Cycle like a Softie, sleep like a king
Posted: 02/06/17
There’s nothing quite like it: after a day’s cycling (and positively exhausting wine and food sampling), sinking into a luxurious bed ...
Read moreItaly’s central regions of Tuscany and Umbria have some of the most stunning scenery for you to explore on your cycling holiday. The serene and beautiful rolling green hills, vineyards, olive groves and sun-baked stone villages make this one of our clients favourite Italian cycling destinations. Pedal along Tuscany’s Via Flaminia – once a Roman road over the Apennine mountains to Rome – visit the vineyards of Chianti and stop for a picnic by Lake Trasimeno.
Cycle to charming medieval villages and hilltop towns in the countryside. San Quirico d’Orcia is a walled village in southern Tuscany with Etruscan origins, the 13th-century San Gimignano and Montepulciano are pretty towns made from sun-baked Tuscan stone on the hillside. E-bikes are available on Cycling for Softies tours to help you on the inclines, so you can save your energy for wine tastings and sightseeing.
The Tuscan and Umbrian cuisine does not disappoint, taste home-made parpadelle, pecorino cheese and fresh vegetables, paired with a glass of Chianti wine. Alon’t miss the Italian gelato for dessert, after a morning of cycling and sight-seeing you will have earnt it.
Tuscany and Umbria produce rich olive oil, which is doused on salads, vegetables and meats. After cycling the surrounding hills, dine on Florentine T-bone steak, Umbrian trout, wild boar, cured meats and dishes made with Norcia black truffles, accompanied with vegetables.
Produced in central Tuscany, medium-to-full-bodied red Chianti wine has been produced for over 2,000 years, since Etruscan times. Montepulciano is a rich, medium-bodied red wine that complements pork dishes and red meat. Brunello di Montalcino wine has notes of cherry and plum and pairs well with cold cuts.
Pedal around the charming towns dotted through the Tuscan and Umbrian countryside that have a fascinating history. Assisi was the birthplace of Latin poet Propertius and St Francis, who founded the Franciscan religious order. Cortona is enclosed with stone walls atop a hill, offering sublime views of the countryside and Lake Trasimeno.
Take a break from cycling and visit the ancient castles and fortresses in the Niccone Valley, the Romanesque Abbey of Sant’antimo – formerly a Benedictine monastery – and medieval towns of Montone and Gubbio, which is on Mount Ingino and has views of the Apennine mountains.
Picture Tuscany in your imagination and chances are you are picturing the rolling hills, beautiful towns and spectacular colours that make this one of our most exciting new...
£150 Berry Bros & Rudd wine voucher when you book before 31st January 2021
Picture Tuscany in your imagination and chances are you are picturing the rolling hills, beautiful towns and spectacular colours that make this one of our best new itineraries...
The Tiber valley runs from Mount Fumaiolo, on the Tuscan border with Emilia Romagna, through the Valtibertina and onwards through Umbria, to Rome and the Tirreno sea.
Pedal your way gently along quiet side roads and tracks and feast on wondrous Italian fayre and delicious Italian wines on your Tuscan E-bike self guided cycling holiday.
£150 Berry Bros & Rudd wine voucher when you book before 31st January 2021
A superb self guided E-bike adventure across a classic Tuscan landscape into the winelands. Starting high in the Tuscan hills, in the pretty town of Cortona, this tour takes you...
£150 Berry Bros & Rudd wine voucher when you book before 31st January 2021
This guided group e-bike tour takes you deep into the most enticing Chianti wine territory - your guide will reveal the region's secrets and recommend the very best local...
Gianna’s, as we affectionally know this guest house in the village of Lisciano Niccone, is a renovated olive oil mill and tobacco drying tower dating from 1750. Offering...
£150 Berry Bros & Rudd wine voucher when you book before 31st January 2021
Get off the beaten track and up close to Italy's local history and habitat on this food focused, fully guided, E-bike Safari through the wide open valleys of rural Umbria.
There is no better way to enjoy the delights of the Tuscan and Umbrian countryside and the Italian lifestyle than by e-bike. This laid-lack tour takes you around the beautiful...
£150 Berry Bros & Rudd wine voucher when you book before 31st January 2021
Posted: 02/06/17
There’s nothing quite like it: after a day’s cycling (and positively exhausting wine and food sampling), sinking into a luxurious bed ...
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While biking up challenging slopes and undulating hills can be fun on a standard cycle, it's certainly smooth sailing on an e-bike. If you'...
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While biking up challenging slopes and undulating hills can be fun on a standard cycle, it's certainly smooth sailing on an e-bike. If you'...
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