Family Bike Tour through Europe with 13 and 15 year old daughters

Our family completed a 5-month tour of Europe last year starting in Sevilla and finishing in London. We are two 50-year old parents who hadn’t toured since 2006 and our girls (13 & 15) had only ever done a 1 week tour before this trip but they were amazing. I’ve been putting videos together of each segment. Hopefully they are helpful to another family who may be considering bike touring with teenagers. It was certainly the best thing our family has ever done together and we can’t wait to do some more. Here was our route (red line=biking):

https://preview.redd.it/ae4v3d0ew9kc1.jpg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2dbad0d0131e5198262178fdc2fe4aa6d4770d8c

Trip videos so far:

1 | Our Family Bike Tour Begins – Spain to Portugal [https://youtu.be/t9xl1V4PXB4](https://youtu.be/t9xl1V4PXB4)

2 | The Algarve Family Bike Tour [https://youtu.be/GKdnOxxrxuU](https://youtu.be/GKdnOxxrxuU)

3 | Portuguese Coast Family Bike Tour – Sintra to Porto [https://youtu.be/JFGSQndH5NE](https://youtu.be/JFGSQndH5NE)

4 | Camino Portugues Family Bike Tour. [https://youtu.be/nLJXW-bhT1I](https://youtu.be/nLJXW-bhT1I)

5 | Camino de Santiago Family Bike Tour – Part 1 – West to East [https://youtu.be/i457Fe1TLQ8](https://youtu.be/i457Fe1TLQ8)

6 | Camino de Santiago Family Bike Tour – Part 2 – West to East [https://youtu.be/YTSmuH3GUIw](https://youtu.be/YTSmuH3GUIw)

7 | Southern France Family Bike Tour – Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port to Avignon [https://youtu.be/CyJQZ0z4QU8](https://youtu.be/CyJQZ0z4QU8)

8 | Drôme Valley & Vercors Massif Bike Tour – Col de Rousset [https://youtu.be/VsZjeJUMAfc](https://youtu.be/VsZjeJUMAfc)

9 | French Alps Family Bike Tour – Savoie and Col du Petit Saint Bernard [https://youtu.be/xfOhR5doRus](https://youtu.be/xfOhR5doRus)

10 | Via Francigena Family Bike Tour – Part 1 – Col du Petit Saint-Bernard to Pavia [https://youtu.be/Zkwiwfj5SuA](https://youtu.be/Zkwiwfj5SuA)

11 | Via Francigena Family Bike Tour – Part 2 – Pavia to Lucca [https://youtu.be/gXIoW8-nyPw](https://youtu.be/gXIoW8-nyPw)

12 | Via Francigena Family Bike Tour – Part 3 – Lucca to Radicofani [https://youtu.be/7bQiXf7dt8A](https://youtu.be/7bQiXf7dt8A)

13 | Via Francigena Family Bike Tour – Part 4 – Radicofani to Rome! [https://youtu.be/ZbNrEhivppk](https://youtu.be/ZbNrEhivppk)

14 | Cycling St. Gotthard Pass – Family Bike Tour from Lugano to Andermatt [https://youtu.be/AFxfvz2AhfU](https://youtu.be/AFxfvz2AhfU)

15 | Cycling Lake Lucerne and Walensee – Family Bike Tour [https://youtu.be/Or2WuZaHpO8](https://youtu.be/Or2WuZaHpO8)

16 | Albula Pass – Swiss Alps Family Bike Tour [https://youtu.be/7nzlwhDYCXM](https://youtu.be/7nzlwhDYCXM)

I’ll post additional videos as I complete them. Happy to try to answer any questions about touring with teenage kids, the routes, or anything.

Cheers!

by PedalPowerFamily