Whoever uses the bike daily knows that it is hard to give it up, even when some children arrive and biking becomes more complicated. To then think of tackling a bicycle holiday can be scary.

But the first secret, we have found four others, is to feed on enthusiasm and leave aside any objection: as former family tour guides, we can confirm it’s a beautiful experience for both children and adults.

It's clear that some practical problems must be resolved, such as the choice of routes - which also have to be suitable for the youngest, the choice of seats or trailers, as well as the organization of the various stages. But it’s certainly worth it: we explain here why.

1. Direct contact with nature (in bloom)

Is there a more sustainable holiday in direct contact with the surrounding world than cycling? It is an opportunity to teach children how nice it is to stop and look at the landscape, to take breaks even just to take a picture, to eat a sandwich in the open air, to discover animals that you may come across on your journey, to start a chat with a stranger.

2. Effort and sweat

Family cycle tourism, usually, is organized in stages, longer or shorter, more or less difficult. The idea that every day there is a goal to achieve, in this case an end point, is stimulating and at the same time teaches the youngest not to give up, to put in place tenacity and strength. And sweat, sweat, sweat.

3. Top cycling paths and new friendships

Spring, with the blossoming of cycle paths, is the perfect period for an active family holiday. Exactly during spring, cyclists repopulate the paths and many decide to spend a week or a weekend on the trail with their children. Here it is easy to make new friends, bond with other children and decide to depart together for the next stage or even the next trip.

4. Wild-children, happy-children

While we parents are anxious about safety, the unexpected, the youngest are far more adaptable than we are. A holiday of this type not only allows them to discover new places, but encourages them to become autonomous, flexible in schedules, adaptable in new locations with new people. In short, they become more self-aware.

5. Time will be on your side

And if it rains? The spring season (if the seasons are still the ones of the past) is the best to get in the saddle. The air becomes mild, the sun warms but does not burn and the rain, although annoying, passes in a few hours. Obviously, suitable clothing, layered, is the solution to everything.

Now that you know all the advantages of setting off on a spring bike ride with the children, all that's left is to choose the destination and get in the saddle. On Cyclando.com you find hundreds of routes all over Europe, choose the one that's right for you and set off with a click!