Vittoria/Gasteiz, Basque country, Spain
Europe is a great continent for motorcycle riders. It is incredibly diverse, there is history all over, the Alps are probably the most beautiful mountains for motorcycle riders in the world, and the landscape varies much between places that are not far away from each other.
Here are pages with information about motorcycle riding in Europe. The page will be followed by pages about motorcycle riding in individual countries.
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Motorcycle touring in Europe
Motorcycle riding in Europe
The keyword for Europe is diversity. It consists of sometimes miniature
countries, that each consist themselves of different regions, cultures and people.
In Europe, the landscape in places just a couple of kilometers apart can
be completely different, and cultural history manifests itself everywhere.
So what to expect for a non-European, on motorcycle, in Europe?
Where to sleep in Europe
Stranger's Home
For a motorcycle rider, hotels are a very attractive form of accomodation: you can travel with less luggage than when you pitch your tent, and you can travel until late, because you don't have to pitch your tent in the dark.
There are other advatages as well: hotels, the ones that we like that is, give you the opportunity to feel part of the life in the village or town where you stay, for an evening and a night.
In this article, we describe how we (try to) choose a good place to sleep for motorcycle riders.
You will also find some ads of hotels that passed our selection criteria.
You will find more addresses and descriptions of special places to stay on our page about Accommodation in Spain.
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Motorcycle touring in the Netherlands
Motorcycle riding in the Netherlands
The Netherlands are a small country, densely populated, and very
regulated traffic.
Nonetheless, there still are beauriful roads
for motorcycle riders, both with respect to cornering and to
getting a glimpse of what makes the Netherlands so special.
On this page, you find information about traffic rules and habits, about good roads for motorcycle riders, about finding places to stay, and other tips for your visit.
Motorcycle touring in Spain
Motorcycle riding in Spain
Spain is motorcycle rider's heaven. There are almost as many mountain ranges as towns, and they are all different.
Spain is different from the rest of Europe: while Europe is green, Spain is red.
Literally red: there is no other place within Europe where you see so many bare rock,
and bare rocks are often red and orange and yellow.
Spain is also: delicious food and whine, cities with old castles, monasteries ans churches, reminiscences of Celts, Romans, Moorish kings and architects, and catholic rulers, proud people who are very Spanish in the eyes of outsiders, and who are completely different from the Spaniards in the next village, according to themselves.
Where to sleep in Spain
A monastery as a hotel
On our page on Spain, we have described the possibilities for accommodation in Spain in general; on this page, we suggest specific places where to spend the night in Spain.
First, we show you some of the places we found especially worthwhile during our trips to Spain. You also find links to advertising hotels.
Of each place, we give you a short description of the rooms, the restaurant, the surroundings, and a map. For each place where we did spend the night ourselves, you will also find a page where we give you a review.
This photo shows the Monasterio de Valvanera, where you can sleep. There are many unique places to sleep in Spain!
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Motorcycle touring in Germany
Motorcycle riding in Germany
Germany, the country of BMW and of the Autobahn. Germany, one of the Alp countries. Germany, with regions that are visited so often by motorcycle riders that many roads are closed during weekends.
And indeed, Germany is a very pleasant country for motorcycle travelers. Here some tips.
