Cycling Tours in italy

Secrets of San Gimignano Cycling

• Exhilarating cycling through fabulously open and totally unspoiled countryside: breath-taking balcony views!
• Cypress-studded rolling hills, sun-drenched olives, famous Chianti vineyards with lots of tasting opportunities
• Fabulous *** and **** hotels – all with panoramic pools – superb cuisine, world-class wines
• San Gimignano’ s soaring towers, Volterra’ s Etruscan treasures, Casole’ s beautifully preserved medieval fortress
• Great art cities of Florence, Pisa and Siena
• Choose from an 8 or 10 night tour

This 8-night cycling holiday is, quite simply, outstanding in every way: the rich scenery, the fantastic hotels, the local cuisine, the exceptional wines... the list goes on!

You’ll start off in Volterra, a beautifully preserved hilltop gem whose eclectic mix of Etruscan, Roman and Renaissance art and architecture has inspired artists and writers for centuries. From here, you pedal east through a timeless and kaleidoscopic landscape of ochre-colored hills, verdant vineyards and stunning rolling countryside towards San Donato, a sleepy wine hamlet overlooking San Gimignano. The cycling is truly glorious as you continue via medieval Colle – optional day trips to Florence and Siena – and coast on towards honey-colored Pancole, nestled in the Tuscan hills. It’s then on along quiet, undulating country lanes giving you a real sense of achievement as you loop back to Volterra for your final night.

Superb *** and **** hotels – all with sparkling swimming pools – are an added highlight throughout this holiday. In Colle di Val d’Elsa, you stay in a fabulously restored C14 Benedictine abbey, complete with original frescoes, while Alessandro’s friendly hotel in Pancole is haven of countryside tranquility ! Of course, you are in the heart of some of Europe’s finest wine country too, so you’ll never be short of tasting opportunities.

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