| Bicycle Trip through Castellina
Castellina stands more than protected on its hilly bed. The
village offers a series of patrician palazzos which are restored
military garrisons built first by the associates of the counts
Guidi who, originally from Garfagnana , pressed forward
into the heart of Tuscany in the attempt to control it either
diplomatically or militarily, and later by the Florentines who were
constantly on their guard against the Sienese. The centre of the
built up area is the ancient fortress designed in the second half of
the fifteenth century by the great architect Giuliano da Sangallo.
In Via Ferruccio one gets the feeling of Castellina’s former
opulence. Right at the end of this street, at the fork leading to
the fortress, is the neo-Romanesque church of San
Salvatore, rebuilt after being destroyed in the second world
war.
A stop-off in Castellina may obviously include tasting at the
numerous wine lodges, but you can also get to know the great art of
Chianti pork-butchers whose charcuterie is highly prized for its
unforgettable flavours.
Radda is the vineyard village. From the
high ground on which it was built in the middle ages, between the
waters of the rivers Arbia and Pesa, you gaze over a
very dense interweave of vineyards. The centre of the village,
dominated from above by the remains of the original castle, is
Piazza Ferrucci.
Don’t miss the view over the alleys of the old centre and the
vegetable gardens, surrounded by dry stone walling, which supply the
essence of Chianti: agriculture in the form of design of the
landscape in a natural order of men and things. No other place than
Radda would have been right for the headquarters of the Foundation
for the Safeguarding of Chianti Classico Territory, which will be
housed in the monastery complex of Santa Maria a Prato, just
outside the walls. A very precious poliptych by Neri di Biccibelonged
to the monastery church.
Bicycle trip
to Tuscany. Enjoy 6
days biking in Tuscany, wine tasting, eating gourmet cuisine, and staying in
typical Tuscany accommodations.
A Marvelous
cycling tour in the heart of Tuscany
through timeless villages, covered by vineyards and olive groves
flowing with wildflowers.
There are hills to
bike, but your
hard work will be well rewarded with deluxe lodging and
authentic Tuscan cuisine.
A bike tour in
Tuscany is everything you can imagine. Tuscany is blessed by nature.
Vineyards, rows of single filed cypress trees, rolling hills, villa,
farmhouses and castles, and hilltop villages. Every inch of Tuscany
has been sculpted, making the it a wonderful place to bicycle,
drink,
eat, sleep all week long
The amazing life of Tuscany awaits you
and your bike!
To be in Tuscany by bike is heaven, on a stretch where town and country,
sunlight and seascape exist in spectacular harmony, one will be struck by
the near certainty that here lies the most perfect spot on Earth. We
embellished a bit more, with exclusive wine tastings, exquisite cuisine,
lodgings of timeless elegance and routes amid a quintessential Tuscan
landscape of vineyards, hill towns and cypress-lined country lanes. With our
intimate knowledge of the region, it all adds up to a grand biking trip.
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Tuscany biking provides deluxe
cycling holidays in Italy. Our bike tour includes gourmet food,
authentic wine tastings and lodgings for your bicycle trip. This
Tuscany bicycle tour visits Piezna, Chianti, and Siena.
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