Pisa-Florence
Pisa - Florence
Arrival in Pisa
In the evening welcome briefing and bike fitting. We recommend an initial visit of the magnificent old part of town that day.
From the square Piazza dei Miracoli, home of the ‚leaning tower’, you cycle on lovely paths towards lake Massaciuccoli. Here, you can enjoy the amazing views from a panorama road onto the lake and the Tyrrhenian Sea. Past countless olive groves until the river Serchio and continue along its cycle path to the centre of Lucca. You will not only enjoy the historic old part of town but also a circular cycle ride on top of the city wall.
Note several Baroque villas situated directly along the cycle route to Montecarlo. Located on top of a hill, this village is well-known for its excellent white wine – there is only a limited number of places in Tuscany for this grape to grow in such outstanding quality. Sampling a glass in one of the charming Enotecas is a must. Finally, you cycle through the Valdinievole valley where you will reach the famous spa resort of Montecatini.
Cycle through olive groves on small paths from Montecatini to Vinci, Leonardo’s birthplace. Most impressive is the da Vinci museum capturing the genius of all his inventions. To get back to your accommodation, you cycle past rolling hills across the pretty landscape of Montalbano. A ride on the funicular to Montecatini Alto could be the crowning glory of this day.
Soon after just a few kilometres follows the biggest and most challenging ascent this week. As a reward afterwards, you get a short break in the small Medieal village of Montevettolini as well as fantastic views on to the Arno valley during the rest of the tour. Then onwards to Pistoia, which is not so well-known by tourists and called ‚Little Florence’. With its charming squares and impressive churches one is indeed reminded of the neighbouring town Florence.
Today’s tour takes you through the shallow alluvial land between the rivers Arno and Ombrone. This fertile plain is the basis for the amazing plant variety with its especially well-known garden centres. In Poggio a Caiano, directly on your route you find one of the famous Medici villas. Onwards past cypressus alamedas to the Arno riverbanks and finally along the cycle path all the way to the Ponte Vecchio bridge in Florence.
Departure
Tour character
Daily short and slow-paced tours leave plenty of time to explore the cities. Overall easy terrain with only one longer ascent each day. You cycle on lovely side roads and occasionally also on dirt tracks. Only near the bigger cities, moderate traffic is unfortunately unavoidable.
Season 1 31.03.2024 - 13.04.2024 29.09.2024 - 13.10.2024 every Sunday | Season 2 14.04.2024 - 11.05.2024 08.09.2024 - 28.09.2024 every Sunday | Season 3 12.05.2024 - 07.09.2024 every Sunday | |
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Pisa - Florence, 7 days, IT-TORPF-07X | |||
Base price | 999.00 | 1,099.00 | 1,159.00 |
Surcharge single room | 409.00 | 409.00 | 409.00 |
Sustainability with Rückenwind
Help us to achieve greater sustainability. If you choose to use the digital route book and forgo the printed version you will help us to reduce our environmental impact and we’ll give you a discount of 20 Euro per room as a thank you.
Season 1 Mar 31, 2024 - Apr 13, 2024 Sep 29, 2024 - Oct 13, 2024 every Sunday | Season 2 Apr 14, 2024 - May 11, 2024 Sep 8, 2024 - Sep 28, 2024 every Sunday | Season 3 May 12, 2024 - Sep 7, 2024 every Sunday | |
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Pisa | |||
Double room p. P. | 69.00 | 69.00 | 69.00 |
Surcharge single room | 39.00 | 39.00 | 39.00 |
Florence | |||
Double room p. P. | 125.00 | 125.00 | 125.00 |
Surcharge single room | 99.00 | 99.00 | 99.00 |
Included
- Accommodation as already mentioned
- Breakfast
- Welcome briefing (German, English)
- Luggage transfer
- EUROBIKE developed route
- Detailed travel documents 1x per room ( German, English, French)
- Rental bike insurance
- App for Navigation and GPS-data
- Service hotline
Not included
- Arrival and departure
- costs for parking
- city tax
- transfers
- optional sightseeing’s
- city maps
- Travel Insurance
- costs of the private requirements
Arrival / Parking / Departure
- Pisa train station
- Pisa and Florence airport
- Public hotel garage costs approx. € 17 per day, to be paid for at the time, no reservation possible or free car parking at the hotel
- Return transfer by minibus every saturday, cost: € 65,- per person, own bike € 39,- extra, reservation required, payable in advance
- Good train connections from Florence to Pisa
Note
- city tax not included in the tour price
Category: 4**** hotels, some with pool