The Best of Umbria and Tuscany

Cycling in Umbria and Tuscany is a wonderful opportunity to appreciate the best of both areas and their natural beauty and artistic treasures. This tour includes visits to some of the major city centers and the gorgeous environment of these gorgeous regions. A great serenity can be felt in the air, in the soft colors of the landscape: grey stone houses, silvery green olive trees, the soft powdery color of the earth. You’ll bike through sensual, rolling terrain, a magical gift to yourself that you’ll treasure for a lifetime! This tour includes visits to the impressive towns of Assisi, Spello, Cortona, Montepulciano, Buonconvento, Pienza, and Siena with their typical medieval appearance.

You’ll discover exquisite hilltop villages scattered over Tuscany’s and Umbria’s green hills, and century-old farms and churches – especially the unforgettable Basilica of San Francesco in Assisi. The hills will give you sweeping views over the unspoiled landscape, a patchwork of wild flower fields, olive groves, and vineyards. The barren, geometrical cypress-crested mounds of the Italian Crete Senesi hills are distinctive and beautiful. The food of this region is particularly delicious, and there are fine wines to be tasted in Brunello.

Highlights

• Biking through softly colored, undulating landscapes
• Sampling the highest quality, DOCG rated wines of Bevana
• Gazing over a gorgeous lake from your hotel behind the 3,000 year old walls of Cortona
• Wandering the lovely cloister of the picturesque Monte Oliveto Maggorio
• Enjoying the famous cuisines of the Tuscan tradition