Mountain biking holiday in Italy: Italian Rivieras, Ligurian Alps, Coastal Mountains. Self-guided & escorted mountain biking tour of the Ponente Riviera's coastal Alps. 3 full days with a variety of moderate and strenuous full day rides.
What's included: Airport transfers from Genoa airport or main railway station |> B&B in a charming 3-star hotel |> MTB hire and self-guide packs |> daily itineraries with detailed route notes |> all day support vehicle backup.
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HIGHLIGHTS
the Coastal Alps # Ponente Riviera # 1000m descents # start and end at your hotel
ITINERARY
Day 1: Transfer day, to the Ponente Riviera. We meet you and take you to your hotel in the resort village. Flying into Genoa: we meet you at the airport. Flying into Pisa: comfortable rail connection to Genoa where we meet you at the main railway station. Evening in local resort village. You will be staying along the seafront in an elegant 3 star hotel.
Day 4: Praglia Coastal Loop. 2 Itineraries | 25km or 45km | Total of Ascents 1100m. After breakfast, we take you and the bikes to a small town in the Ligurian Alps where today's ride starts. Up and all the way up to the high mountain plateaus above Genova for a most spectacular traverse of the high coastal Alps. From the peaks overlooking the sea, descend along the old military tracks down from 1000m to the coast, from where you'll have the choice to cycle back along the coast or take a short 10 minute trip by train to your resort village. Our Comment: . View photos of a day mountain biking on the Praglia coastal loop.
Day 5: Transfer day. We meet you at your hotel. Flying from Genoa: we take you to Genoa airport for your flight home. Flying from Pisa: we take you to the main railway station in Genoa for your onward rail journey to Pisa airport. Arrange flights back from Pisa in the afternoon for a comfortable transfer. Stay an extra night in Pisa before your flight home and enjoy a day visting the Leaning Tower and historic centre of this beautiful & relaxed city.
ADDITIONAL INFO
The itineraries offered on this holiday are long, hard but rewarding routes offering some of the most spectacular coastal mountain riding in Europe. Although there are no seriously challenging technical sections, the routes are long and arduous with gruelling ascents and full-on downhill sections from the clouds to the coast, descending some 1000m in one full swoop.
Extend your stay: Stay additional days and visit Milano, Genova or Pisa.
To book: Check or
email
or call +44 (0)845 0944 669.
NOTE:
1. Prices in 'euros' and based on 2 people sharing a double room,
otherwise a single supplement applies. Flights not included unless
specified.
