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Bicycle Tour Details
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Tour Price
$2,089.00 - 5 nights (Includes breakfasts, 2 picnic lunches, and 4 dinners)
Tour Dates 2008
April 6 - 11
October 12 - 17
October 19 - 24
Bicycle Rental
included
Single Supplement
$500 (optional)
Arrive
Jackson, MS airport (or first inn)
Depart
Jackson, MS airport (or first inn)
Cycling Level
Easy & Moderate
Terrain
Mostly flat/level with some gently rolling hills on a daily basis.
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Natchez Trace overview map
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Daily Itinerary
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Day One |
Transfer from Jackson airport to the four-daimond Fairview Inn, followed by a bike fitting, orientation / wine reception, and dinner.
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Day Two |
Along the Trace, visit Rocky Springs, a once thriving but now abandoned village, and hear its intriguing story. In Port Gibson, the town General Grant said was “too beautiful to burn,” visit the historic city hall, churches and an old synagogue. Enjoy the stark beauty of Windsor Ruins. Lodging: The Cedar Grove Mansion in Vicksburg. (17, 36 or 49 miles)
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Day Three |
| Cycle Vicksburg Military Park, after your guide reviews the siege of Vicksburg. Picnic at USS Cairo Museum and see the old iron-clad battleship. Visit McRaven Tour Home or the Old Court House Museum to relive history close-up. (17 or 22 miles) |
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Day Four |
In route to Natchez, stop at Mount Locust, a restored historic inn/hotel. Coles Creek adds a scenic backdrop for a leisurely picnic lunch on the Trace. Investigate Emerald Mound, built by ancestors of the Natchez Indians around AD 1400. In Natchez, lodge at The Dunleith, a beautiful (and newly renovated) ante-bellum mansion, built in Greek Revival style with 26 Tuscan columns. (31 or 46 miles)
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Day Five |
| Visit Longwood Mansion, saunter around town or ride through Spanish moss-draped magnolia and dogwood trees, and past plantation homes. (28, 35 or 44 miles) |
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Day Six |
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Morning transfer to Jackson airport or first inn for your return home. |
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P.O. Box 143, Hamlin, NY 14464
(800) 777-8090
Fax (585) 964-7297
info@classicadventures.com
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Classic Adventures is a bicycle tour travel operator providing cycling tours in France, Greece, Ireland, Germany, Austria, Canada, New York, & Mississippi. Our bike tours includes gourmet food, deluxe lodging and professional biking guides. France biking tour options include, Burgundy, Bordeaux & Dordogne Valley. Greece Biking tour options include Classical Greece, Island of Crete, & Crete - Extreme. Our New York State bicycle tours include the Finger lakes wine country, The Erie Canal, and a multi sport bike tour of Lake placid and the Adirondacks. We also offer deluxe bicycle tours in Europe: Germany - Cycling the Romantic Road, Austria - The Salaach Valley & Pinzgau Region and cycling Ireland - the Emerald Isle. Classic Adventures is a family owned and operated bicycle tour company that has been leading active vacations since 1979. |
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