Bicycle Tours Italy - Cycling Tours Italy

Dear Friend,

Mille Grazie for your interest in CycleItalia! We are excited about sharing "la dolce vita in bicicletta" with you, here is our schedule for 2008 (Reservations/deposits are now being accepted)

CycleItalia 2008
Dates	Tour	Airport
Classic Road Series
May 22-30	Campania’s Cilento Coast Scenic cycling near the sea	Rome
May 29-June 8	Umbria and Marche Orvieto, Spello, San Severino Marche, Monteconero	Rome
June 11-20	Paradise in Piedmont Gavi, Coppi Museum, Barolo, Monferrato	Milan
June 20-29	Emilia-Romagna Ferrari Museum, The Mugello, Tosco-Romagnolo	Milan
Legendary Climbs of the Giro Series
June 28-July 6	Dolomites Tre Cime, Giau, Falzarego, Pordoi, Fedaia, Sella	Milan
July 5-13	Lombardy-Sud Tyrol Palade, Mendola ,Stelvio, Gavia, Mortirolo, Ghisallo	Milan
July 12-20	Piedmont Alps Fauniera, Agnello, Izoard, Montgenevre, Sestriere	Milan
July 19-27	Savoy Alps GS Bernardo, San Carlo, Col de l’Iseran, Colle Finestre	Milan
Dates include flight day. All tours are limited to 12 guests. Reservations are taken on a first come, first served basis.

CycleItalia offers 3 types of Tours

TASTING SERIES

These tours are shorter than our other itineraries, just a “taste” if you will, with seven days (including your flight day) away from home and five nights lodging. They’re the perfect length to combine with other travels in Italy or to fit into a busy schedule. These tours are designed to minimize packing and unpacking with multi-night hotel stays and feature shorter daily cycling distances (though 100 kilometers is available on most days) All dinners are included with the exception of one open night.

CLASSIC ROAD VACATIONS

Our original cycling vacations, they’re longer than most other tour company itineraries, with ten or eleven days (including flight day) away from home and eight or nine nights lodging. These allow you time to recover from jet-lag and really fit into the Italian cycling lifestyle. They feature two-night stays in most lodgings and a daily distance of 100 kilometers, with plenty of shorter options available each day. Dinners are included on more than half the nights with the others open for you to explore and enjoy dinner on your own. Wine-tasting or other cultural activities are often featured on these vacations.

LEGENDARY CLIMBS SERIES

These are the tours for those of you who’ve always wanted to tackle the mountain passes made famous by the Giro d’Italia or Tour de France. They feature similar lodging and meals as our other vacations but are designed to be extremely challenging with 100 kilometer routes and seven to ten thousand feet of elevation gain per day. You’re away from home nine days (including flight day) with seven nights lodging and most dinners. For the extreme “hard-core” climbing fanatics we offer a “Climb More, Pay Less” discount when you combine two weeks.