Tuscany · Puglia · Sicily · Piedmont · Sardinia
The long way
through Italy
Small groups, local guides who have ridden these roads for twenty years, and evenings in places you would never find alone. Thirty-five itineraries, one obsession.
- 1989 First Italy bike-tour house
- 35+ Itineraries across Europe
- 14 Guests per group, maximum
- 62% Guests who ride with us again
Why the bicycle
A bicycle moves at the speed of a conversation. Fast enough to cross a region in a week, slow enough that the baker waves you down and the road tells you what the soil grows.
We are not a booking engine. Every itinerary here was drawn by someone who lives on it: the climb chosen for its descent, the hotel for its terrace, the Tuesday for the market. Our guides have led the same routes dozens of times, which is why they know the winemaker by name.
The Classics
Bike Across Italy
Coast to coast through six regions, the route that started the house in 1989.
Tuscany & Elba
Vineyard ridges, then the ferry to an island of empty coastal roads.
La Bella Puglia
Olive groves, trulli and the Adriatic on flat, forgiving roads.
Land of Barolo & Truffles
Langhe hills in October, cellars below, fog above the vines.
Savor Sardinia
Granite coast, inland shepherd roads, and almost no traffic at all.
Epic Dolomites
Giau, Fedaia, Sella. The passes that decide the Giro.
Anatomy of a week
Eight days, one map.
- Day01
Arrival in Siena
SienaBike fitting in the courtyard, a short spin to the first ridge, dinner under the tower.
- Day02
The white roads
Crete SenesiStrade bianche through the clay hills. The gravel is fast when it is dry, and it is usually dry.
- Day03
Montalcino
Val d’OrciaCypress avenues and the climb to the Brunello cellars. Lunch is long on purpose.
- Day04
Over the Amiata
Monte AmiataThe one real mountain of the week. Chestnut forest, a summit coffee, a descent that lasts twenty kilometres.
- Day05
To the coast
MaremmaDownhill day to the sea, past Etruscan tombs and the marsh birds of the Maremma.
- Day06
Ferry to Elba
PiombinoAn hour on deck, then the island’s empty west coast in the afternoon light.
- Day07
Elba loop
Marciana MarinaGranite cliffs, chestnut villages, and the Monte Perone road no car bothers to take.
- Day08
Last ride, then Florence
PortoferraioA short morning by the sea before the transfer to Florence. Nobody wants to leave.
Ciclismo famiglia
“Nobody does it better. The routes, the room and board, and above all the guides.”
Marguerite D. · six tours since 2011
Read guest lettersWhere we ride
Find your pace
Leisure
Flat, rolling roads. Long lunches and time to photograph everything.
Athletic beginner
Active riders on their first bicycle holiday. One climb a day, never forced.
Intermediate
You ride at home most weekends and want the hills to mean something.
Avid
Named passes, long days, the option to add more before dinner.
The people who lead
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Massimo Ferrero
Alba, Piemonte -
Chiara Benedetti
Cortina d’Ampezzo -
Paolo Sanna
Cala Gonone, Sardegna -
Giulia Marchetti
Lecce, Puglia
The 2027 catalogue is printed.
Ninety-six pages of routes, elevation profiles, hotels and dates. We post it anywhere in the world, or send the PDF today.