Portugal
First of all, their friendly English and Portuguese speaking staff make your trip seamless through the country if you take one of their well-planned guided tours (and Portuguese is not an easy language).
They also make it so easy for someone to go on their own down the coast. It's really a joy when you can roll through the countryside with just a map and bike knowing your hotel and restaurant staff are literally waiting for you! Bluecoastbikes' staff also took care of our dinner and hotel reservations too.
Their staff took care of everything for us, even calling midweek to see how we were enjoying everything!
Bluecoastbikes is the way to go for biking in Portugal if you want to enjoy your trip and worry about nothing but the ride and the wines to choose!
They are licensed and insured. They have daily rentals and dropoffs, week-long guided and self-guided tours, and jeep rides/tours as well.
Highly recommended.
Bluecoastbikes, Lda
www.bluecoastbikes.com
Tel: +351 96 272 8469.
info@bluecoastbikes.com
Setúbal, Portugal, near the Troia ferry station and seafood restaurants
Great company for hiring bikes in Spain or Portugal. They are located in Lisbon, but will ship bikes anywhere in Spain or Portugal to your hotel, and will collect from there or elsewhere.
All bikes are of a good standard, and relatively new. And Didier, the owner, is as helpful as you can imagine! They also organise tours.
www.bikeiberia.com
Largo Corpo Santo, 5
Baixa
1200-129 Lisbon, Portugal
Cell Phone: +351-96-242 3455
Phone/Fax: +351-21-347 0347
e-mail to: rentals@bikeiberia.com
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