7 Days, Multiple Departures
Strade Bianche Bike Tour
Val d’Orcia to Gaiole, the Eroica town The Famed White Roads of Tuscany
These white, dusted roads are home to one of pro racing’s biggest dates, with steep climbs and full-blown attacks at every bend.The Strade Bianche of Tuscany is truly something special due to the region’s rolling vistas and fine wines make this a must-see destination if you love gravel cycling. Strade bianche is Italian for “white roads,” and it comes from the color of the dry limestone gravel that lifts into a fine white dust that lingers along the race course
Wow Moments
Shadow the hilly path of L’Eroica, Tuscany’s internationally recognized vintage bike race.
Ancient cellars, taste superb Tuscan wines, from Vino Nobile di Montepulciano to Brunello di Montalcino.
Experience the serenity of the Tuscan countryside and savour the flavours of authentic pasta fresca.
Explore the undulating white gravel roads of Tuscany—the famed strade bianche—and immerse your self in Italy’s most classic cycling local.
Caffé espresso, cappuccino & best gelato.
Discover the route of the Strade Bianche professional race. In this self guided Bike Tour we selected the more appropriate unpaved sections from the race and also from the Eroica itinerary. The Permanent Route of L’Eroica is a unique experience that allows you to live the adventure of L’Eroica all year round. Anyway we offer the tour from March to November. Traditional L’Eroica course starts in the town of Gaiole and covers some of the most beautiful roads in the area of Chianti and Siena province, winding among historic vineyards, leading to the cypress-lined entrance of Castello di Brolio and Corte Pavone. Quote from the Eroica home page “L’Eroica invite cyclists to rediscover the beauty of fatigue and the thrill of conquest. We look to the past of cycling to inspire the future of this beautiful sport” Carbon frame GRAVEL bike or E-bike are perfect to face this tour Choose between Scott Gravel Addict 20 Or Scott E-SUB Cross 10.
Mission
We are a tour operator Our mission is to offer unforgettable Cycling Tours & Active Vacations in Italy, providing high-quality services and at the same time creating low-impact trips in the natural and social environment. We support partners and spread awareness among our guests, towards more sustainability.
Headquarters are in Pienza a lovely, famous, hill town in Tuscany.
We offer biking holidays: from a Guided fully escorted tour to Self-guided to just a few days of bicycling experience to even the simple bike rental service.
In addition, we developed the ultimate cycling & cooking adventure, an active culinary tour. We help to create great memories and life journeys on the saddle.
Therefore we own the bikes, in this way we control the quality and we’re fully responsible for your great experience
Personally, we selected the best region and areas to discover by bike from many points of view – scenic & quiet road, history and art, food & wine; nice lodging.
First of all Tuscany – then our top list is Sardinia, Puglia, Umbria, Piedmont, Mallorca, and Sicily.
When we started we have been pioneers offering so well organized self guided itineraries. Now we are expert, we lived the evolution in technology and popularity, we consider ourselves part of Italian Excellence that makes the world dream.
Gravel biking is the new project, we love it and we think is the best way to skip traffic and enjoy scenery.
New for 2022 guided tour on strade bianche in Tuscany to enjoy the breath taking landscape on real quiet roads, besides the self guided that has been the best seller in 2021 fall – when we re-open and started again to have guests after one year and half in lockdown.
Our Sustainability policy – Read
Vision
Using our unlimited passion for cycling and travelling to promote the use of bike, not only for travel: biking as sport, biking to move from one place to another, discover deeply the world around.
28 years of experience! We’ve worked in the travel business for a shockingly long time as cyclist travelers, guides, reporters, researchers, and planners. We’ve been to the places we send clients.
We think that fun is a serious business.
Your bike guides are able to assemble bikes, that means they are able to solve quick mechanic problems that may occur! You are always in a iron barrel (an Italian by word)
The main thing that differentiates us from a classic bike tour operator is that we create our own trips using ingredients (hotels, guides, experiences) that we’ve discovered ourselves.
We aren’t dishing up travel as an impersonal commodity or selling someone else’s trip, we’re carefully crafting unique itineraries based on first-hand experience.
We develop our own relationships, form our own opinions, and work with whom we think does the best job
We’ve always said that in theory anyone can plan any trip, just as anyone can build their own house or fix their own car. The more relevant question is whether or not it makes sense to do so. It’s not neuroscience, but planning a brilliant bike trips take know-how, experience, contacts, and a lot of time. Fitting the right pieces together in the right way is more challenging than it may seem.
If you have the patience and gumption to tackle your own trip planning, by all means do, it can be very rewarding. But if you’re tight on time, short on expertise, or simply “don’t want to risk blowing a day” then it makes a lot of sense to hire the right people for the job
Yes. We always arrange hotels and typically arrange all transfers from the moment you stat your bike trip. Additionally, we coordinate local guides, activities, excursions, special events, restaurant reservations, and anything else you’d like our help with.
Some trips are planned to the minute and involve a vast number of arrangements. Other trips are more flexible and free-flowing, with a moderate degree of support. It’s up to you
Yes – our Guided bike tours and Culinary programmes have scheduled departures.
Any Guided tour can be customized and you can choose any date for a private departure.
All our Self Guided are private, you decide the departure date. For small groups any self guided bike tour can be supported.
It depends on a variety of factors:
How far in advance of the trip you contact us, hotel availability, changes you may decide to make along the way.
We’ve planned trips in as little as a week, while others have taken more to finalize. One thing you can be sure of is that we share your enthusiasm for finalizing the details as quickly as possible.
The more advance notice we have, the faster and easier it is to confirm a trip and the more likely it is that you’ll get exactly the trip you want. If you wait until the last minute, it’s invariably more difficult to secure hotel availability.
Last-minute requests require an extra degree of flexibility and the planning process gets compressed but we try to do our best. If you are a group of people asking private guided tour, please give us plenty of notice.
Yes. We are licensed tour operator /travel agent and we are fully insured.
We strongly recommend to ask the license and do not trust in simple sport or cultural association.
No, we’ve got some other destinations up our sleeve. In Italy, France, Spain and Croatia!
We require a non refundable deposit of euro 300/500 once hotels are booked. Full payment is required 60/45 days prior to travel. Our Terms & Conditions outline the pricing and payment details.
We do not directly book or issue flights to/from your destination. It’s simply not our area of deep expertise. However, we can usually advise you on the best way to get to the region.
No. In order for us to plan comprehensive, seamless trips we’ve learned that we need to be in control of all the key ingredients including hotels.
It is also very important ina bike tour stay in a cyclist friendly accommodation!
Payment can be made by bank transfer or credit card (Visa, MasterCard ) Credit card is actually the most used