Trips
The London to Istanbul Bike Adventure is a unique annual Yes to Life fundraising event, inviting participants to join an epic journey across Europe. Over the course of five years, participants cycle one leg of the journey during one week of September each year.
This year's exciting trips take us to some of Europe's most fascinating cities:
London to Paris: 10-15 September, £489 per person
This includes return transport from London and one night pre-departure in a hotel in London. Also included are a support vehicle throughout the trip, baggage transfer, accommodation, breakfasts, a leader, and cover with Adventure Cafe's public liability insurance.
Paris to Zurich: 16-22 September, £549 per person
This excludes transport, but does include a support vehicle throughout the trip, baggage transfer, accommodation, breakfasts, a leader, and cover with Adventure Cafe's public liability insurance.
Munich to Venice: 23-28 September, £549 per person
This excludes transport, but does include a support vehicle throughout the trip, baggage transfer, accommodation, breakfasts, a leader, and cover with Adventure Cafe's public liability insurance.
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us by email or on 0845 257 6950.
Each stage will involve a ride of around 6 or 7 days, and will cover a distance of around 700km. Each team will have a support vehicle in attendance to transfer baggage and to offer assistance in case of difficulty or emergency. Accommodation will be pre-booked as far as is possible and will be simple yet comfortable. Each evening the team leader or driver will select a restaurant that is easy to reach and will offer good, reasonably priced food. Minimum fundraising targets over and above the cost of the trip are still to be confirmed.
The trips are organised by Adventure Café, a small travel agency based in Somerset, and a very trusted company with a long experience of doing these trips. Another good feature is that they take the approach that less is more – so the teams are max 15 people and not 100’s. Richard McLaughlin who owns and runs the company cycled himself from London to Sydney (via Istanbul!), so who better than him to guide us through this?
You can also contact Adventure Café directly or visit their website:
About Adventure Café
Adventure Café are Yes to Life’s event organising partner for this adventure. As specialists in the field of challenge adventures, Adventure Café organise treks, bike challenges, climbing adventures and open canoe journeys. They opened their doors on 19th July 2003, with the aim of providing a better access route to adventure. Many people watch adventure on the television, or wear clothing with adventurous branding, but wonder where to begin with living an adventurous lifestyle. Adventure Cafe opened seek to address exactly that issue.
Adventure Café
Richard McLaughlin
01935 822200
