Eastwind Cycle crafts custom cycling journeys to Canada’s Maritimes, Quebec and Puebla, Mexico - the places we know and love best. We’ve been on these roads for the past 15 years, making life-long friends and gaining first-hand knowledge along the way. We take your ideas for a dream journey and combine them with the finest regional ingredients … quaint country inns, boutique hotels, phenomenal and fresh local cuisine. Add in stunning landscapes, great guides and the best bikeways and you have the perfect bike trip made just for you.
Read MoreWe are off to Cuba, perhaps the last great bicycling paradise. Superb scenery for sure but the best thing is mile upon mile of traffic free roads. Cuba is a cycling nation...everyone rides, mostly for practical reasons but they ride nonetheless. Add that to warm and welcoming people, a vibrant culture and loads of right beside the ocean riding and you have the basics of a memorable bike trip. In preparation for this trip we have researched three great areas of the island from the seat of our bikes and we love Oriente best. We tour the eastern tip of Cuba from Holguin, along the deserted south coast to Santiago,…
Read MoreLa Route Verte is National Geographic's #1 bikeway, and we understand why. This system of interconnected, well-marked routes brings cyclists safely from city to countryside across the entire province. But our Quebec trip is so much more than routes. It is the experience of a petit piece of French culture in the heart of North America. As we roll through 17th century villages hugging the shore of the mighty river, local Quebecois greet us with open arms. Here the St. Laurence seems more like the sea than a river as we look across to rugged mountains, and watch the sun set behind fishing nets in the gorgeous village of Kamouraska. Inspired by both France…
Read MoreThe Cabot Trail on Cape Breton is one of the greatest bike routes on earth, and we're not the only ones making this claim. Bicycling Magazine said just that, Conde Nast declared Cape Breton "Earth's most beautiful islands" and Lonely Planet called the island a must-see destination. Our journey begins with a couple of days pedalling around Lake Bras D’Or, aka the inland sea, before crossing the island to the open ocean. From here on we ride alongside crashing surf, up and over challenging climbs, through Cape Breton Highlands National Park and beyond to the northernmost tip of Nova Scotia. Cape Breton is the home of Celtic culture, and throughout…
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