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Cycling the Rhine Route
Bicycle Touring through Holland,
Germany, France, and Switzerland
by John Powell
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| Format: |
5½ x
8½ inch trade paperback |
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Description: |
288 pages with
80 maps and 40 black & white
photographs |
| ISBN: |
1-892495-23-6 |
| Price: |
US$18.95 |
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- A spectacular tour
from the sea to the
mountains
- Travel along many
minor roads and paths away
from traffic
- Experience the
cultural and historic
diversity of much of
Western Europe
- Visit ports, castles,
museums, ancient cities,
and nature parks
- Introductory chapters
dealing with all relevant
general information
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The ideal bike
route from the North Sea to
Switzerland—with minimum climbing. |
About the book
For over 1,200 years, the Rhine
river has been Europe’s main
corridor of trade, linking
markets and cultures from the sea
border in Holland with the inland
regions all the way to Switzerland.
Today’s bicycle tourist can
experience the great diversity of
geography, architecture, trade, and
culture that is still apparent along
this spectacularly scenic waterway.
Best of all, it’s not an exhausting
ride: Despite the sometimes
formidable mountains that
overlook
the river, author John Powell has
mapped out a route that keeps mainly
level. The trip can be traversed all
the way, requiring about three weeks
of cycling, with all levels of
accommodation readily available, or
cut up into sections, with
convenient points of access
identified.
About the author
John Powell was born in
Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, and
has lived in England much of his
adult life. For most of those years,
he’s been essentially a professional
traveler, holding jobs like youth
hostel warden and tour guide, living
and working in 40 different
countries, mainly in Africa and
Europe. He currently lives in Kent,
England.
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From the contents |
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By the time the Rhine
reaches Holland, the original course of
the river is but a gently meandering
stream, while most of the water reaches
the North Sea further South via
Rotterdam and Zealand province.
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Not all the paths are
perfectly paved, but not to worry: this
idyllic cobblestone track is an
exception.
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