About Txango Tours
“Txango” Explained
The Origin Story
Txango is a Basque word meaning excursion/leisurely outing/unconventional travel/etc. and serves as homage to the origin story of this sidecar tour business!
During the pandemic related collapse of the European tourism industry, our founder, Simon Burke was at his father’s home in the Basque Country.
It was there that a sidecar tour business plan was drafted, but it was ultimately Paris that won the starting point.
Meet the Team
Stephen (left) is a formally trained engineer turned tour guide. He also keeps our sidecars well oiled and maintained!
Praveen (center) hails from the bustling city of Bangalore! A musician by trade, he moved to Paris to study in the hometown of the great gypsy-jazz guitarist, Django Reinhardt.
His affable nature and cheeky humour make fans of his guests after every tour!
Raphaël (right) originally from the Paris area, he fell in love with Spain and is our man on the ground in Madrid! If you are taking a tour with us there you’ll be sure to meet him!
A passion passed down from generation to generation
A sense of fun and adventure runs in Simon’s family. His paternal grandmother was a tour guide, and she would regale him with stories of riding through her native Alsace in the sidecar of her father’s motorcycle.
Meanwhile in neighboring Lorraine, Simon’s maternal great grandfather also rode a motorcycle and sidecar. His son, Simon’s mischievous great uncle, forged his father’s signature in order to purchase, underage, his first motorcycle.
