Ride Wine & Dine Vacation: Overview



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General:
Centralized hotel stay with daily rides departing from Sonoma Plaza.

Dates:
This vacation can start and finish on the dates of your choice, 365 days a year.

Difficulty:
Easy, with options available for cyclists looking for extra mileage and/or more challenging terrain.

Price:
The Hotels & Pricing Page details 2-, 3-, 4- and 5-day packages at the Silver, Gold & Platinum level (these levels relate to your hotel experience). We’re also able to create a Custom Vacation to fit your needs.

What’s included:

Hotel accommodations (including breakfast)
Daily guided bike tours
Picnic-style lunch served overlooking the vineyards
Dinners (up to $40 per person each night)
Bike & helmet rental
Van support (we will pick up your wine purchases
along the way!)
Roadside assistance
Clif Bar & water everyday
Souvenir t-shirt and water bottle

Please note that wine tasting fees are NOT included. Fees average from $10-15 and are often waived when wine is purchased.

Available Options & Add-Ons:

Limo tour
Kayaking
Spa treatments (Also see our Pedal & Pamper Vacation)
Hiking
Horseback trail rides

Our Ride, Wine & Dine Vacation can be customized to suit an array of traveling priorities: from couples looking for a romantic and relaxing retreat, to "Girls Getaway" trips, to large group vacations aimed at achieving a memorable bonding experience.

The first thing you should know is that our Ride, Wine & Dine Vacation strays from the typical definition of a bike tour vacation in several respects. First, you can throw out the notion of having to live out of a suitcase. On this vacation, you’ll stay at one centralized Sonoma hotel convenient to dining, shopping, wine tasting and of course, cycling!

Secondly, after a day spent socializing with other riders and guides on tour, we understand the craving to have some alone time, which is why we make your dinner reservations a private activity.

Each day, we’ll guide you on a different route, with fresh scenery to enjoy and new wineries to explore. Your vacation can be tailored to fit in as little or as much cycling and wine tasting as you desire.

Read through our Sample Itinerary for a few examples of the customization available to you on this trip.

We also invite you to break up your vacation with an Option Day spent enjoying spa treatments, taking a limo tour, horseback riding, hiking or even just relaxing by the pool at your hotel!

Our vacation packages feature the best Sonoma accommodations at three distinct pricing levels designed to work with your budget. Whether your sights are set on luxuriating at a fine hotel or you're simply looking for a clean, comfortable room, we can steer you to a vacation abode that’s ideally suited to your needs.

You’ll also benefit from staying in one of the country’s most renowned culinary meccas, with world-class restaurants often found just footsteps from your hotel. We recommend restaurants based on their Zagat Guide ratings, feedback from previous guests and our own personal dining experiences as locals with discriminating tastes. Of course, if your friends or family have recommended a particular restaurant, you should let us know so we can incorporate it into your itinerary.

To give you an idea, here is a sampling of the restaurants where our vacation guests dine most frequently:

"I want to thank you for planning our fantastic vacation. Our guide, Phoebe, was terrific, and we loved the wineries she chose to stop at. Our hotel stay was heavenly, especially the treatment at the spa. We loved your choices for restaurants, and I think you did them in the right order. I don't know what other superlatives I can use to describe the experience. If we ever return, we will definitely look you guys up again. Also, we are recommending you to anyone who will listen... Thanks again for the awesome experience."

Marca & David Anderson
Pittsford, NY

"Every aspect of the trip exceeded our expectations. Our hotel was incredible and probably one of the nicest we've ever stayed in. Our dinner reservations were at 4- and 5-star restauraunts and the meals were exquisite. Biking is such a great way to see the Wine Country! We had never been on a biking vacation but we'll definitely do it again. The staff and tour guides are very friendly & knowledgeable. You'll definitely return home knowing much more about wine and wine making. We hope to bike with you again!

Jon & Jenn Doherty
Simpsonville, NC

Tiffany and I had one of the best vacations we have ever taken together. The guides were great. We have recommended you to several of our friends since getting back here to North Carolina. We can't wait to come back and do it again but for a longer period of time.

Jeremy & Tiffany
Fayetteville, NC

Sonoma Valley Bike Tours is a full-service bike touring company. We live, work, dine and ride here, and we've been guiding professional bike tours in Northern California's Wine Country since 1987. We offer everything from bike rentals and one-day bike tours to comprehensive vacation packages that include your hotel accommodations, bike tours and dining at world-class restaurants. We also specialize in creating custom single- and multi-day itineraries for corporate or large-group outings.