Bikes & Cultures: Turkey - Georgia - Armenia - Iran (2025)
2 April - 31 May 2025 Turkey - Georgia - Armenia - Iran Linking Istanbul and Tehran on two wheels has been a dream for many long-distance cyclists. In 2024, after a three-month ride, I arrived in Turkey from Granada. It was a great adventure. For the following spring season I wanted a change of landscape, maybe going back to the north of Africa. My plan was to cycle the north coast of Algeria and Tunisia in springtime. I applied to the Algerian visa at the consulate in Alicante. But it never happened. Time and money were wasted in a frustrating process. They thought that a lonely traveler on bicycle could be a danger for the national security (not a joke!). Finally, the choice was the eastward route from Istanbul towards Iran. My original plan was to ride through the highlands of Turkey directly to Iran. But weather was so bad that I had to go down to the Black Sea coast, and then to Georgia, Armenia and finally Iran. This time I took many buses: heavy rain, snowstorms...