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Cycling in  Tuscany

Spas, Mediterranean Beaches and Some Wine

 

 

TUSCANY

 

From Leonardo's Home Town to Pisa, The Mediterranean Sea, Chianti & Florence

 

Culture - Nature-Chianti-and Italy's Best Olive Oil

 

You are sitting in a cozy tavern, letting the bike day ease to a close. You honestly deserve the spaghetti al pesto, and with it you are enjoying the Chianti-wine. You are then without any doubt on the way through Tuscany - the Italian landscape and the cultural jewel. Often surprisingly a wonderful castle or a stylish Villa emerges from behind the woods. Surrounded by silvery green olive groves and the violet of the lilies. Tuscany has always been a magic place of attention for people all around the world. Even the great Goethe loved to travel there.

To experience this landscape with its immense cultural heritage by bike is an unforgettable sensation. Again and again the biking tourist is confronted with wonderful historical monuments. As an opposite to this a typical Tuscan landscape offers often an ambience where you can enjoy seclusion. To discover Tuscany by bike is to bike through regions that lie way off the tourists' paths.

Tour Profile:  Tuscany has a dreamlike but also hilly landscape. . We bike on wonderful side paths and country lanes from one famous city to another. You sometimes have to make do with heavy traffic on entering or leaving a city.

 

Highlights: 

• 2 Spas

• Vinci (Leonardo De Vinci's Hometown)

• Lucca

• Pisa

• San Gimignano

• Sienna

• Florence

• The Chianti Classico vineyards and wine tastings along the way.

 

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The Itinerary:

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Day 1 - Montecatini Terme

Individual arrival by car or train to Florence and on to Montecatini Terme. Bikes are handed over and tour information is provided.

 

Day 2 - Montecatini Terme to Vinci - Loop Ride  about 55 km/43 mi

By bike on small paths through olive groves of Montecatini Terme to Vinci, Leonardo DiVinci's home town, and back again to Montecatini Terme.

 

Day 3 - Montecatini Terme to Pisa     about 70 km/31 mi

By bicycle or train (your choice) to Lucca. City tour by bike, and to the lake of Massacciuccoli (also know as Lake of Giacomo Puccini) and on to Pisa, where guided group tours participate in a city tour (Piazza dei Miracoli, Schiefer Turm -aslant tower).

 

Day 4 - Pisa to Casciana Terme  -  about 40 km/25mi

From Pisa along the Arno and then on lonesome paths to the idyllic spring town Casciana Terme.

 

 

Day 5 - Casciana Terme to San Gimignano     about 55 km/34mi

By bike through vineyards that produce the best white wine in Italy and the soft hills to San Gimignano. Every noble family owned its own tower here in ancient times - these towers of the houses (some say the world's first skyscrapers) now make the towns reputation.

Day 6 - San Gimignano to Siena     about 45 km/28mi

Through Tuscany's wonderful landscape to the architectonic paradise Siena. A city tour in the evening (group tour only).

 

Day 7 - Siena to Florence     about 50 km/31 mi

Through the hilly Chianti-region, where the "Chianti Classico" comes from, to Greve. From there bus transfer to Florence.

 

Day 8 - City tour Florence/Departure

Group tour: A city tour through Florence in the morning, the main city of Tuscany with it's surname "la bella" (the beautiful).  Afterwards individual departure, extension of your stay or combination with "Venice - Florence" or "Florence to Rome"

 

Overnight Itinerary:   Montecatini Terme (2 nights) - Pisa - Casciana Terme - San Gimignano - Siena - Florence

 

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SELF- GUIDED INN TOUR                                                                 

 

TOUR # ITB-23072/B - CAT. B - 8 DAYS - $1050                            

 

Category B - 3 & 2 star hotels, partly in the

suburbs or surroundings       

 

Single supplement - $325

 

Includes breakfast everyday

 

TOUR # ITB-23072/A -CAT. A - 8 DAYS - $1190

 

Category A - 3 & 4 star hotels, air conditioned

some with swimming pools.

 

Single supplement - $325

 

Includes breakfast everyday

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GUIDED PARTNER TOUR

 

TOUR # ITB-23072/G  CAT. A - 8 DAYS - $1550

 

 

Category A - 3 & 4 star hotels, air conditioned

some with swimming pools.

 

Single supplement - $350

 

Half-board - includes breakfast and dinner each day

 

Bicycle Rental - $95

 

THE BICYCLES - 21-speed bikes, equipped with rear panniers.

 

 ELECTRIC POWERED BICYCLE; You can add the use of an electric motor to do some of the work for you. Our electric bikes increase the pedaling power 3 fold. This way bikers with different sportif conditions can book a bike tour together

• Electric powered bicycle rental - $260

 

Discounts for children up to 14 years in double with

2 full paying adults (additional bed):

• 0 - 5 years   free of charge

• 6-11 years   50% off of tour price

• 12-14 years 25% off of tour price

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HOTELS - EXTRA NIGHTS BEFORE OR AFTER THE TOUR:

 

Extra night in Montecatini Terme (CAT A hotel) - $90   Single Supplement $25

 

Extra night in Montecatini Terme (CAT B hotel) - $75   Single Supplement $25

 

Extra night in Florence (CAT A hotel) - $120    Single Supplement $45

 

Extra night in Florence (CAT B hotel) - $90      Single Supplement $55

 

 

DEPARTURES:

Self-Guided Tours:

Arrivals every Saturday starting on April 7 to July 7 and from August 25 to October 6

Special arrangements for groups from 6 persons available on request

 

Guided Group Tours:

Arrivals on Saturdays:

April 28 ,  May 19,  June 23,  September 1,  September 29,  October 13

 

HOTELS                                                                                         Return to Top

• Accommodation category A hotels- 3*** and 4*** hotels with air conditioning and some with swimming pool

• Accommodation category B hotels- Chosen 3*** hotels, Florence 2** hotels.

PARKING/ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE:                                               

 

Parking - Hotel underground car park € 35 per week (only in Category A). Public parking spaces in the rear of the hotel for about € 8 per week. Parking spaces in the rear of the hotel for about € 25 per week (Category B).

Transfer from Florence to Montecatini Terme by train (price per person about € 5).

 

Return transport to Montecatini Terme by train (price per person about € 5). Return transport to Montecatini by mini bus (price per person € 15 with bike, payable on the spot, only if booked beforehand - reservation necessary).

 

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Self-guided tours:

Accommodations in hotels of the booked category

Personal tour information

Breakfast buffet or extended breakfast

Daily luggage transport to the next hotel

All transfers by bus or train in the course of the tour

Detailed maps & route-descriptions, sight seeing info, important telephone numbers (1 set per room)

7 days service hotline

E-Sign posting marking the way along the route

 

Guided group tours

Company of a skilled and trained travel guide, familiar with the country.

City tour in the morning (group tour only); afterwards individual departure or extension of your stay.

Eurobike-bus present during the whole tour.

Accommodation in chosen hotel.

Breakfast buffet.

At least three-course evening meal, often in restaurants or trattorias.

Luggage transport from hotel to hotel.

All entry fees and guided tours as mentioned in the program (Vinci - Leonardo museum, Lucca, San Gimignano).

Detailed city tours in Florence and Siena, short city tour in Pisa

All transfers (bus, train) according to the program.

Best elaborated route

Detailed maps & route-descriptions, sight seeing info, important telephone numbers (1 set per room)

                                                                  

DOSSIER - On the first day of the tour you will be given maps, road book, fact sheets and tourist information.

 

EXCLUSIONS : The insurances, the transfers from and to the airport, the beverages, the lunches and dinners, items of a personal nature such as, telephone and laundry.

 

IN CASE OF BREAKDOWN ON THE SELF-GUIDED TOUR- We do not intervene for flat tires. However, should any breakdown occur that prevents the completion of the days journey we will make repairs on the road. A phone number will be provided. All other types of necessary repairs that do not make cycling impossible will be repaired at the hotel each night.

 

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