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Bike Tour in Mugello

Traces of every historical age can be found in the Mugello val di Sieve: a biking tour in Mugello you will see important buildings and fortresses, castles, villas and palaces which remain to testify the development of the Mugello throughout the ages.

Mugello Itinerary for Mountain and Tuscan Road Bike Tours
Your Tuscan vacation can be a great opportunity for a magnificent adventure on a biking tour using back roads and trails, catered to your capabilities. Authorised and trained Discover Tuscany guides will accompany you pedal by pedal into the white gravel dirt roads and trails bike trails in the Chianti, Siena, Florence and Lucca countryside. A Discover Tuscany Team member offers constant van support through the bike tour, keeping a distance to assure you intimate contact with the natural surroundings – yet close enough on the bike tour to guarantee your personal comfort.

  • Time Full day
  • Language English, Italian
  • Pick-up at designated area
  • Pick-up at accomodations (extra)
  • Tasting Included
  • Difficulty Easy
  • Light Lunch
  • Can be personalized
  • Personal Guide

The cyclist in Mugello will discover castles,

villas and convents in a landscape of mountains and forests. This area was a theatre of Etruscans, who settled here, struggles between the Guelphs and the Ghibellines and the Medici family. Travelling from the palazzo of Borgo San Lorenzo to Scarperia desired by the Florentine Republic to oppose the Feudal power of the Ubaldini family who controlled the main roads and Apennine passes.

Itinerary:

Starting in the picturesque Borgo S. Lorenzo and proceeding towards sunny roads of the Appennine ridge. We include stops at Galliano and a trip around the walls of Scarperia, and Palazzo dei Vicari. The utuberart makes a wide circle and ends back up in Borgo S. Lorenzo.

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Difficulty:

The tour is considered beginner level – fairly easy, going up-hill on the first part and down hill the second part. Designed to let everybody enjoy the wonderful scenery of Chianti. The tour can vary in difficulty depending on the experience of all members, please make enquires directly with Discover Tuscany.

Tour includes:

Bikes – Helmets - Water bottles – 1 / 3 bike guides (according to the dimension of the group) - a van to assist the group on the road

General Location:

The shaded blue area indicates the general area where the tour takes place.

 

Price fir Bike Tour Mugello

Groups larger than 15 persons will be priced individually according to the number of persons. If you have special needs or requirements please advise immediately at time of booking. All prices are per person for destinations within 60 km of Florence, other areas will have a small travel expense per group.

  Prices per person for tours
  Year 2-3 persons 4-7 persons 8-15 persons 15 < persons
Reserve Now 2010 155 145 130 0

Mugello, an area north of Tuscany, one of the many regions making up Italy, is loaded with secret and undiscovered rugged terrain perfect for all levels of mountain bike –er’s. Through vineyards, olive groves, over mountains and through streams – this mountain bike area is located less than 30 minutes from the heart of Florence. Full and half day tours to Mugello will offer something for all levels of mountain bikers with our expert guide.

Jim and Teresa wrote . . . Dear Guido and Andrea, THANK YOU for makin our stay in Florence so VERY enjoyable. You both lived up to the expectations that were passed on to us by jane. You are FUN! INTELLIGENT! SAFE! and Wonderful Company! ...Ciao to both...our new good friends.11/05/2009