Bikepacking Tuscany
cgfw201
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Anyone got any tips for Tuscany?
Going to have 6 days bikepacking out there next month with my wife.
Rough itinerary is for 60-80km a day, mostly gravel. Something like
- Pisa - Volterra
- Volterra - San Gim - Siena
- Siena - Val d'Orcia - Montepucliano
- Montepucliano - Cortona
- Cortona - Gaiole
- Gaiole - Florence
- Florence > Pisa
Accom looks like a lot of agriturismos for €50-€70 a night, some AirBnbs for a bit less. Anywhere else to look for accom. How necessary is it do book agriturismos in advance?
How is the temperature in the middle of the day normally? As we're not really riding that far each day we should be able to avoid hot periods if needed.
*edit. Particularly keen to hear best way to plan routes. Komoot usually good in the UK for showing gravel/singletrack/path/road etc. Any other tips?
Going to have 6 days bikepacking out there next month with my wife.
Rough itinerary is for 60-80km a day, mostly gravel. Something like
- Pisa - Volterra
- Volterra - San Gim - Siena
- Siena - Val d'Orcia - Montepucliano
- Montepucliano - Cortona
- Cortona - Gaiole
- Gaiole - Florence
- Florence > Pisa
Accom looks like a lot of agriturismos for €50-€70 a night, some AirBnbs for a bit less. Anywhere else to look for accom. How necessary is it do book agriturismos in advance?
How is the temperature in the middle of the day normally? As we're not really riding that far each day we should be able to avoid hot periods if needed.
*edit. Particularly keen to hear best way to plan routes. Komoot usually good in the UK for showing gravel/singletrack/path/road etc. Any other tips?
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From my trip with Saddle Skedaddle, I higly recommend these places:
https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Hotel_Rev ... scany.html
https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Hotel_Rev ... scany.html
https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Hotel_Rev ... scany.html
Absolutely amazing places to stay.0 -
Re: the above, does anyone have any tips for wine tasting in Chianti. We're going to be staying 2 nights near Gaiole in the same place towards the end of the trip. Planning to spend a day solely for the purpose of cruising around and sampling the local wines.
Is there any need to book much in advance? Any places recommended? Seen that larger wineries like Brolio are £45 for the tour.
May just be easier to go from village to village and stopping at cafes/restaurants for a snack and a glass of wine.0 -
Recommend this place: http://www.castelvecchi.com/ but in fact I would recommend staying there too - its fabulous. One of the best places we stayed on my Skedaddle tour of Tuscany. We did a tour and wine tasting as part of our stay.
https://www.booking.com/hotel/it/fattor ... map_closed0 -
Cheers. Bit far north for where we're staying that day, and looks like tours only for guests.0
