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Travel and Trip Cancellation Insurance
We urge you to purchase travel insurance as soon as possible. You can purchase insurance online at www.CSATravelPro.com (enter code 82667246) or call them at 800-348-9505. CSA Travel Protection is recommended by Consumer Reports. Canadian citizens can also purchase travel insurance at www.travelguard.ca (866-648-8422).You can also compare policies at www.insuremytrip.com.
To cover pre-existing conditions (see below) through CSA Travel Protection, the insurance may be purchased at any time up to 24 hours after you make your final payment. CSA also offers a unique "cancel for any reason" coverage option that must be purchased within 24 hours of making your initial tour deposit.
The need for travel insurance cannot be over-emphasized. For a small percentage of your travel and tour costs, you are covered if you need to cancel or interrupt your vacation with us due to a number of circumstances beyond your control, including (most importantly) if a health-related problem arises affecting you or even a non-traveling member of your family. As you know, most airline fares are non-refundable, and travel insurance is especially important since Discovery Bicycle Tours' contractual obligations with our inns make it impossible for us to refund your monies anytime within 60 days prior to your trip despite the compelling nature of your emergency.
IMPORTANT! If you have a currently existing
condition that might make you unable to take the trip
(such as a knee injury, a history of specific medical
problems, or a currently ill family member), it is
essential that you sign up anytime up to 24 hours after
you make your final payment in order to qualify for
coverage for these pre-existing conditions.This coverage
adds about 2% to your premium. Please refer to
www.CSATravelPro.com for details.
Middlebury, Vermont Bike Tour Itinerary - Swift House Inn
Part of the pleasure of this tour is exploring the Town of Middlebury. Former grist and woolen mills now house Vermont's best collection of sophisticated craft shops and galleries, including the Vermont State Craft Center, where you will find excellent woodworking, ceramics, furniture, jewelry, photography, prints, antiques and folk art. This is also the home of prestigious Middlebury College, with its distinctive campus, broad manicured lawns and handsome buildings fashioned from locally quarried gray stone.
Once we cycle across the Pulp Mill Covered Bridge, the town almost immediately gives way to wide fertile valleys dotted with productive dairy farms and apple orchards. The roads wind through pastures and cultivated fields, while in the distance we are treated with spectacular views of the Adirondacks and Green Mountains.
We ride past the Morgan Horse Farm; follow the Otter Creek to Vergennes (America's smallest city); and have the option of riding out to beautiful Button Bay on Lake Champlain where we visit the Maritime Museum. On another day, we pass by Shard Villa, an imposing "surely haunted" Gothic mansion, picnic on the sandy beach at Lake Dunmore, and take a short hike up to the Falls of Lana. You will surely agree that this tour combines all things that make Vermont such a perfect place to bike.
Daily Mileages
Day 1: Arrival Day
Day 2: 39 mi (63 km)
Day 3 : 30 or 43 (49 or 70 km)
Day 4 : 22 mi (36 km)
Average Daily Mileage: 30 mi (49 km)
Average Daily Mileage with Options: 35 mi (57 km)
Terrain
Day 2: Easier to Intermediate
Day 3 : Easier to Intermediate
Day 4 : Easier
What's Included
3 nights of lodging (double occupancy); 3 breakfasts and 2 dinners; detailed maps and itineraries; 2 experienced guides; full van support; cycling at your own pace along routes that we have carefully selected and continually improve; plus assorted epiphanies and serendipities.