5 Day Breaks
A 5 days / nights cycle tour allows you to experience a variety of beauty spots in the heart of southern Scotland.
outside the Clachan Inn at DalryAccomodation - Our four day cycle tours include 5 night’s accommodation in Castle Douglas - see our new 4 star standard B&B with indoor swim spa, subject to availability and in a small towns or villages with character.
The first night's accommodation is before the first full cycling day. An extra night's accommodation after your fifth day's cycling can be arranged if required.
Luggage Transfer - optional. See individual tours for cost.
Cycle Hire - £14 per day, if required - in addition to individual tour prices quoted below.
Transport - We can assist with pickup from bus or railway station - an extra cost.
Tour Cost - Prices shown include accommodation and are based on 2 people sharing a room in a good quality 3 or 4 star B&B, include a welcome meeting to go over tour info, provision of maps and tour info and support service if any problems / really poor weather.
10% discount for groups of 4 or more.
List of 5 Day Breaks Available
The East Stewarty Coast and Fleet Valley National Scenic Areas - 5A
-This tour is similar to 4A above but has an extra day with several cycling and other activity options in the Fleet Valley NSA. Price: £255 p.p. Luggage transfer - £90 plus £10 p.p.
Departing from Summerhill BBThe National Cycle Route covers much of the next leg with a coast detour we recommend. Gatehouse of Fleet, with Cardoness Castle, has several attractions, good pub / restaurants and an ideal stop for 2 nights. For an extra day in the Fleet Valley NSA you can cycle, walk or swim at a nearby beach. The last day takes a moorland route passing through a forest with two options to get get two Castle Douglas. All reasonable daily cycling distances of, 19,29,22 and 25 miles. Contact us to obtain more information on this tour.
The East Stewarty Coast and Fleet Valley National Scenic Areas
Newton Stewart and The Machars - 5B
- a similar tour to 4B but with an extra day to discover the distinctive Machars area. Price: £260 p.p. Luggage transfer - £95 plus £10 p.p.
The Machars area is a distinct peninsula to the west of our base in Castle Douglas. Begin by heading for Gatehouse of Fleet, a popular tourist town by a countryside route for your first night's B&B (26mls). Rise up a beautiful glen through the National Scenic Area to an upland Nature Reserve to arrive at Newton Stewart, the 'Gateway to the Galloway Hills' (25mls). You spend two nights here as the next day is a circular route south into the fairly flat Machars. You choose your distance - up to 51 mls, with Wigtown book town, Bladnoch whisky distillery and Isle of Whithorn some of the attractions.
Follow the Queens Way through the Galloway Forest Park to the smallest Royal Burgh in Scotland, New Galloway (26mls) where your accommodation is a small hotel. Your last day follows the line of Loch Ken and the Galloway Kite Trail with options to visit Threave Castle, Threave Garden or Sulwath brewery after your slightly shorter distance last day (24 mls).
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Newton Stewart and The Machars
The Nith Valley Tour - 5C
- This tour combines a visit to Dumfries before exploring the delights of the Nith Valley. Price: £270 p.p. Luggage transfer - £105 plus £10 p.p.
Begin this tour by taking a quiet countryside route to the Glenkiln Scupltures and then down the Cairn Valley to Dumfries, the largest town in the area (26mls). Take a river and town circuit by cycle path before cycling north by the Nith Valley via Ellisland, former home of Robert Burns, celebrated poet. Continue through farming countryside for your first night's stay in an excellent guest house in Thornhill (2 nights) - 23 miles.
Tomorow explore the Nith Valley with several attractions including Drumlanrig Castle and the Scottish Cycle Museum - we suggest a 26 miles route which can be more or less! The National Byways Cycle Route is used in some parts for the next day with again some dramatic upland scenery.
Visit Moniaive, a pleasant hillside village, before following the National Byways Cycle Route to stay in a charming hotel in New Galloway area (29 mls). On the last day cycle back to Castle Douglas via Loch Ken and the Galloway Kite Trail.
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Solway to the River Dee - 5D
- a similar tour to 4D but extending to Kirkcudbright artists town beside the River Dee estuary. Price: £260 p.p. Luggage transfer - £100 plus £10 p.p.
Cycle via the Glenkiln Scuptures via the Cairn Valley and downstream to Dumfries (26 mls), the main town of the region with several Robert Burns attractions featured in Homecoming Scotland 2009. The next day explores both sides of the River Nith estuary, one side to Caerlaverock Castle and Nature Reserve and the other via Mabie 7 Stanes Mountainbiking Centre and on to stay the night in old fashioned New Abbey (26 mls).
Tomorrow visit the birthplace visitor centre of John Paul Jones founder of the US Navy, a nature reserve and excellent beach to finish at Kippford with an excellent pub in a National Scenic Area (24 mls). Cycle both sides of the Urr estuary through several villages and coastal detour to Kirkcudbright artists town (29mls). Head back to Castle Douglas via the David Coulthard museum, the Cocoa Bean Chocolate Factory and Galloway Kite Trail feeding station (26 mls) or short route if desired (10 mls).
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