Workout Vacations: Biking the Maine Coast
Where: Rockland to Castine
Duration: 6 days
Distance: 15 to 38 miles a day
Cost: $2,280
Operator: Bike Riders(www.bikeriderstours.com; 800-473-7040)
Difficulty: Moderate
You'll mount your road bike in the harbor town of Rockland, skirt Penobscot Bay, pedal along the island beach roads of Islesboro, and wrap up with a two-night stay in Castine. Along the way, there's plenty of opportunity to ogle lighthouses, chow down lobster rolls, and soak up the salty air. Boston-based Bike Riders' trips are designed as a vacation, not as a race, so the pace is stress free. Nevertheless, you bike or walk every day, so pretrip training-six weeks of biking until you can do 35 miles at a time-is recommended. You can bring your own bike or rent one. The minimum age is 16.
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