Eat Sleep Cycle

What Eat Sleep Cycle is and where it operates

Eat Sleep Cycle runs its own guided and self-guided cycling holidays across Europe and Asia. The company's site states its cycling tours span the Alps, France, Spain, Colombia, Denmark, Iceland, Italy, Morocco, Portugal, Slovenia, the UK, Ireland, the USA, and multiple regions of Southeast Asia including Vietnam and Cambodia. The company also lists tours in Belgium, the Canary Islands, and Patagonia, extending its reach from classic European cycling regions to remote mountain destinations in South America and Asia.

Its branded cycling hubs are based in Girona (Spain), Nice (France), and Málaga (Spain), which double as local bike-hire shops and tour meeting points. The bike hire menu also lists Côte d'Azur, Costa Brava, Fuengirola and Marbella. The site describes its holidays as "built for riders who want to take their journey further," with "expertly planned routes, quality bikes and exceptional support for any rider level." The company offers women-only variants of signature tours, as well as corporate, family, and custom group options.

Tour types and pricing

The company categorizes tours by terrain and style: road cycling, gravel, self-guided, women-only, custom, corporate, family, race-focused, and multi-day group trips. Seasonally focused tours include Summer, Autumn, Winter, and Spring departures as well as Last Minute trips for travelers planning closer to travel dates. The site also advertises specialized tours like Everesting challenges, Badlands off-road adventures, eco-friendly trips, luxury holidays, short breaks, and solo cycling experiences.

Most of its named European tours carry difficulty ratings that appear on its pages as Epic, Advanced, or Intermediate. The site lists specific prices for signature tours. In the Alps, the Trans Alps: Annecy to Nice tour is priced at €4799.00 for 8 days on a road bike, and the Classic Climbs of the Alps tour is €3699 for 6 days. The French Alps Women's Cycling Camp is €3499.00 for 6 days, a female-focused variant of the general Alps program. Near Nice, the Classic Climbs tour runs €2999 for 6 days, and the longer Tour of Provence (Verdon to Ventoux) is €4699 for 7 days. In Asia, the Vietnam and Cambodia Gravel Adventure is priced at €5299 for 14 days, the Vietnam Gravel South (Hoi An to Saigon) tour is €3199 for 8 days, and the Vietnam Gravel North (Hanoi to Hoi An) is €3499 for 9 days. The site shows these prices in euros.

Tours vary in distance and profile. The Trans Alps tour covers 510 km with 15,500 m of climbing over 8 days; the Classic Climbs of the Alps takes riders over 390 km with 10,700 m of elevation over 6 days. In Nice, the shorter Classic Climbs is 345 km with 8,650 m of climbing, while the Provence tour spans 563 km with 10,753 m over 7 days. In Southeast Asia, the Mekong and Cambodia tour is 931 km over 14 days with 8,549 m of climbing; the Vietnam Gravel South covers 645 km and 5,720 m over 8 days, and the Vietnam Gravel North is 627 km with 8,350 m over 9 days.

Many departures carry a "Guaranteed Departure" tag on the tour cards; the tour cards do not define the term. Some tours are also offered as private-group versions, and fully custom itineraries are listed at "€ on demand" rather than a fixed price. Beyond the Alps, Nice and Asia, the homepage shows tours such as the Costa Brava Gravel (€3499.00, 6 days), the Classic Climbs of Girona (€2799.00, 6 days), the Florence to Rome Gravel on the Via Francigena (€3799.00, 7 days), the Morocco Atlas Mountains Tour (€2699.00, 7 days) and the Costa Del Sol Self-Guided (€1799.00, 6 days).

How it works on the day

The Alps page describes the riding as based in the French Alps, starting from the shores of Lake Annecy and taking in Alpe d'Huez, the Col du Galibier, the Col de la Madeleine and the Col du Télégraphe. It says "our experienced ride leaders know these mountains inside out." The Asia page says its guide team "is made up of local riders and long-term residents," and it introduces guides by name, among them Sokly Phok in the Siem Reap area and Chris, described as a trained bike mechanic.

What is included is spelled out per region. The Alps page says most guided Alps tours include accommodation, breakfast, lunches en route, evening meals, expert cycling guides, a support vehicle with mechanical assistance, ride nutrition, bike rental and an Eat Sleep Cycle jersey and welcome pack, while international flights, personal travel insurance and optional extras are not included. The Asia page lists accommodation, all meals, local guides, a support vehicle, mechanical assistance, ride nutrition and bike rental, with flights, visas and travel insurance excluded. The homepage FAQ says flights are never included and accommodation always is. For self-guided tours, the FAQ says the company provides GPS routes, luggage transfers, accommodation and on-call support.

On bikes, the Alps page names hire brands including Basso, Wilier, Cannondale and Ridley and says "E-bikes are also available on every tour." Riders can bring their own bike instead after checking with the company when booking. The Nice Cycling Hub is described as a bike shop, rental center and meeting point, with road, gravel and electric bikes for hire and collection from the hub in the city center. Hire is also offered in Girona and Málaga.

On fitness, the company rates tours from Level 1 (Leisure) to Level 4 (Epic), per the Nice page. The Alps page says its Alps tours are rated Advanced or Epic and that riders should have "regular cycling experience and a solid comfort with sustained climbing." For packing, the homepage FAQ lists usual cycling kit, helmet, shoes and weather layers, and the regional pages say a packing list arrives in a Road Book one month before departure.

Booking and terms

Booking starts on the website: the FAQ says you choose a tour and "send a booking request," after which the team confirms availability. The FAQ also says you can "secure your place with a deposit and pay the remaining balance in instalments," with details given during booking. Prices are set in euros; the site's currency menu can also display GBP, USD, CAD and AUD. The homepage currently advertises early bird pricing for 2027 departures.

Women-only camps run in the French Alps, Nice and Málaga, and the tour menu lists corporate, family, group, custom and solo options. The footer links to a Loyalty & Referrals program, a shop, a Girona Cycling Cafe and a contact page, and the site runs in English, Spanish and Catalan.

What the site does not settle

The footer links to separate Cancellations and Terms and Conditions pages, but the tour and region pages do not state a cancellation window, how much of the price is refunded, or how large the deposit is, so that detail has to come from those pages or from the team before booking. The site also does not publish a group-size cap or a guide-to-rider ratio, does not show a single supplement on the tour cards, and does not explain what "Guaranteed Departure" commits the company to. Inclusions are described as what "most" guided tours include, and the Alps and Asia pages both tell readers to check each tour's itinerary for the full list, so a specific departure may differ.

The difficulty scale is published, but the regional pages make clear that the Alps tours assume real climbing experience: the Trans Alps route covers 510 km with 15,500 m of climbing over 8 days. The company says it is happy to talk riders through the right level by phone, which is the sensible step for anyone unsure.

Eat Sleep Cycle suits riders who want a supported, hotel-based week on known climbs or gravel routes, riders who like a women-only group, and cyclists heading further out to Colombia, Patagonia, Morocco or Vietnam with a local guide team. Its own bike hubs in Girona, Nice and Málaga also make it useful for riders who only want a good hire bike and some route advice.