Highlights Tuscany
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The best road bike trails
| Val d’Orcia | find out | 96 km | Medium | Recommended by Italy Bike Hotels |
| Viareggio | find out | 58.6 km | Medium | Recommended by Italy Bike Hotels |
| The Vestito Pass | find out | 88 km | Medium | Recommended by Hotel Eur |
The best MTB trails
| Bandite di Scarlino | find out | Medium | Recommended by Italy Bike Hotels | |
| Casentinesi | find out | Medium | Recommended by Italy Bike Hotels |
The best bike hotels in Tuscany Quote
Hotel Residence Esplanade
Opening: open all year round
Customizable tours
Close to cities of art
Good quality/rate
from € 65 per day
TuscanyViareggio (LU)s
Hotel Eur
Opening: 14 June- and of October
Restaurant
Fitness area
Swimming pool
from € 60 per day
Borgo Hotel Pieve a Salti Montalcino
Opening: 19 June- 8 November
Lovely landscapes
Professional guides
Typical farmhouse
from € 76 per day
TuscanyBuonconvento (SI)Castellare di Tonda Resort & Spa
Opening: 6 June
Variety of routes
Spa hotel
Traditional dishes
from € 83 per day
TuscanyMontaione (FI)Agriturismo Il Molinello
Opening: open all year round
Typical farmhouse
MTB & Road Bike
Excellent food
from € 64 per day
TuscanyAsciano (SI)Agriturismo Campo di Carlo
Opening: 1 June- 10 November
Typical farmhouse
MTB & Road Bike routes
Swimming pool
from € 40 per day
TuscanySassetta (LI)Salvapiano Holiday Ranch
Opening: 1 July- 2 November
Tuscan landscape
Wine and oil producers
Pool with Jacuzzi
from € 55 per day
TuscanyRiotorto (LI)Bike experience
Here in Tuscany the landscape constantly varies in all directions: from the white marble of the Apuan Alps in the north, to the Maremma marshes in the south, from the beaches and cliffs of the Tyrrhenian Sea, to the crest…
Here in Tuscany the landscape constantly varies in all directions: from the white marble of the Apuan Alps in the north, to the Maremma marshes in the south, from the beaches and cliffs of the Tyrrhenian Sea, to the crest of the Apennines in the east, traversing the hill ranges that have made Tuscany renowned for its unique landscape.
Its asphalt, dirt or cobblestone roads have always been the cradle of great champions who have striven and lived here. Tuscany has always been a region devoted to cycling, with an extraordinary cycling tradition: Bartali, Magni and Nencini – and more recently Ballerini, Bettini, Cipollini – are just a few of the great Tuscan cyclists. It’s not by chance, in fact, that the claim of the World Cycling Championships Toscana2013 was “Tuscany Land of Cyclists”.
But here even mountain bikers are the norm. In this corner of paradise, between the Apennines, the Maremma, the Val d’Orcia and the Val di Chiana, you’ll be spoilt for choice.
Food
Ribollita
Ribollita is one of the most popular Florentine soups, which has stale bread as the common denominator with other characteristic local dishes. A particularly tasty winter dish, the soup is prepared by boiling a number of vegetables: potatoes, tomatoes, beans, celery,…
Ribollita
Ribollita is one of the most popular Florentine soups, which has stale bread as the common denominator with other characteristic local dishes. A particularly tasty winter dish, the soup is prepared by boiling a number of vegetables: potatoes, tomatoes, beans, celery, carrots, onions and black cabbage. It is then served with croutons and a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil; some people also add raw diced onion.
Ciaffagnone
Characteristic Maremma dish, the ciaffagnone is nothing more than a thin and light crepe, made with water rather than milk. It’s truly tasty, but not very easy to find in restaurants. The most characteristic of all is pecorino-based, but there are also sweet versions, made with sugar.
Panforte
An old Sienese Christmas dessert (which you can find all year round). Particularly nutritious, panforte is made with boiled honey, to which candied fruit, flour, spices, whole almonds and hazelnuts are added. It seems there are two versions of this spiced bread, the margherita panforte, in honour of Queen Margherita di Savoia who visited Siena in 1879, and a type of gingerbread panforte, which adds cocoa powder, candied melon and pepper to the classic recipe.
Cecina
Those who have travelled along the Tuscan coast will surely have heard of this characteristic chickpea cake from Versilia, also known as farinata di ceci, made with cold water and chickpea flour. The traditional method of cooking is in a baking pan in a wood oven, which gives it a beautiful golden colour.
History & Culture
Tuscany has, without a doubt, always been one of the most visited Italian regions. Its irresistible charm, which attracts millions of tourists every year from all over the world and from other Italian regions, is also reflected in the long list of places that are protected as…
Tuscany has, without a doubt, always been one of the most visited Italian regions. Its irresistible charm, which attracts millions of tourists every year from all over the world and from other Italian regions, is also reflected in the long list of places that are protected as UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Florence, Pisa, Siena, Lucca, but also small villages such as Massa Marittima or San Gimignano, are alone worth a trip.
It is a concentration of beauty and unique works of art, evidence of the Etruscan civilization scattered throughout the region.