Ride International Tours — Local services in Melbourne

Our ten day Giro trip with Ride International was AMAZING. A truly authentic, caring and fun family run business. Bellissimo!

What we have experienced, seen & been part of has created lifetime memories. For Sam the Passo Stelvio climb and for me riding through the beautiful countryside … all levels of riding are catered for and the option to have a day off the bike and enjoy the local village or city where we were staying.

Everyday Sam had highlights but climbing up race routes in the mountains and pinching himself that he was actually in Italy riding a bike in some incredible scenery. The excitement of the Giro is infectious, the Italians are so passionate, it just rubs off on you & makes this even more special.

We go away from this trip with a new group friends that have all experienced so much, some blood, plenty of sweat and I’m sure a few tears … but we are the Ride International Tours Giro class of 2025 that have nailed it !!

Pat, Grace, Mario, Nicolas, Rudy, Liz, Mark our awesome driver Sebastian and the ride international admin team behind the scenes, you are first class in what you all do and have delivered over and above all our expectations.

You have tailored every day to meet a diverse group of riders and offered plenty of fun, challenges and the odd Aperol Spritz and coffee break (with cake)!

Our hotels and meals were perfect, the logistics planning and teamwork is inspiring and making sure our bikes and transportation were all running smoothly meant we had nothing to worry about.

We are busy now deciding which trip we’ll do next! And when!

Addie nemico...

I have been lucky enough to do 2 tours with Pat, Grace, Rudy and the team and I cannot recommend Ride International highly enough. Trips of this type throw together people with widely varying riding abilities and widely varying temperaments in a close environment for 10 days or so where, because of the vagaries of large bike races, the best laid logistic plans often have a tendency to go sideways on short notice. So, while most tour operators can stitch together a workable itinerary, decent hotels, bike hire options and multiple choices of riding on any given day what puts Ride International in a class above the rest is the quality the people and their ability, in the calmest and most friendly way possible, to deliver great riding, great companionship and great memories whilst simultaneously overcoming all those inevitable hurdles and problems, large and small that crop up on...

I didn’t really know what to expect as it was my first experience with a cycling tour. As Ride International were recommend to me by friends I felt confident in their judgement. I now have to say that the entire tour was way above what I had expected. It will remain as one of the greatest things I have done. Every aspect was taken care of, nothing was ever a problem for the staff and more importantly all I had to do was enjoy the cycling adventure and all the beautiful scenery everyday. The hotels and food as part of the package were 5star. As keen cyclists we like to be challenged and it was because of the patient coaching and advice given to me on various climbs by Pat and Rudi that those challenges were conquered. I hope to be able to do more tours with Ride International. 100% recommendation. You won’t be...