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 !)

We had a fabulous cycling holiday in Denmark. We were lucky with the weather and had sunshine every day. The cycle routes were varied - and took us through woods, alongside beaches, through beautiful villages, to castles, and back to our hotels each night. The hotels were well-chosen, and gave a great impression of Denmark. Days were full of exercise and fresh air, dips in the sea at the end of the day, prawns and open sandwiches, and the odd beer and Danish hotdog. We haven't cycled for about 5 years, and I was slightly nervous in advance - and while days were reasonably hard work, I thought the routes were really well-planned, the cycling feels safe (it's almost all on cycle paths and the Danes are very kind to cyclists), and I would thoroughly recommend it to anyone who can ride a bike and doesn't mind cycling all day. I would recommend taking cycling gloves to be kind to your hands.

Our first foray into cycling after a few walking holdays with Inntravel.  We loved it!  A wonderful way of covering a fair amount of ground and sightseeing while reamining close to nature.  Late May was glorious in Zeeland;  lilac was everywhere, wild and in gardens and filled the air with its scent, together with wisteria.  We were blessed with wonderful warm sunshine (apart from getting drenched on our last day - we carried on, undaunted).  The fantastic Danish cycling infrastructure was what really made it a pleasure.  We felt safe at all times, and all visitor sights and trains are geared up for cyclists.

Sitting on the veranda at Helenekilde watching the sunset was magical. The Danish food was excellent and exceeded expectations. The coastal scenery, on the rare occasions that the sun shone, was beautiful.

Tip? Take plenty of good waterproofs!!

This was our first Inntravel / Danish experience. It was brilliant. The bike rides were so well detailed - no anxious moments. We did not need any back up but felt comfortable knowing that in a crisis there would be a helpline. The routes took you through such varied terrain - very few busy roadways - and all cycle friendly. The choice of the hotels fitted perfectly. Stunning locations. We managed to swim a few times and the beaches were beautiful - hardly anyone on them. This turned out to be a very special holiday. Thank you.

Inntravel were easy to book and liaise with and the directions and challenge of the cycling was perfect for us. A great way to unwind and find places off the beaten track and on the stunning coast of Denmark. Would heartily recommend. 

Interesting and enjoyable routes, with accurate and easy to follow notes. The cycle paths were excellent and the other path users well disciplined, unlike around us in the UK!

Danish cycle route signage is like Danish design in general, well thought out and functional but a bit minimalist! Keep alert for those small square route signs and note that they will appear at critical turns but not often on long straight sections of the track. Once you get used to the system you can relax and enjoy the wonderful scenery, check out fishhouse cuisine, and admire some of the world's best looking "summer houses" along a wonderful coastline. 

Highlights: Swimming in the sea at Snekkersten, the lovely fishing port of Hundersted, exploring Kronborg Castle, watching cormorants on the rocks drying their wings, empty white beaches, wonderful smorresbrod at Ragelege beach, cycling through mix of heathland, forest, sand dunes, fishing ports - wonderful coastal views.

Remember to put clothing etc in the plastic bags provided!  We got drenched one day, but luckily had done this. Food bought in supermarkets for picnics is far more reasonable than lunches which involve service of any kind!  We assume this is due to the good wages paid in Denmark to staff in the catering industry, unlike Britian!

We thoroughly enjoyed our holiday in Denmark. Coming from the UK where cycling can be quite a challenge, Denmark is exceptionally accommodating of cyclists. There were cycle tracks alongside most roads and, when we were cycling on a road, all traffic gave us a wide berth - not as in the UK.

We enjoyed the castle visits and, in particular, watching scenes from 'Hamlet' being acted out at Elsinore/Kronborg Castle (only during the summer months). 

In Copenhagen, we enjoyed visiting castles and museums and the tour in English of the Danish parliament was very interesting. Walking around Copenhagen and Nyhavn in the sunshine was lovely too!

Highlight: Eating an ice cream on the beach with my teenage son after having biked for 20kms through the most beautiful Danish countryside!

This is a lovely, relaxing, yet rigorous way to see the Danish Riviera. We enjoyed the pace, the cycle paths, the historic sites, the stunningly beautiful landscape, and the accommodations throughout. 

A great holiday, varied cycling through forest trails and along lovely coastal paths. The Danes were so friendly everywhere we went and the food.... delicious!!!

The definite highlight was the friendliness of everyone in Denmark, made even better by the fact everyone speaks perfect English. The cycling was easy and the countryside very tranquil with some really good cycle routes. In Snekkersten, the hosts Anette and Erik were tremendous fun and a new restaurant in Espergaerde - Divina - is a great place for pizza and beer. Due to a late booking we were accommodated at the very nice Strandhotel in Tisvildeleje and although it might not have had the views of the Helenekilde Badehotel it was good to be located near the town and beach. Should we do this trip again we would definitely add an extra day or two, to spend some more time in Gilleleje and Tisvildeleje. We would recommend having lunch at the Little Cafe in Tisvildeleje, run by the effervescent Nina. The train system was excellent and our two days in Copenhagen at the end reinforced our appreciation of a great country and great people.  

Inntravel exceeded our expectations with no issues of any significance. Good friendly hotels with great breakfast choice, very friendly and helpful staff and very good locations. Routes couldn't have been easier to follow and provided scenic views and a mix of terrain. First time with Inntravel but I think not the last!

Denmark is a lovely place to cycle, the routes were a good length and very quiet. Despite the wind and rain we had we would all go back to this friendly country.

The train service was superb which meant on windy days you have the option of putting bike and self on train to finish route!

The cycle tour provided a good insight into a traditional Danish life style away from the regular tourist spots. The countryside was beautiful and the pace of the holiday gave plenty of time to soak up the views, enjoy the lovely Danish architecture and explore historical sites.