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 ...
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Exploring Tuscany & Umbria by bike
Italy’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.
Insiders tips:
- Visit the Etruscan hilltop town of Cortona
- Cycle along the famed Via Flaminia
- Experience Italian hospitality at an agriturismo
- Glide up the beautiful hills on an e-bike
- Learn how to make home-made pasta
Italian cuisine and wine
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.
Historical sights
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.
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Cycling Holidays in Tuscany
E-Bike | Siena and San Gimignano
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...
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£150 Berry Bros & Rudd wine voucher when you book before 31st January 2021
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E-Bike | The Day I Saw Siena | Guided
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E-Bike | Exploring the River Tiber
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.
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- Self Guided E-bike tour
- Guided route available
- Dramatic scenery
- Historic towns and chateaux
- Suitable for vegetarians
- Vineyards and wine tours
Offer available
£150 Berry Bros & Rudd wine voucher when you book before 31st January 2021
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E-Bike | Tuscan Valleys | Self Guided
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...
- Self Guided E-bike tour
- Helmets provided
- Dramatic scenery
- Historic towns and castles
- Suitable for vegetarians
- Vineyard and wine tours
Offer available
£150 Berry Bros & Rudd wine voucher when you book before 31st January 2021
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E-Bike | The Tuscan Experience | Guided Group
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...
- Expert local leader
- Tasting Chianti wines
- Abbey of Sant'antimo
- Stunning Lake Trasimeno
- Wine tasting sessions
- The regions secrets
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Single Centre | Gianna's Agriturismo
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...
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- Stunning Umbrian scenery
- Delicious dinners of traditional dishes
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E-Bike | The Umbrian Experience | Guided Group
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- Guided Group tour
- Helmets provided
- Dramatic scenery
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- Suitable for vegetarians
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E-Bike | Umbria & Lake Trasimeno | Self Guided
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...
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- Great local food
- Quality E-bikes
- Local support
- Welcome briefing
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£150 Berry Bros & Rudd wine voucher when you book before 31st January 2021
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