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Day 1: Arrival in Pesaro
Welcome service and bike fitting - Overnight at a charming country House outside the town. Pesaro is a small town by the sea. You can relax on the beach. Overnight at central Hotel sea front.
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Distance 50 km (moderate)
Day 2: Ride to Montegridolfo
Riding on the undiscovered Marche hills! beautiful landscapes and villages are the highlights of the day. Overnight at Palazzo Viviani a nice country resort in Montegridolfo.
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Distance 55 km (moderate to difficult)
Day 3: Ride to Urbino
Urbino is one of the hidden treasures of Italy. It's glorious Medieval and Renaissance history has left many masterpieces worth visiting. Overnight at Hotel Italia Overnight at Historical residence ( 3 stars sup) and, because this is truffle land, a gourmet special truffle dinner is available (not included).
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Distance 55 km (moderate to difficult)
Day 4: Ride to S. Angelo in Vado (via Saccocorvaro)
After the Urbino visit, you’ll start on traffic-free roads, riding through the amazing scenery of soft hill the beauty of which has often inspired famous Renaissance painters such as Piero Della Francesca! Reach St Angelo in Vado, of Roman origins, but whose present aspect testify of its Medieval splendor Overnight at Historical residence (3 stars sup) and, because this is truffle land, a gourmet special truffle dinner is available (not included).
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Distance 60 km (difficult)
Day 5: Ride to Città di Castello
This is quite a tough ride crossing the Appenino mountains with spectacular winding roads and a beautiful view over the Tiber valley. For those interested in Modern Art, the Buri museum is well worth visiting. Overnight at Country Inn not far from Citta di Castello – or at a charming, historical b&b in town.
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Distance 60 km (difficult)
Day 6: Ride to Cortona (via Santa Maria del Monte)
Today we have a great, though tough ride with beautiful views in a rugged landscape to reach Cortona that Frances Meyer book “Under the Tuscan sun” has made famous! Overnight at a central 4* hotel in Cortona.
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Distance 78 km (difficult)
Day 7: Cortona - Bagno Vignoni
The soft hills covered by olive trees make a charming crown to the Trasimeno lake that can be seen while descending from Cortona. You are now in Tuscany heading for Montepulciano. It is wine country and you bike among vineyards. Lots of ups and downs first through a land of vineyards (Nobile di Montepulciano wine) then through the “Crete Senesi” then again among the Brunello vineyards. Take the time to stop either in Montepulciano or in Pienza; both towns deserve a visit. Stop for lunch in a tiny Monticchiello hamlet on the terrace of a little restaurant that enjoys an amazing view. Overnight at Osteria dell’Orcia.
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Distance 55 km (moderate to difficult)
Day 8: Ride to Arcidosso Monte Amiata
A long climbing to the Amiata, the highest mountain on the south of Tuscany which was an old Vulcan, overnight and special Tuscan dinner at Residence Capenti in Arcidosso, managed by Vincenzo.
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Distance 50 km (moderate)
Day 9: Ride from Arcidosso to Sovana
We leave the mountains and start our way toward the sea. Leaving the mountains, the landscape opens up and there are some nice views of the valleys. We reach Semproniano, a lovely hamlet on the top of a steep hill, then we descend toward Pitigliano, Sovana and Sorano, one of the most interesting Etruscan area. Of volcanic origin, the soft stone called "Tufo" could easily be carved both by wind and water, shaping a landscape of high perched cliff towns the Etruscan have also carved this soft stone into tombs, cellars and the amazing “Vie cave”(man carved canyons). We spend the night in Sovana. Sovana Resort.
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Distance 75 km (moderate)
Day 10: Sovana loop - Etruscan land
An almost unknown part of Tuscany: Sorano, Sovana and Pitigliano, the high perched so-called “tufo towns”, made of soft rock that turns golden at sundown. The monumental, Etruscan tombs, the romanesque Visit the archaeological park in Sovana with the most imposing 3000-year-old Etruscan tombs; Tour Pitigliano, a medieval town with the oldest Jewish ghetto in Italy, Soak in the hot pools of Saturnia hot spring and be back in Sovana with its Romanesque churches and a timeless atmosphere.
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Distance 85 km (moderate)
Day 11: Sovana - Pitigliano - Porto Santo Stefano
Last biking day of this trip. We enter Maremma a land that used to be a marshy hell, (“My heart cries whenever you travel to Maremma fearing that you will not come back” says an old popular song). Now a day it is a fertile land, where cattle is grazing and wine is good but still wild and unspoiled. At the end of the day, you will be able to dip your toes in the salty Mediterranean. Spend the night in Porto S Stefano on the Argentario Peninsula.
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Day 12: End of our service
Transfer to Grosseto train station.
