Top 5 Best Cycling Routes in the World
For many, traveling by bicycle is the opposite of the contemporary trend of rapid, fly-in, flies-out travel. Cycling allows you to appreciate your surroundings, separates you from other tourists and is environmentally friendly. The major attraction of a bicycle resembles a very efficient form of walking in its purest form.
La Farola is a 34-mile-long route that connects Cajobabo on the Caribbean coast to Baracoa, Cuba's oldest city. It is one of Cuba’s seven contemporary technical wonders. La Farol is best included in a larger Cuban cycling tour.
The Friendship Highway is the tallest route of cycling in the world. It is 800 km long and runs between Lhasa and the Nepalese border. The highest point is 5,220 meters high. There is a 3,500-meter descent down the Tibetan plateau.
La Ruta de los Conquistadores is a 270-kilometer off-road journey through Costa Rica. It is shorter than the Friendship Highway but probably no easier. The route includes mud roads, jungle, coffee farms, and an extinct volcano.
Munda Biddi is a new 960-kilometer off-road route in Western Australia. It goes from Perth to Albany in the extreme southwest. There are approved campsites every 30 km or so between cities.
The North Sea Cycle route is the world's longest signed bike route. It stretches from the northern border of Scotland’s Shetland Islands along the shores of Britain, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, and Norway for over 6,000 kilometers.
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