Via Francigena Multi Day Bike Tour
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Via Francigena Multi Day Bike Tour

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Day 1: Meet you guide

Pass By: Le mura di Lucca, 55100, Lucca Italy
Meet your guide and bikes at 5:30 p.m. at the hotel in the city center of Lucca. We will all get to know one another by embarking on our first excursion together into the old town with a local guide and a food crawl!

Meals included:
• Dinner
No accommodation included on this day.

Day 2: From Lucca to San Miniato

Stop At: Centro Storico di San Miniato, Via Vittime del Duomo 8, 56028, San Miniato Italy
46 kilometers on mostly flat roads with sections of wide trails and paths through wooded sections.

Depart on bike from Lucca after having ridden around the famous ancient city walls and visiting the historical city center. Following the pilgrimage route, we will ride our bikes along footpaths and back streets where we will meet fellow cyclists and pilgrims traveling the path on foot.

The slow pace of the ride will really allow you to see a part of Italy that cannot be experienced by car or train. See the little old Italian ladies hanging up their laundry as you greet them with a hearty "buon giorno!". Today is a good warm up to the day that follows which is a bit more hilly.

Lunch will be at a local eatery along the way and lodging for the night is in the town of San Miniato, internationally known for its amazing white truffles! Dinner will be a group outing at a very local Trattoria.

Duration: 1 hour

Meals included:
• Dinner
No accommodation included on this day.

Day 3: San Miniato to San Gimignano

Pass By: Historic Centre of San Gimignano, Piazza del Duomo 2, 53037, San Gimignano Italy
42 Kilometers; Welcome to the Tuscan hills! Moderately difficult to difficult.

Our morning starts out with a downhill experience... after that its up and down as we make our way over and through the Val D'Elsa to the Manhattan of Tuscany: San Gimignano with all it's remaining medieval towers and a UNESCO World Heritage Site! A challenging uphill section from Castelfiorentino to Gambassi Terme will stoke our appetites for a lunch stop at the top of the hill. After lunch, the terrain is still a bit rolling but we have the vineyards of Vernaccia wine grapes to feast our eyes upon and perhaps even stop to snack on some grapes. We reach our destination in late afternoon, time enough to wander the city and maybe have a gelato...but we don’t want to ruin our dinner!

Meals included:
• Dinner
No accommodation included on this day.

Day 4: San Gimignano to Siena

Pass By: Centro Storico di Siena, Piazza Del Campo, 53100, Siena Italy
51 kilometers; from one UNESCO World Heritage site to another! We continue up and down through the literally breathtaking scenery of the Tuscan hills to Colle Val d’Elsa where we can stop for a caffe. The itinerary takes us through another beautiful section of the Via Francigena: a meditative bike path, along the Elsa river where you will be surrounded with the silence of the river valley away from any traffic noise and the hustle and bustle of daily life. Next stop is Pieve di Strove with its Romanesque interiors, then on to the splendid Abbadia at Isola, with its imposing Abbey that has been a pilgrimage resting stop for centuries!

The lunch stop today is at a long-standing eatery for Sienese locals that is located in the shadow of medieval walls Monteriggioni. We will then reach Siena through some dirt roads, passing by the medieval hamlet of Cerbaia. We suggest you book a hotel in Siena a spend at least a day exploring this other important destination of Tuscany.

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
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Included
  • 3x Dinner
  • Use of bicycle
  • Luggage transfer
  • Breakfast
  • Accomodation
  • Walking tour in Lucca
  • Helmet and Water bottle
  • Breakfast and accomodation Day 1, 2, 3
Not included
  • Lunch
  • Add electric bike for 35€
Additional
  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • Near public transportation
  • Not recommended for travelers with back problems
  • Not recommended for pregnant travelers
  • No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
  • Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
  • This tour/activity will have a maximum of 8 travelers
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