SELF-GUIDED
OR GUIDED
BICYCLE
TOUR
ITALY
From Leonardo's Home Town to Pisa, The Sea, Chianti & Florence
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WESTERN TUSCANY
Spas, Mediterranean Beaches and Wine
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.
Route Features:
Tuscany has a dreamlike but also hilly landscape. During all tours, whether guided or self-guided, our accompanying mini bus is always within your reach ready to take you along for a while if you wish. We cycle on lovely 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
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ITINERARY:
Day 1
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Montecatini Terme
Individual arrival by car or train to Florence and on to Montecatini Terme. Tour information provided.
Day 2 - Montecatini Terme to Vinci - Loop Ride about 55 km/34mi
By bike on small paths through olive groves of Montecatini Terme to Vinci, Leonardo d'Vinci's home town, and back again to Montecatini Terme.
Day 3 - Montecatini Terme to Pisa about 50 km/31mi
By train 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/Poggibons about 55 km/34mi
By bike through vineyards that produce the best white wine in Italy and the soft hill chains 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
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San
Gimignano
to
Siena
about 45 km/28mi
Through Tuscany’s wonderful landscape to the architectonic paradise Siena. A city tour in Siena in the evening. A city tour in the evening (group tour only).
Day 7 - Siena to Florence about 50 km/31mi
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
City tour in the morning (group tour only); afterwards individual departure or extension of your stay.
Overnight Itinerary : Montecatini Terme (2 nights), Pisa, Casciana Terme, San Gimignano/Poggibons, Siena, Florence
TOUR # ITB-2307/B8 7 DAYS - $890
Category B - 3 & 2 star hotels, partly in the suburbs or surroundings
This 7 day / 6 night version of the tour ends on day 7 and does not include an overnight stay in Florence at the end of the tour. If you wish, you can book an extra night in Florence as indicated below.
Single supplement - $300
Includes breakfast everyday
TOUR # ITB-2307/A 8 DAYS - $1150
Category A - 3 & 4 star hotels, air conditioned some with swimming pools.
Single supplement - $325
Includes breakfast everyday Return to top
GUIDED PARTNER TOUR
TOUR # ITB-2307/G 8 DAYS - $1550
Single supplement - $350
Half-board - includes breakfast and dinner each day
Bicycle Rental - $
100Extra night in Montecatini Terme (4 star hotel) - $120 Single Supplement $35
Extra night in Montecatini Terme (3 star hotel) - $100 Single Supplement $35
Extra night in Florence (3 star hotel) - $140 Single Supplement $50
Extra night in Florence (2 star hotel) - $100 Single Supplement $35
Self-Guided Tours:
Category A: Departs every Saturday starting on March 22 and from April 12 until July 6 and from August 30 to October 5
Category B: Departs every Sunday starting on March 23 and from April 13 until July 7 and from August 31 to October 6
Guided Group Tours:
Arrivals on Saturdays: May 3, 17,31, June 14, August 30, September 13, 27.
HOTELS:
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Accommodation category A - 3 and 4 Stars with air conditioning and some with swimming pool
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Accommodation category B - 3 and 2 Stars partly in the suburbs or surroundings
ROUTE FEATURES:
Tuscany has a dreamlike but also hilly landscape. Even though this is a self guided tour our accompanying mini bus is always within your reach to take you gladly along for a while if you wish. 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.
Parking - Hotel car park in limited number, no reservation possible € 25 per week.
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).
WHAT’S INCLUDED: Return to top
Self-guided tours:
Personal tour information
¨ Breakfast buffet or extended breakfast
¨ Daily luggage transport to the next hotel
Daily possibility to go by minibus
¨ 7 days service hotline
Guided group tours:
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Company of a skilled and trained travel guide, familiar with the country
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Eurobike-bus present during the whole tour
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Accommodation in chosen hotels
At least three-course evening meal, often in restaurants/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) in the tour course
Detailed travel documents
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.
DOSSIER – On the first day of the tour you will be given maps, road book, fact sheets and tourist information.
THE BICYCLES - 21-speed bikes, equipped with rear panniers.
IN CASE OF BREAKDOWN - 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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