Bicycle holidays, bicycle travel, cycle breaks, bicycling adventures etc – call them what you like but they are a big part of the burgeoning online travel industry. You can book a trip to anywhere from the flats of sunny Spain and France to the dizzy heights of Nepal and Tibet. Cycle vacation companies cater for all age groups, all fitness levels and can cost anything from a few hundred bucks for the most elementary trip to a few thousand dollars for a unique tailored adventure. Bring your own folding bike, rely on your own honing skills and you can plan an even more exciting adventure on a shoe string.

If it’s a city break your after, in the more cycle friendly cities you can rent a bicycle, some even offer folding bike rentals, in Barcelona, you can rent at bikerentalbarcelona.com and in London at velorution.biz.

Recently the Times online printed a list of the ‘The world's best cycling holidays’ - the best bespoke holidays, from a five-star dawdle in the Lakes to an epic pedal in the Cambodian rice lands.

• Other Cycling Holiday links:
• CTC Cycling Holidays and Tours
• Colin Langdon & Bespoke for Folding Bike Tours
• Cycling holidays in Britain & Europe with HF Holidays
• Cycling Holidays, Cycle Shops, Bike Reviews, Mountain Biking Holidays