You are sitting in a cosy tavern, letting the bicycle day ease to a close. You truly 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 by surprise 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 for people all around the world. Even the great Goethe loved to travel there. To experience this landscape with its immense cultural heritage by bicycle is an unforgettable experience. Again and again the cycling tourist discovers wonderful historical monuments. As an opposite a typical Tuscan landscape offers often an ambience where you can enjoy seclusion. To discover Tuscany by bicycle is to cycle through regions that lie way off the tourists’ paths.
Day 1: Individual arrival at Montecatini Terme
By car or train to Florence and on to Montecatini Terme, tour information and handing over of the bikes.
Day 2: Vinci approx. 55 km
By bicycle on small paths through olive groves of Montecatini Terme to Vinci, birth place of Leonardo, and back again to Montecatini Terme.
Day 3: Montecatini Terme – Pisa approx. 50-70 km
By bicycle (alternative by train) to Lucca, city tour by bicycle, and to the lake of Massacciuccoli (also known as Lake of Giacomo Puccini) and on to Pisa (“Piazza dei Miracoli”, Leaning Tower of Pisa).
Day 4: Pisa – Casciana Terme approx. 40 km
From Pisa you cycle along the river Arno and then on lonesome paths to the idyllic spring town Casciana Terme.
Day 5: Casciana Terme – San Gimignano approx. 55 km
Today you cycle through vineyards and soft hills to San Gimignano. Every noble family owned here in former times his own tower – these towers of the houses now coin the place.
Day 6: San Gimignano – Siena approx. 45 km
Today’s bike tour goes through Tuscany’s wonderful landscape to the architectonic paradise Siena.
Day 7: Siena – Florence approx. 50 km
Through the hilly Chianti-region, where the “Chianti Classico” comes from you go to Greve. Afterwards you go by bus transfer to Florence, the main city of Tuscany with it´s surname “la bella”, the beautiful.
Day 8: Departure frome Florence
Individual departure, extension of your stay or combination with “Venice – Florence” and “Florence – Rome”.
Route features
Tuscany has a dreamlike but also hilly landscape. 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.
Map
Discover the region (Google Maps)
Prices
Category A
Category B
Basic price
789,-
688,-
Surcharge single room
206,-
206,-
Rental bicycle
65,-
65,-
Electro bicycle
160,-
160,-
Category A: upmarket 3*** and 4**** hotels, all with air condition, partly with swimming pool
Category B: chosen 3*** hotels, Florence 2**
Extra nights
Basic price
Category
Single surch.
Montecatini
59,-
A
17,-
Montecatini
48,-
B
15,-
Florence
78,-
A
29,-
Florence
59,-
B
35,-
All prices per person in Euro
Services
Personal welcome briefing
Accommodation in the chosen category
Breakfast buffet or extended breakfast
Luggage transport from hotel to hotel
All transfers (bus, train) according to the program
Best elaborated route
E-signposting
One set of detailed travel documents (maps, route description, places of interest, telephone numbers) per booked room
7-days-Service-Hotline
Extras
Parking/arrival and departure
Category A: car park garage € 35 per week / Category B: car park at the hotel € 3,50 per day
Journey by train from Florence to Montecatini Terme on your own (price per person about € 5).
Transfer by minivan every Saturday at approx. 9 am from the hotel in Florence (reservation necessary – at latest at the tour information, € 17 per person payable on spot).
Advice
Visitor’s tax, as far as payable, not included in the price.
Special arrangements from at least 6 people are possible on request!
“Tuscany – Based in one hotel” is bookable during the summer months!
