Cycling Tours in italy

Tuscany Cycling

A Tuscany bicycle vacation means art, culture, rolling vineyards, cypress trees and ancient hill villages. You will experience all of these to the full on your Italy bike tour around this wonderful countryside. There are fine wines to taste in the vineyards of Chianti and your hotel on the central Piazza of San Gimignano, is set amidst architectural splendor. Cycling among rolling hills and along the "strade bianche" will lead you on to the old Etruscan stronghold of Volterra. You will marvel at the beauty of the medieval village of Monteriggioni. South of Siena, the landscape of Tuscany is at its most charming with the opportunity of a visit to the old monastery at Monte Oliveto Maggiore, we end our tour in Siena, a magical town fabled in traveller's tatesfor centuries. And it's still only a week since you left home!

After your arrival in San Gimignano, your first days ride is a short one, through rolling vineyards and along a delightful river valley. Don't forget, there are always opportunities to do a bit of wine tasting along the way.

Next, you continue on route to Volterra over the hills to this fortress town where you time to explore and visit the Etruscan museum. We then continue onto Monteriggioni crossing the natural reserve of Tatti, the medieval town of Casole and you can visit the monastic settlement of Abbadia Isola. Today we cycling into the Chianti hills where you have opportunity to sample Chianti wine before arriving into Radda. This tour then continues onto and finishes in the historical city of Siena.

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