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Cycling tour in Tuscany

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  • 17-10-2018 11:09pm
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    Muckers
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    Looking for recommendations where a group of 12 or so of us should set up base next May for a cycling break in Tuscany. We are looking for plenty of nice climbs, but also a bit of flat land would be nice also. Any help would be great.


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    brownian
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    Greve in Chianti is just lovely. So are Orvieto and Montepulciano. Siena is a bit bigger, and also very attractive. So many choices.

    A great option is to fly into Pisa and cycle down to Rome (5-10 days depending on route) to fly home. Endless lovely towns (see above), many nice rolling hills. Not a lot of flat, but then you don't get a huge amount of that in Tuscany.

    Tuscany isn't really a land of big-name climbs. There are gazillions of smallish, steepish, rolly-ish hills, but no Tourmalets or Huezes. If you want nice climbs in Italy, I can only say the Dolomites are stupendous. If you want flat, the Po valley has lots of great towns, and lots of flat flats.


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    Muckers
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    brownian wrote: »
    Greve in Chianti is just lovely. So are Orvieto and Montepulciano. Siena is a bit bigger, and also very attractive. So many choices.

    A great option is to fly into Pisa and cycle down to Rome (5-10 days depending on route) to fly home. Endless lovely towns (see above), many nice rolling hills. Not a lot of flat, but then you don't get a huge amount of that in Tuscany.

    Tuscany isn't really a land of big-name climbs. There are gazillions of smallish, steepish, rolly-ish hills, but no Tourmalets or Huezes. If you want nice climbs in Italy, I can only say the Dolomites are stupendous. If you want flat, the Po valley has lots of great towns, and lots of flat flats.

    Thanks for the info


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