Guided Mountain Bike Holiday - Via Francigena (Tuscany to Rome)

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08 to 15 Sep - Join us as we ride from Tuscany to Rome on this Italian place to place biking adventure!

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Holiday Highlights

Superb Tuscan accommodation and classic landscapes
Sampling the best wines of Chianti and Montepulciano
Riding the ridge of Creti Senesi
Roman roads, superb singletrack and forest fun
Riding all the way to Rome and arriving in St Peter’s Square

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Day	Description	Distance	Ascent	Meals
1	Arrival Pisa - Transfer to Siena	Non cycling day
2	Siena to San Quirico	34 Miles / 55 Kms Approx.	760m	B L
3	Quirico to Radicofani	25 Miles / 40 Kms Approx.	990m	B L
4	Radicofani to Bolsena	34 Miles / 55 Kms Approx.	560m	B L
5	Bolsena to Vetralla	34 Miles / 55 Kms Approx.	960m	B L
6	Vetralla to Campagnano	31 Miles / 50 Kms Approx.	560m	B L
7	Campagnano to Roma	28 Miles / 45 Kms Approx.	640m	B L
8	Departure from Rome			B

Key: B - Breakfast, L - Lunch, D - Dinner

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Holiday Information

Join us on this thrilling mountain biking holiday through the trails of central Italy. We trace the steps of the Via Francigena, an ancient route between the northern regions of Europe and the south, carrying merchants, armies and pilgrims from as far as Canterbury to Rome and on to Jerusalem.

Now the Via Francigena is a network of trails, roads and tracks that are followed not only by faithful pilgrims on their way to Rome, but also walkers and bikers who are looking for an exciting journey.

We have chosen to start our adventure in Siena, one of the gems of Tuscany, a medieval city packed full of art, architecture and fantastic Italian cuisine.

Heading south, we'll follow the the Via Francigena as much as possible, exploring the paths, off-road trails and singletrack along the route, making this a great mountain biking journey through stunning Tuscany. The route joins up some of the major Tuscany highlights, such as Siena, Montiriggioni and San Quirico.

Staying in a range of good quality small hotels and agriturismi, you'll experience real Italian hospitality all with delicious regional cuisine. As we leave Tuscany and enter Lazio, the landscape changes as well as the feel of the towns. The journey south through varying landscapes and changing terrain, leads to the outskirts of Rome where our own pilgramage comes to a dramatic end, riding into St Peter's Square.

If you wish to do this journey in a more leisurely manner, on non-technical terrain and on hybrid bikes we've a Leisure cycling option you'll love!

For more information download our trip notes

Holiday Feedback

Another magnificent trip!

Another magnificent trip with a big number of participants to deal with. Naomi is superb with her prep. Great food again. Riding into the Vatican is hard to beat. I’ve been on many Skedaddle trips and this is right up there with the best, and the road to Rome is a great one to do with not being the hardest, but still a good test. Looking forward to next year.

Mark, Newcastle
Great service!

Never anything less than great service. The guides always try to meet everybody’s expectations and in particular, in this case, to amend the last day under pressure. I thought they did a great job.

Richard, Derbyshire
Great group dynamic!

Something fun cycling wise every day. Group worked well.

Robert, UK
Excellent holiday!

Excellent Holiday – I don’t bother looking at other tour companies! And now trying to find one that I haven’t done yet!

We had a fabulous fun group of riders and guides on this trip. It was so nice to meet up with Jean Franco who (I don’t think) was our main guide last year. His girlfriend Judita was great company. I was sad that I hadn’t gone on to do the Scotland Highlands Coast to Coast trip immediately afterwards as had such FOMO (fear of missing out) when I got home!

Nicky, South Africa
As seen in the press...

Follow the last 184 miles (300km) of the old pilgrimage route to Rome through the hills of Tuscany and Lazio, starting at San Gimignano and finishing at St Peter’s, with Siena, Lake Bolsena and many ups, downs, dirt tracks and gelati along the way.

'30 of the best cycling holidays', Sunday Telegraph (2017)
A Special Trip

Very good route with varied terrain – good group, very well planned and organised. Lovely variety of small hotels and agritourismos, full of character and well chosen. Day 6 was my favourite – we cycled through vineyards, hazel groves, long single track by river, by the Roman Amphitheatre -very special!

John, Somerset

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