Company providing bike tours in Italy

Guided Bike Tour:

Wine Lover's Paradise...Piemonte

The Cycling Piedmont tour combines the best of Italian and French cuisine and wine with scenic pedaling through rolling hills dotted with vineyards and castles: from alpine splendor to undiscovered villages and fortified castles. Join us for heart-pumping rides through river valleys and up vineyard-draped hills. You will stay in elegant small hotels, and eat the kind of luxuriously rustic food. In spite of the renown of its Barolo and Barbaresco wines, Piemonte is relatively undiscovered; you will experience the spectacular beauty of the Langhe and Roero hills

Itinerary:

Day one: Arrive in Saluzzo, Italy
Welcome to Piedmont. After our rendez vous in Torino Train Station transfer you to Saluzzo where you we’ll toast your arrival with a traditional Asti Spumante during your bike fitting, safety talk, and map review. Then you're free to explore town, once a flourishing medieval center and now a well-preserved gem known for its red-brick old town, churches and hilltop castle or to take a warm-up ride. This evening, we'll celebrate with a traditional Piedmontese welcome dinner at our favourite restaurant.
Lodging at Antico Podere Propano 

Day two: Loop ride in the Alps
Distance: your choice: 50 or 80 km (22 or 50 miles). Climbs
Monviso mountain rises above the Po River on the border between France and Italy. Our route takes us to the base of the mountain today; those who want can climb it to Crissolo or as high up as the Po River spring-a 6,000 foot climb into the Alps! Coming back we can stop at Staffarda Abbey, built by Cistercian monks in the 12th century. You'll be back in Saluzzo late afternoon for a stroll through town.
Lodging at Antico Podere Propano

day three: Racconingi palace
Distance: 70 km (48 miles) totally flat. Special event: wine tasting
Heading east across the Po River valley today, you'll enjoy a ride through pasture lands, corn fields, and poplar groves. After about 50 km flat road you will stop in Racconigi, where the Savoy royal family had their summer home and castle. The castle, now owned by the state, is beautifully preserved and dates to the 17th Century. Optional to visit the castle and have light lunch. Let’s continue on through the Roero region to Pollenzo, a small village that is now the center of the world's first University of Gastronomic Sciences in association with Italy's well known "Slow Food" movement. Have a wine tasting at Cantine Ascheri in Bra.Dinner at Carpe diem restaurant in Pollenzo
Lodging albergo dell’Agenzia in Pollenzo

day four: Loop in Langhe
distance 65 km ( 40 miles) rolling hills Special event: Barolo wine tasting
A loop ride today takes us through the vineyards of Le Langhe and the famous hills of the nebbiolo grape. Along our route you'll pass through the stunning landscape of La Morra, as well as vineyards around Barolo, Monforte d'Alba, Grinzane cavour, famous for its castle – one of the most ancient and important of the Langhe – where the annual white truffle world auction is held, and Castigliole Falleto. We will have the wine tasting at la Bussia in the small winery Silvano Bolmida. A Private wine tasting with him is all about passion, as he explains his region, his viticoltori friends, the grapes and his own terrific wines, which are some of the greatest Barolo, Barbera and Nebbiolo you will ever sample.
Lodging albergo dell’Agenzia in Pollenzo 

day five: Neive and Roero region 
Distance 60 km (37,5 miles) rolling hills
Today you will cycle across the famous Roero hills, lands of excellent wines and valuable truffles. Follow corkscrew roads into the hills of the rural Roero, a gourmet's paradise known for its pungent white truffles, soft fresh cheeses and hazelnuts. Villages: Pocapaglia, Sommariva, Monteu Roero, Montà, Canale, Castellinando, Neive.
Lodging locanda san Giorgio in Neiviglie

day six: Canelli cellars
Distance 47 km ( 30 miles) or 69 km (43 miles) rolling hills
You will get to know the gracious medieval towns before reaching Canelli, where you will visit the unique underground cellars – the “cathedrals” – where the wine rests and ages in order to grant that special quality, which is appreciated worldwide. You will visit Contratto’s cellar: liberty style rooms decorated with frescoes lead down into bowels of hill thorgh sempione gallery.
Lodging locanda san Giorgio 

day 7: end of tour after breakfast: transfer to train station


Difficulty : easy to medium dfficulty
Price : euro 2250 p/person in double occupany
single supplement euro 300
Inclusions:
- Six nights in superior hotels with private bath and breakfast
- Four dinners, one lunch & two wine tasting
- Snacks and drinks along the way
- Bikes (race or hybrid) and all gear
- All maps, trip notes and detailed route directions
- All Shuttles and technical assistance
- Support Van, all transfer baggage
- Services of experienced guides
- Cicloposse water bottle
Duration:7 days/6 nights
Dates:2012
25 – 31  May  
7 – 13  september

 

 

Notes: group size: minimum 6 people up to 14 peoole