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6 articles on destinations.

Which Gravel Cycling Tour Is Right for You? Our Seven Routes Compared

Seven crossings, one week each. A route-by-route gravel tour comparison — difficulty, climbing, season and who each one suits — to help you choose.

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Scotland

Gravel Cycling in Scotland: a Highland Coast-to-Coast Guide

Some of the emptiest, most rideable gravel in Europe runs clean across Scotland — Atlantic to North Sea, on roads built two centuries before the bicycle. A full guide to the route, the riding and the week.

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South Africa

Cape Gravel: Cycling South Africa's Western Cape

Three landscapes in nine days — the Klein Karoo, the Overberg and the Cape Winelands — over the Victorian Swartberg Pass on some of the quietest gravel anywhere. A full guide.

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Cyprus

Gravel Cycling in the Troodos Mountains: a Trans Cyprus Guide

One island, two coasts, and a cedar-forested mountain range in between — Larnaca to Paphos over the Troodos on gravel roads almost no one outside Cyprus has ridden. The full guide.

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The Best Gravel Cycling Destinations in Europe

Six of the best gravel cycling destinations in Europe — plus one beyond it — each a true coast-to-coast or country crossing, ridden hotel-to-hotel with the support van carrying the rest.

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When to Go: the Best Time of Year for a Gravel Tour

A season-by-season planning guide to our gravel tours — which destination rides best when, and why: weather, daylight, trail conditions, crowds and midges, mapped to the right week.

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