--- title: "Bicycle touring blog: countries and tips | Cycle Planet" description: "Stories, tips and route ideas for bicycle touring: cycling in specific countries, visas and borders, wild camping, gear and finding a host." canonical_url: "https://cycleplanet.org/blog" meta: "og:description": "Stories, tips and route ideas for bicycle touring: cycling in specific countries, visas and borders, wild camping, gear and finding a host." "og:image": "https://cycleplanet.org/_og/s/o_8d32c2f39525dd20.png" "og:image:height": "600" "og:image:type": image/png "og:image:width": "1200" "og:title": "Bicycle touring blog: countries and tips" "twitter:image": "https://cycleplanet.org/_og/s/o_8d32c2f39525dd20.png" --- > Index of every page on this site: [llms.txt](https://cycleplanet.org/llms.txt) # Blog Stories, tips and route ideas from the Cycle Planet community. ## Bicycle touring in Portugal - the coast, the interior and when to go Bicycle touring in Portugal - the EuroVelo 1 coast, quiet interior routes, the best season, the Algarve, where to sleep and practical tips for your trip. Nov 6, 2026 · 5 min [Bicycle touring in Portugal - the coast, the interior and when to go](https://cycleplanet.org/blog/bicycle-touring-portugal) ## Welcome to the new Cycle Planet Cycle Planet has a new home. Country information, points of interest and cyclist profiles moved over, and the blog is new. Nov 5, 2026 · 1 min [Welcome to the new Cycle Planet](https://cycleplanet.org/blog/welcome-to-the-new-cycle-planet) ## Cycling Patagonia in Argentina - how to ride Ruta 40 and survive the wind Cycling Patagonia in Argentina - riding Ruta 40, dealing with the wind, the best season, long stretches without supplies, sleeping and crossing into Chile. Nov 3, 2026 · 5 min [Cycling Patagonia in Argentina - how to ride Ruta 40 and survive the wind](https://cycleplanet.org/blog/cycling-patagonia-argentina) ## Bike touring in Kyrgyzstan - routes, seasons and survival tips for the mountains Bike touring in Kyrgyzstan - Song-Kul, Issyk-Kul, the Pamir Highway from Osh, the best months, food and water, yurt stays and gear for high passes. Oct 30, 2026 · 5 min [Bike touring in Kyrgyzstan - routes, seasons and survival tips for the mountains](https://cycleplanet.org/blog/bike-touring-kyrgyzstan) ## Cycling in Georgia - how to plan a bike tour through the Caucasus Cycling in Georgia and the Caucasus - mountain routes, the best season, roads and traffic, where to sleep, food and supplies, and tips for your tour. Oct 27, 2026 · 5 min [Cycling in Georgia - how to plan a bike tour through the Caucasus](https://cycleplanet.org/blog/cycling-georgia-caucasus) ## Bicycle touring in Morocco - routes, seasons and what to expect on the road Bicycle touring in Morocco - Atlas mountain routes, the best season, food and water, where to sleep, safety and how to get there with your bike. Oct 23, 2026 · 6 min [Bicycle touring in Morocco - routes, seasons and what to expect on the road](https://cycleplanet.org/blog/bicycle-touring-in-morocco) ## Cycling in the Netherlands - how do you plan a bicycle tour through the flattest cycling country? Cycling in the Netherlands as a bicycle tourer - LF routes, the junction network, wind, where to sleep, trains with a bike and the best season to ride. Oct 20, 2026 · 6 min [Cycling in the Netherlands - how do you plan a bicycle tour through the flattest cycling country?](https://cycleplanet.org/blog/cycling-in-the-netherlands) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@id":"https://cycleplanet.org/#website","@type":"WebSite","description":"Cycle Planet is the bicycle touring platform: visas, border crossings, places to sleep and points of interest per country, and a community of cyclists who host each other.","name":"Cycle Planet","url":"https://cycleplanet.org/","publisher":{"@id":"https://cycleplanet.org/#identity"}},{"@id":"https://cycleplanet.org/blog#webpage","description":"Stories, tips and route ideas for bicycle touring: cycling in specific countries, visas and borders, wild camping, gear and finding a host.","name":"Bicycle touring blog: countries and tips","url":"https://cycleplanet.org/blog","@type":["WebPage","CollectionPage"],"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https://cycleplanet.org/blog#/schema/breadcrumb-list/#breadcrumb"},"isPartOf":{"@id":"https://cycleplanet.org/#website"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https://cycleplanet.org/blog"]}],"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https://cycleplanet.org/#logo"}},{"@id":"https://cycleplanet.org/#identity","@type":"Organization","email":"info@cycleplanet.org","name":"Cycle Planet","url":"https://cycleplanet.org/","logo":{"@id":"https://cycleplanet.org/#logo"},"sameAs":["https://www.instagram.com/cycle.planet","https://m.facebook.com/Cycle-Planet-100672311813208"]},{"@id":"https://cycleplanet.org/blog#/schema/item-list/1","@type":"ItemList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Bicycle touring in Portugal - the coast, the interior and when to go","url":"https://cycleplanet.org/blog/bicycle-touring-portugal"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Welcome to the new Cycle Planet","url":"https://cycleplanet.org/blog/welcome-to-the-new-cycle-planet"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Cycling Patagonia in Argentina - how to ride Ruta 40 and survive the wind","url":"https://cycleplanet.org/blog/cycling-patagonia-argentina"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Bike touring in Kyrgyzstan - routes, seasons and survival tips for the mountains","url":"https://cycleplanet.org/blog/bike-touring-kyrgyzstan"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"name":"Cycling in Georgia - how to plan a bike tour through the Caucasus","url":"https://cycleplanet.org/blog/cycling-georgia-caucasus"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":6,"name":"Bicycle touring in Morocco - routes, seasons and what to expect on the road","url":"https://cycleplanet.org/blog/bicycle-touring-in-morocco"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":7,"name":"Cycling in the Netherlands - how do you plan a bicycle tour through the flattest cycling country?","url":"https://cycleplanet.org/blog/cycling-in-the-netherlands"}]},{"@id":"https://cycleplanet.org/blog#/schema/breadcrumb-list/#breadcrumb","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","name":"Home","item":"https://cycleplanet.org/","position":1},{"@type":"ListItem","name":"Blog","item":"https://cycleplanet.org/blog","position":2}]},{"@id":"https://cycleplanet.org/#logo","@type":"ImageObject","caption":"Cycle Planet","contentUrl":"https://cycleplanet.org/logo.png","inLanguage":"en","url":"https://cycleplanet.org/logo.png"}]} ``` ## Sitemap See the full [sitemap](https://cycleplanet.org/sitemap.md) for all pages.