The Danish Riviera

A fantastic way to see the North Zealand. This was the best cycle tour we have done in spite of unsettled weather on the first couple of days. Regional food excellent - especially the bread! Everything is very clean, the Danes super friendly, lovely woods, castles and coastal scenery. However, if you do not like cycling on gravel paths, some of which are narrow and overgrown, this may not be the tour for you.

Delightful introduction to this part of Denmark. We were unlucky with the weather for our first two days, which made them pretty unenjoyable cycling days! Lovely landscape when the sun shone. Particulary enjoyed the Helenekilde Badehotel with delightful views from the room and terrace. Easy to put bikes on the train if tired or adverse weather, and we found the train system easy to use and understand. We would like to return again in future

Overall we had a lovely time and our best Inntravel holiday yet. We did have some rain and wind and full waterproofs were appreciated on two days. We enjoyed the mix of seaside, countryside and culture. The bicycles were of good quality with excellent associated kit ie panniers etc.

The overwhelming impressions of this holiday were wind (it was blowing a gale a lot of the time) and expense. Alcoholic drinks in particular are eyewateringly expensive. However, we had a great time. The hotels were all fine, the food was excellent in the hotels and usually very good elsewhere, people were friendly and spoke very good English, the scenery was lovely, Copenhagen was great (especially as we overlapped by one day with the jazz festival). The bikes were great; I had a flat tyre before we started and the local man came very quickly to sort it out. The routes were detailed and very easy to follow. The choice of routes was excellent. Overall a very good holiday.

All round excellent holiday - we had a fabulous time.

What a beautiful time of year to do this holiday. Day 2 ride was very special with the forest path running  right alongside the coast then  up onto the cliffs.  My lasting memory will be of cycling along in the sunshine on cliff top cycle paths between banks of roses, smelling the heady perfume and watching the sparkling sea. The wild flowers were gorgeous everywhere and the forest paths were so quiet we saw and heard  all sorts of wildlife including deer and a cacaphony of toads!

The cycling is so pleasant in Denmark because all road users are so sympathetic towards cyclists and you always feel safe.  Lovely holiday.

Bikes were perfectly suited and well sized, excellent cycle routes and route guides. Travel arrangements were very good train services excellent. Hotels were in very good locations very clean and comfortable.

A superb holiday. Our first cycling holiday and we loved everything about it. Inntravel's choices of accommodation, routes, etc all feel thoroughly researched and you have the feeling throughout that they truly care that you have a wonderful holiday with all possible niggles or logistical headaches removed. We are fully signed up Scandiphiles, but we loved the Danish Riviera and would expect that most people would feel the same. The cycling routes are varied and constantly interesting. The Danish people are a joy and the food was consistently delicious. Highly recommended and we will certainly love another Inntravel holiday. 

We had read somewhere that Danes are very respectful of privacy but if you ask for help they are more than happy to assist. Once we understood this it was great, we could wander around looking lost and no one seemed to notice, but if we asked a question everyone was very friendly, helpful and spoke perfect English. We were impressed. Some of the highlights of the trip included discovering the amazing and varied bike path network, delicious food, both the included meals but also the little cafes and bakeries along the way, and maybe just exploring at our own pace. We kept noticing how great it was to just park the bike and explore something of interest to us withour having to meet a group at a certain time or get back on the bus. 

We enjoyed the whole experience of cyclng in Denmark and had no particular highlights. It has pleasant countryside with pretty villages and excellent, well maintained cycle routes on all the roads we cycled on. There was, however, no real "wow factor" scenery.

We had a great time and the weather cooperated!  Highlights of our trip include fish & chips and fishcakes at Hornbaek Harbour, sandy beaches and swimming in the North Sea, Kronborg Castle, the Street Food Market in Helsingore, and the forest trails.

Villa Brinkly is a gem. You have to get a bit accustomed to Eric, but he really goes the extra mile for their guests. Browsing their photobooks, will put their little Cinquecento van in perspective. At Fredensborg the Skipperhuset restaurant on the lakeside just before the entrance is both very good quality and in a romantic place. Later we heard that the palace gardens sell vegetables and herbs to them. In Helsingør we also liked the maritime museum. The cycling trails along the coast but under trees of the wood towards and from Gilleleje are incredibly beautiful. The wood between Gilleleje and Hillerød just as well.

Most days we found out that we spent a full day on the cycling and the visits to sights, without ever feeling rushed. The cycling is sufficiently challenging to get tired, but never so strenuous as to cause exhaustion. So a key word for our experience is balance.

Our last hotel was the more modest option of the Strand hotel. The one night we dinner there, we obviously had the one and single meal option they offer, but the quality of it was much higher than we expected. It was real good food. And staying so close to the beach was nice as well. The long cycling tour on the last day, we had to change tyres for one bike. The instructions helped us through, and in hindsight it was part of the adventure. Only pity that day, if you are at the microbrewery, you would love to taste more beers, but you know you will have to cycle back.

We will check other possibilities with Inntravel in the future as well.

Excellent choice of hotels. Great cycling often in the shade which was great in a heatwave. First class written route instructions. 100% satisfaction

Highlights were the lovely combination of beaches, with forest rides. The two castles. The food quality was excellent. Everybody we met were incredibly welcoming and spoke brilliant English.

One tip - Hillerod station does not have a notice board for its trains so you have to guess that the train leaves from platform 0 - or like us hope to find a friendly local.

All in all it was a lovely trip, we were lucky to have had great weather. The routes were lovely and diverse enough to satisfy on and off road preferences. We would choose Inntravel again and would recommend it highly.

This was probably one of the best holidays I have had. I came back feeling totally relaxed and glad we added an extra day on to the last 2 hotels. We cycled every day and covered about 175 miles over the 7 days so all very relaxing. Loved the way we could buy cherries along the way from fruit stands and leaving money in honesty boxes. (Surprised how few coffee shops were in the villages for stop off points)

The weather was fabulous as it has been over Europe summer 2018 so that helped. The cycle routes were varied and interesting with places to visit along the way. One minute you are cycling through farm land and smelling cows, and the next cycling along a sandy dune and being windswept by the sea air.

Will definitely look in to another Grade 1 cycling holiday. (Denmark is not all flat!! I was using all of my 24 gears and each day there was an occasion to get my head down and puff up hills using the lowest of gears !)