Bike tours in the USA › Virginia

The Blue Ridge Parkway Ride is 12 cycling days (13 total) of some of the most challenging and scenic riding through historic towns and the beautiful rolling landscapes of Virginia.

This bike tour is full of American history and leads you through the Northern Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. The roads are all paved, mostly rural with light vehicular traffic.

This tour will take cyclists on a fun filled Eastern States Adventure. We'll roll from Portsmouth, New Hampshire, south for an exciting 25 day, almost 1,686 mile ride to Florida. The Ride the East tour is a challenging bicycle ride that has something for every cyclist.

The tour begins in Staunton and goes south through the Shenandoah Valley and back to your starting location in Staunton. You will bicycle over scenic country roads through rolling hills, farmlands, awesome mountain vistas and challenging climbs. These are just some of what you will experience each day on our extended tour through the southern Shenandoah Valley. This Self-Guided tour is rated moderately difficult; although there are many flat stretches, several of the rides are long, mostly on rolling country roads with climbs, a few of which are steep.

For the cyclist who cannot take 25 days off, but still wants to join us on Ride the East, try the 1st section Ride the East The first section of Ride the East travels 667 miles in 9 cycling days (10 total). Enjoy the hills of New England and the countryside of the northern Mid Atlantic states on the way from Portsmouth NH to Washington DC.

For the cyclist who cannot take 25 days off, but still wants to join us on Ride the East, try the 2th section Ride the East. The second section of Ride the East travels 537 miles in 7 cycling days (8 total). Ride through lands steeped in the early history of the United States as we ride from Washington DC to North Myrtle Beach SC.