MULTIPLE DAY BIKE TOURS

MULTI DAY TOURS

Biking the Renaissance

This is a 4 legs mountain bike tour across the surroundings of Florence, fascinating for their landscape and Nature as well as for the art and history they contain. It follows a ring-shaped 130 km. long itinerary through the nature of the Florence countryside and through the many examples of its art and history. Cycling on the hills, in the woods, by the ploughed fields, we’ll cross areas of great landscape significance, encountering monasteries, castles, hospices to welcome pilgrims, ancient walled communities, and riding sections of paved roads that go back to Roman or Medieval times, while ideally our eye is always on the old center of the city of the lily, whose focal point is the dome of the cathedral, the masterpiece of Filippo Brunelleschi, which identifies Florence.

G.E.A. : The Great Apennine Ridge Crossing

5650 m. of elevation gain in 211 km. distributed in 6 days of challenging mountain biking over stunning panoramic ridges and through stupendous forested valleys and quite communitinies.

The wild itinerary of this demanding mountain bike tour follows (for the main part) the established long distance walking route known as G.E.A., (which stands for Grande Escursione Appenninica), with detours specifically studied for mountain bikes.

Well'be following routes established by long-gone invaders and traders, and trodden by pilgrims and shepherds since time immemorial, passing through nature reserves with plentiful wildlife and marvellous wild flowers, historic sanctuaries, hospitable mountain inns, incredible roads and passes.

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