Tour de Vines organised a great trip for our group. The meet, greet and instructions were very good. The bikes were great, the two winery lunch stops were excellent. The scenery was lovely. The motels were ok but the one in Myrtleford was not well located. After a long, hot day of cycling we didn't feel like walking 20 minutes into town for a meal! Overall, I would recommend this tour.

My husband and I just finished Beechworth to Bright. Our first time to rural Victoria and it didn't disappoint. From visiting historic and beautiful country towns, to riding through stunning landscapes, to finishing the days laying in soft green grass relaxing next to beautiful creeks. Thanks to the staff who were friendly and available -especially Annette.

We loved this trip. The weather was kind to us and Tour de Vines provided all the information we needed to cycle and enjoy the sights and food on this delightful trip. The support we received was exceptional. This is our second trip with the company and we will travel with them again.

When we signed up and paid for this experience, we had several emails to confirm what would be included in this tour. I understand things can change and the change of lunch venue was fine but to not have all the winerys included was very disapointing. We emailed several times when we got the final ininery and are still waiting on a reply, the staff on the day of the tour said they could do nothing, but said we could pay for the wine tasting and get reimbursed later (still waiting on the reimbursement) I guess when they have your money you are no longer important! the bikes were good, and the tour we did do with the inclusings were great.

We recently did the 4-day Adelaide Hills bike tour with tour de vines including the Barossa, Clare Valley and McClaren Vale. Every aspect of the tour was amazing: Dave our guide was not only super enthusiastic, but being local had a very detailed knowledge of the whole area. He was very accommodating and went out of his way to make this tour magic for us. Accomdation: We couldn't fault the accommodations, especially Adelaide (a very centrally located hotel with great breakfast and dinner options), the Novotel in the Barossa and Clare Valley Country Club were we had king size rooms with a beautiful outlook and again very good breakfasts. Highlights of the tour for myself are hard to list as there were so many. But the lunches at, Skillogalee's, O'Leary's and Wirra Wirra and The Cube at D'Ahrenberg (this one is a definite must and you need time as there is so much to take in) and the beautiful scenery riding along the various trails. The wineries we visited were well chosen not only for their beautiful wines but also their either historical value or beauty (or both). The two nights not included in the tour package, Dave suggested beautiful restaurants which didn't disappoint: the venues were incredible in ambience, food and service. The riding was easy, especially on e-bikes and very enjoyable, although it was very windy and pretty cold for us Queenslanders!! We highly recommend this tour especially if you are a food and wine lover!

I have done many trips with Tour de Vines with a few of them in New Zealand and this was the second time touring from Beechworth but this time with my husband. We chose the gourmet self guided option over 5 nights and 4 days of riding as we extended our trip to ride a return trip from Bright to Harrietville which I can highly recommend as. It is a beautiful ride along yhe beginnings of the Ovens River for most of the way. The operative word for this trip was GOURMET with magnificent locations, excellent service and food to sample but a couple of places were particularly spectacular. San Miranda King Valley winery is the lunch stop for the first day and is just outside of Milawa and we couldn’t believe the magnificent platter with delicious calamari and other treats on a platter which we thought was destined for the table of six next to us to share. Lancemore’s Merlot Restaurant at our accommodation in Milawa was great too. Myrtleford for our third night is a beautiful country town and I once again went to Red Rama which has a couple of warehouses in the Main Street with an eclectic mix of garden and house decor items from China, Japan, Morocco and India. I recalled it as a highlight of the trip from the last time and it did not disappoint. I mentioned it to others on the ride and they were very excited to see it. (Unfortunately Red Rama is not mentioned in the tour notes). It is worth noting that quite a number of businesses were not open as some of them are seasonal and I suspect some of them may also be closed down. I would recommend that Tour de Vines update their guide material to reflect the current state of business availability to assist riders and also include reference to Red Rama, Myrtleford as it is an amazing attraction. Another tip for riders is to ensure you take full wet weather gear as it can be very cold and wet! We could have sold our wet weather trousers for a good profit to two other intrepid riders with very blue, wet legs sheltering on top of Taylor’s Gap. Tour de Vines staff are always amazing and many thanks to Annette and Michael for their friendly guidance as it helped it all to run smoothly for us. Also much appreciation to Damian and his staff and we will soon be planning another adventure with you.

What a great way to tour the Barossa, Clare, and McLaren Vale vineyards. The guide, Dave, was outstanding with so much local knoledge and passion for the region. As we were a small group, we were able to visit places that exceeded our expectations, as we had time on our side. The bikes were excellent and made cycling so easy. This is a tour I would do again.

A great bike ride over 3 1/2 days, Vines organized accommodation and transported luggage. The scenery was spectacular and just the right amount of riding. The towns we stayed in were very good and the accommodation perfect.

We loved the bike hike, the second day was very hard (50+kms) but we got there eventually! Spectacular scenery, swooping magpies annoying (eyes on helmet helped), accommodation comfortable - very quiet as we travelled during week so most pubs were closed - this made food options limited to takeaways - not easy for gluten free diet. Having our luggage moved from place to place was great, although not always delivered to our room so we had to carry upstairs ourselves. The hire bikes were great - changing gears was easy, we took memory foam seat covers - which helped a bit! Overall great experience.

My friend and I opted to do the great southern trail in gippsland victoria. We arrived in mid winter so it was apparent that we wouldnt be seeing a lot of other tourers on cycles (more room on the track for us) anyway we had a great time the weather was cool but refreshing , the accommodation was fantastic and the meals for breakfast terrific and tasty. Must give paul from great southern ride cycle hire a big rap for the supply and delivery/pick up service of our 2 excellent ebikes. The leongatha to port welshpool ride is wonderful i would opt for a longer trip next time but the scenery and sights are terrific. The only negative was the constant aroma of cow dung (guess were in dairy country) and port welshpool has a unsettling vibe about it. anyway thanks to amanda at tour de vines for organsing a great introduction to rail trails and e bike riding.

Hi, I wanted to leave a review of our recent Tour de Vines Queensland Rail Trails holiday which we undertook starting 13th June 2023. A nine day trip, supposedly covering the Brisbane Valley Rail Trail (BVRT) in its entirety, the Kilkivan to Kingaroy Rail Trail and finally Sunshine Coast trails around Noosa. Overall, whilst we enjoyed the trip; the company of fellow Travellers; and the guides, I have to say that the brochure description, final itinerary issued just prior to commencing the cycling holiday and actual equipment supplied was somewhat inaccurate and inadequate. The route was described as being on the easy side. However, the terrain was probably more intermediate (especially the BVRT), possibly due to the time of year and the bikes provided did not suit the terrain at all. The brochure stated Trek (or similar) hardtail MTBs with an option to upgrade to a Trek E-Bike. However, the bike fleet listed for use by Tour de Vines on their website depicted urban (in my opinion bikes for going to the park or local shops) and hybrid bikes. Which turned out to be exactly the types of bike that were supplied for the trip and proved to be completely unsuitable for the tracks cycled (the Treks not even having front suspension) with all bikes having thinner urban tyres not suitable for the loose gravel and metal tracks. If you decide to undertake this tour, please ensure that Tour de Vines commit to providing adequate hardtail MTBs with at least full range front suspension to enable the full end to end trails to be completed. As it was, the trip ended up skipping a number of sections of the rail trails and road sections. Also with regard to the published itinerary, it was suggested there would be regular stops for drinks and snacks, these ended up being missed as the focus ended up being on longer breakfasts and then a dash to complete the cycle section around lunchtime before finishing for the day. More focus on regular stops for breaks and refreshment and extending the cycling through the day would have been preferable. The trails themselves and the countryside was very scenic, its a shame it was all let down by inadequate bikes, which I believe led to sections of the trails being skipped. Summary - a nice biking holiday that could have been excellent. I suspect the bikes and general company focus is more towards vineyard cycling and cellar door to cellar door rather than the longest rail trail in Australia on the fringes of outback Queensland.

My dad and I had a brilliant two days pedaling ( with the added boost of the electric bikes we hired!!) All our organised meals were brilliant with the Vietnamese restaurant in Myrtleford incredible. Communication with Annette and Bernard was fabulous. Accommodations were very comfortable and the hot shower on Saturday very very welcome! Reefer Ridge Winery was a delight and seeing so many families out and about on the trail was wonderful😍

Thank you Tour De Vines. Annette our tour guide was fantastic. She contacted us the night before to organise and confirm time and place to meet for the start of the tour and answered my question about where we can park. On the day of our tour both my husband and I alarms failed to wake us and because Annette had contacted us the night before I was able to text her and explain our predicament. She was so lovely and understanding and replied that we could start the tour later. When we arrived She met us with the bikes and then we got our choice of hot beverage while she sat us down and explained the route we were to follow. She was very careful to explain and describe the route and the stops we could make on the way. We were very glad to get the e bikes as I don't think we would have made it otherwise! The mini cheese tasting at Milewa Cheese was enjoyable and we especially liked lunch at The Providore where the service was very warm and friendly and it was so lovely to sit in comfortable arm chairs in front of a roaring fire at the end of a long ride. My husband was so tired he had a little nap in front of the fire!

A great few days riding the Great Victorian Rail track. The ride, bikes, accommodation and support was wonderful and the weather at this time of year not to cold especially as didn’t have to make early starts. Bernard was very informative regarding places to stop, eat along the way We very much enjoyed our few days. We did our ride starting Monday which means a lot of the restaurants where not open (most open from Thursday) but no crowds. Love to do mare rides with Tour de Vines in the future.

Good communication, Michael was friendly, knowledgeable and easy going. Bookings were all excellent, accommodation, restaurants, cafes and wineries Rail trail was a great ride, self guiding was easy, very scenic and an electric bike made it doable not being regular riders.