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Day 1: Arrival in Assisi
You will be met at Santa Maria degli Angeli station and transferred to your hotel. Visit this beautiful town which is within 10 minutes walk from your hotel. The next morning you are given your informative kit: road books, maps, guide book and vouchers, You will also receive and try your bikes.
UPGRDADE LODGING: Boutique Hotel in the city centre
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Distance 50 km
Day 2: Assisi - Spello - Bevagna
Today the ride takes you to Spello a very nice and less truistic small town on the Subasio Slopes. You will be riding through olive groves with no major uphill except for the final climb back to Assisi. Night at the same Inn. On the return road you can visit Bevagna going through the most famous wine area of Umbria, the Montefalco Sagrantino DOCG.
UPGRDADE LODGING: Boutique Hotel in the city centre
UPGRADE EXPERIENCES: wine tasting + lunch in a Sagrantino winery
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Distance 50 km
Day 3: Assisi - Solomeo
On the way to Trasimeno lake an intermediate stop to allows you to visit Deruta a famous ceramic makers’ place and Torgiano, Lungarotti wineries home town; You bike through soft hills and nice villages until you reach Solomeo, a medieval village close to your next accommodation. The road is continuously rolling up and down hill so it is quite a tiring day.
UPGRDADE LODGING: Superior room in your country house
UPGRADE EXPERIENCES: possible cooking class + dinner always included
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Distance 50 km
Day 4: Around Trasimeno Lake - Cortona
Discover Montecolognola view point over the lake, Monte del Lago and San Feliciano fisherman villages; Take a boat to Isola Maggiore where old ladies weave their age old laces and where you can taste a delicious fish at Sauro’s. Then continue to Cortona where you spend the night.
UPGRDADE LODGING: spend the night in a 4-star hotel in the city centre
UPGRADE EXPERIENCES: visit the Etruscan Museum in town
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Distance 45 km
Day 5: Cortona - Montepulciano
Today you enter Tuscany through the wine country of Montepulciano; however, before getting there, a naturalistic tour of the small Chiusi and Montepulciano lakes. Once in Montepulciano, tour this beautiful renaissance town not forgetting a visit to the superb Cantine de Ricci with their vaulted cellars town; have a taste of the “Nobile di Montepulciano ” at Gattavecchi winery, smaller, but very friendly.
UPGRDADE LODGING: charming B&B in town, suite or deluxe room
UPGRADE EXPERIENCES: wine tasting in a historic winery in the city centre
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Distance 45 km
Day 6: Montepulciano - Buonconvento
After a visit of the San Biagio church, head for Pienza, the beautiful Renaissance town, home to Pope Pius the II and on the way discover the incredible “Crete” landscape with the barren hills, crowned by rows of cypresses. Stop in Montichiello, for a cappuccino (or a glass of wine) with a view.
UPGRDADE LODGING: Deluxe room in your country house
UPGRADE EXPERIENCES: special Tuscan dinner (optional visit to a Brunello winery)
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Distance 50 km
Day 7: Buonconvento - Siena
The road to Monte Oliveto Maggiore Monastery is climbing gently from Buonconvento. Stop and visit the abbey before continuing to Asciano, a small town in the heart of the Crete, and from there to Siena. It is a though day with plenty of ups and downs, but the landscape is superb and very rugged. Spend the night in Siena in a centrally located 3 stars hotel.
UPGRDADE LODGING: superior room in a 4- star hotel in the city centre
UPGRADE EXPERIENCES: join our "Taste Siena Food" tour, a different way to visit this town, discovering its history, food and traditions (optional).
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Day 8: End of our service
Free time in Siena to visit the town before your departure for your next destination.
