Tuscany self guided cycling holiday, Italy
This holiday is operated by a company based in the holiday destination and they will be able to provide expert local knowledge. They will be able to tailor make your holiday to suit your requirements not only concerning the dates of travel but also typically the standard of accommodation, and thus price. It is rare for local operators to be able to help with the booking of your flights.
How this holiday makes a difference
Environment
Booking this tour without luggage transfer is a more eco-friendly way to do it. Our bike rental offers plenty of solutions from trailers to panniers and handlebar bags for those that will rent a bike from us and also for those coming with their own bike. For those particularly interested in our stunning natural reserves and national parks we can set up custom tours for them.
We also encourage our guests to fix flat tyres and we provide spare tubes. In case they cannot do it we ask for the flat tube back at the end of the trip (in order to fix it ourselves). Our guides follow the rule to leave every place they pass with the group cleaner than before, in both guided and self guided tours we encourage our guest to do the same.
We encourage our guests to minimize waste and to recycle. We only use recycled paper in our office, the printed material is reduced to the minimum and we often ask for the non-used material back. We have a water saving sink and use low consumption light bulbs. Our guides follow the rule to leave every place they pass cleaner than before.
On both guided and self guided tours we encourage our guests to do the same. We run self led tours typically from 2 to 6 people and the group tours have an average of 14 guests. Everywhere we go we have contact with local people, to have a chat with and explain how life in the area is.
Community
This self guided tour has been carefully designed with the important support of local licensed guides (trained for Environmental Education Project), local workers and drivers. The guiding always covers naturalistic aspects together with arts, history and local everyday life. As a priority, our accommodations are comfortable and friendly family run hotels, B&Bs and locandas, often located within historic centres or charming agriturismos with environmental policies such as water and energy saving.
This tour of central Tuscany may be also an opportunity to try local organic food like the Pecorino cheese from Pienza, the wines like Vino Nobile and Brunello and get in contact with organic agricultural estates involved in honey, cheese, wine and olive oil production.
