A short break can begin on any day of the week and last as long as you wish. A  weekend break can be inexpensive (from £110) with both nights (either Fri/Sat or Sat/Sun) accommodation based in Castle Douglas. We can also arrange a circular tour if you stay with us for 3 nights (Fri/Sat/Sun) with the middle night at another town or village (from £156).

You can select daily routes from those listed below or we can recommend some to suit your preference. ... [more]

We can offer you a wide selection of routes to provide you with a peaceful week's cycling break through countryside coast and hills to give you a flavour of our region which can be described as Scotland in miniature.

You are free to choose from our weeklong tours listed or build a tour from the daily routes we have within the SHORT BREAKS category . We can also incorporate rest days or half days to allow you to spend time to look around the picturesque scenery and small towns of the area. We can design or amend our weeklong tours to suit your other travel arrangements.

A 7 day / 6 nights tours begin at £258, including Bed & Breakfast accommodation for two people sharing a twin/double room. See PRICES page for other price categories. ... [more]

Apart from Short Breaks , Weeklong tours  and the four different cycling distance categories, we are able to arrange other kinds of cycling breaks. Here are some others which we think may be of interest.
Midweek twin based breaks - from 5 days/nights - stay in Castle Douglas and Newton Stewart with also the option of midway overnight stops.Other midweek cycling breaks can be tailored to meet your requirements.
Our guided Discovery Tours explore the heritage of The Stewartry area of Galloway.
We are also pleased to arrange cycle breaks on their own or incorporating other activities or events for parties or groups.
We are currently developing other tours in this range.
Please contact us and we will be glad to help. ... [more]

These self-led tours are suitable for cyclists who wish a little cycling each day but also wish to sample the countryside, coast, beauty spots or visitor attractions of the area.

Our base Castle Douglas is ideally situated with quiet country roads radiating in all directions from the town. The Solway coast can be reached within this distance as well as Loch Ken and the edge of the Galloway Forest. ... [more]

This tours within this cycling distance category take you further from our base at Castle Douglas into the former land of The Stewarts.

You can do a reasonable amount of cycling during the day with some time to stop and look around as you wish. ... [more]

By cycling on any of these self led tours between 26 and 40 miles in a day from our base in Castle Douglas cyclists are able to experience some excellent cycling countryside and still with time for a stop or two.
In addition to the characteristics mentioned on the shorter routes, additional routes in the Galloway Forest and along the coast come into play. ... [more]

We are pleased to design tours to suit our customers preferences. We usualy correspond back and forward  by e mail until we agree on a tour content, whether it be duration, terrain or other characteristics, e.g. including rest days or half days. We aim to provide as personal a service as possible ... [more]

We are 'up front' from the beginning to say that we are not mountainbiking specialists although we have some knowledge having been on a 2 day trail leading course using green, blue and a bit of red trails. We now appreciate what we don't know about true mountainbiking!
This is not to say we can't use our cycling tour arranging skills and knowledge of the region for the benefit of mountainbikers or partners/families. We can arrange long-weekend or longer tours including accomodation provision to five of the acclaimed mountainbiking 7 Stanes centres in Dumfries and Galloway or other off road/mountainbiking areas at Drumlanrig Castle, Galloway Forest Park or using National Cycle Route off road sections. Our base in the market town of Castle Douglas is geographically at the centre of the Dumfries and Galloway 7 Stanes mountainbiking centres....[more]

For those who like to do a bit of cycling but also have an interest in other subjects, and would like to combine both within a tour, we are developing a menu of themed cycling breaks.

The tours can be of varying lengths and distances with visits to places en route according to a theme, e.g. Nature based Trails, Galloway Gourmet Trail, Pub lunch pedals etc.

We list our current and proposed selection of  tours based on themes and interests.   If possible, we can also try to design a tour according to your own preferred theme. ... [more]

As well as cycling, Dumfries and Galloway is noted for its variety of walks, whether in the Galloway Hills, Galloway Forest Park or the many town or coastal walks. With similar skills involved, including our mapping system, we are pleased to design tailormade walking breaks to suit customers preferences as to duration, difficulty, terrain, facilities, restaurants etc along with accommodation provision in B&B's, Guest Houses or hotels of all standards.

Should some members of a cycling or walking party wish to undertake some other activity, we are able to provide information and advice along with accommodation on golf, horse riding and trekking, bowling, sailing, water skiing etc and even non-active breaks such as spa and therapy breaks.

Please contact us for further information.... [more]

Galloway Cycling Holidays have linked with colleagues in Spain to offer one specific 7 day tour to our previous and new customers. The area concerned is beside The Costa Brava just north of Barcelona. The low cost airlines fly to both Barcelona and Girona where the tour begins. We have tested the route, cycling environment, organisation and accommodation and can recommend the tour as an alternative to Scotland ... [more]