurants, Castles and Whisky Bike Tour etc.
Car Touring and Walking and in Galloway
With our extensive knowledge of Dumfries and Galloway region, with or without some cycling, we can arrange a combined car touring, walking and sight seeing break. We arrange accommodation from B&B's to the best hotels and provide info on great walks and numerous places of interest.
Group and Guided Cycling Tours
We offer a GUIDED cycling tour each month from May to September - between 6 to 12 participants. We also arrange self-guided GROUP Tours with all the necesary tour information provided for those wishing to meet others and cycle in a group during their cycling stay. We can hire the bikes, transport your luggage and provide a back up service.
News and Events
We make a point of being aware of the various activities and events occurring during the year, both within and outwith the region which may compliment your cycling tour. Homecoming 2009, the Original Bicycle Festival and World Mountainbiking Conference Information are all major events for this year with numerous local events taking place.