Alsatian adventures on two wheels

Independent specialist, Belle France, is offering free rail travel (subject to availability) - saving £200 per person - for those that book their new Alsatian Adventure cycling tour by end of March.

Graded easy to moderate - with daily distances of up to 34 miles a day - this tour of the beautiful Alsace region is guaranteed not to be too taxing even for the occasional casual cyclist.

The self-guided tour visits the pretty town centres of Colmar and Strasbourg - with their fairy-tale half-timbered houses - before returning through the rolling vineyards of the Vosges.

Accommodation - mainly half board - during the week is provided at comfortable three-star hotels on route and luggage transfers between overnight stops is included.

The tour can be started on any day and the land-only cost is £1099 per person, based on two sharing - for arrivals from beginning of April to 16 July and from 7 September to end of October. The high season cost (17 July-6 September) is £1129.

Included is free return rail travel from St Pancras International - subject to availability - cycle hire and luggage transfers between hotels, plus seven nights in three-star hotels (five half board, two in Strasbourg on B&B basis) and detailed route notes and map.

For more information and bookings, log on to Bellefrance.co.uk.