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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:
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The Itinerary: 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
Return to Top SELF- GUIDED INN TOUR
TOUR # ITB-23073/B - CAT. B - 8 DAYS - $990
Category B - Very good 3*** star hotels, Florence 2**
Single supplement - $240
Includes breakfast everyday
TOUR # ITB-23073/A -CAT. A - 8 DAYS - $1090
Category A - 3 & 4 star hotels, air conditioned some with swimming pools.
Single supplement - $240
Includes breakfast everyday
GUIDED PARTNER TOUR
TOUR # ITB-23073/G CAT. A - 8 DAYS - $1490
Category A - 3 & 4 star hotels, air conditioned some with swimming pools.
Single supplement - $255
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
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) - $70 Single Supplement $25
Extra night in Florence (CAT A hotel) - $115 Single Supplement $60
Extra night in Florence (CAT B hotel) - $85 Single Supplement $50
DEPARTURES:
Self-Guided Tours: Arrivals every Saturday starting on April 6 to July 6 and from August 24 to October 12 Special arrangements for groups from 6 persons available on request. Our tour "Tuscany - Based in One Hotel" can be booked during the summer months.
Guided Group Tours: Arrivals on Saturdays: May 4, June 1 15, , September 7, 21, October 5
HOTELS Return to Top
Accommodation category B hotels-
Return transport to Montecatini Terme by train (price per person about € 5). Return transfer: Every Saturday at 9 a.m. from the hotel in Florence to Montecatini by mini bus (price per person € 17 with bike, payable on the spot, only if booked beforehand - reservation necessary). WHAT'S INCLUDED: Return to Top
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
7 days service hotline E-Sign posting marking the way along the route
Additional features for the professionally 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. Support van present during the whole tour. Accommodation in excellent hotels of the category A. Breakfast buffet. At least three-course evening meal, mainly in typical restaurants or trattorias.
Train ride Montecatini Terme to Lcca Journey to Mopntecatini Alto
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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