Self-guided
& supported 'MOTORBIKE' holiday itinerary, Italy.
Highlights: Cinque
Terre - Coastal Alps – Italian Rivieras – 'Valentino
Rossi' on every scooter - Pisa – Italian 'cool' - French
Riviera – Great tarmac & bends under the Mediterranean
sun - Portofino |
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NEW for SUMMER 2006 - Advance Info - Full details to be
released Autumn 2005.
Reservations taken September onwards.
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Supported
bike tour of the Italian Rivieras and the southern Alps.
Ride
the 'best' bits of the Italian Rivieras, luggage-free with a
support vehicle and the knowledge that at the end of each day's
ride, you'll be staying in some of the more charming hotels in
the Rivieras more lively seaside resorts.
Description: You ride your bike
in your own group of friends, or join up with others for a tour
of the Italian and French Rivieras, plus the highlights of the
southern Alps. Follow our daily self-guided route notes with
suggested best roads and towns to pass through, and meet up with
everyone else at the overnight stops we pre-book in advance -
selected for their charm, biker friendliness and 'en-route' location.
Each daily route has 1 or 2 option points at which you can choose
to reduce or increase the number of miles covered during the
day - with start and end points being the same for everyone.
Ideal: For those who want to make a memorable biking tour,
pretty much under their own steam, but with all the hard work
of organising done for you. Just pack your bike luggage for the
journey down by train to the south of France and continue thereafter
'luggage free' until the end of the tour. Each night you'll find
your luggage waiting for you at your hotel. You are able therefore
to ride each day with only a tank bag or small rucksack for essentials. |
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Holiday starts and ends in Nice.
What’s Included: 6 nights in 3 star hotels or equivalent small
guesthouses, support vehicle to carry your luggage from hotel
to hotel, 3 gourmet dinners during the week offering a sumptuous
taste of the region.
Prices:
€1095pp* (euros) No ferry
or train booked: for those who wish to make their own way
to Nice for the start of the tour.
€1345pp** (euros) No ferry
booked: for those who wish to make their own way to Calais
for the motorail train journey to Nice.
€1595pp** (euros) Ferry and
motorail included: we book your ferry crossing and train
tickets for the full return journey to Nice, starting at Dover.
Duration:
1-week
breaks (6 full biking days).
Dates: Twice a year - 3rd week in June & 2nd week
in September.
Hotels: Overnight accommodation 3 star hotels or equivalent,
all with en-suite and off-road parking for motorbikes. |
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Ride the Italian
Rivieras
- Supported, self-guided biking holiday itinerary, Italy. |
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Holiday Structure:
Day 1 -
Transfer day.
Arrive Calais for overnight train to Nice. 2nd to 7th day
- 6 full biking days along the Rivieras, using our self-guided
itineraries. Day 8 - Transfer day. Most of the day free
to cruise the Cote d'Azur before catching the overnight train
from Nice to Calais. |
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Itinerary:
8 nights & 6 full days riding - €1595pp** (euros) |
Day 1 Saturday - Depart England.
Ride to your most convenient channel
port and cross to Calais - overnight train with sleeping compartmentto
Nice on the South of France. Click this link for the return overnight train route. |
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Day 2 Sunday - Monaco and the
Ponente Riviera
Depart
railway station, high corniche above Monaco to Menton, across
border into Italy at Ventimiglia.
Route Outline: Nice - Monaco - Ventimiglia - Taggia -
Triora - Pieve di Teco - Garessio - Finale Ligure.
Overnight in: Finale Ligure, Ponente Riviera, Liguria,
Italy. |
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Map of the day's route |
Day 3 Monday - the High Coastal
Alps and Portofino.
Route Outline: Finale - Sasello - Faiallo - Genova Sopraelevata
- Monte Fasce Rapallo - Portofino - Montallegra - Carasco - Sestri
Levante.
Overnight in: Sestri Levante, Levante Riviera,
Liguria, Italy. |
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Map of the day's route. |
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Day 4 Tuesday - Levante Riviera
and the Cinque Terre.
Route Outline: Sestri Levante -
Borzonasca - Santa Stefano d'Aveto - Sesta Godano - Levanto -
Monterosso - Vernazza - Manarola.
Overnight in: Manarola, Cinque Terre, Levante Riviera,
Italy. |
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Map of the day's route |
Day 5 Wednesday
- Pisa, Tuscany and the Appenines.
Route Outline:
Manarola - La Spezia - Massa (marble) - Pisa (Leaning Tower)
- Lucca - Modena (home of Ferrari) - Parma (ham) - La Spezia
- Manarola.
Overnight in: Manarola, Cinque Terre, Levante Riviera,
Italy. |
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Map of the day's route |
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Day 6 Thursday - Val Trebbia
and the wine regions of southern Piemonte.
Route Outline: Manarola - Rapallo
- Trebbia - Penice - Serravalle autostrada back to Genova - Ovada
- Cortemille - Garessio - Albenga - Alassio.
Overnight in: Alassio, Ponente Riviera, Liguria,
Italy. |
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Map of the day's route |
Day 7 Friday - Europe's high
passes and the Maritime Alps.
Route Outline: Alassio - autostrada
to Ventimiglia - Sospel - Isola - Barcelonette - Guillestre -
Queyras - Agnes - Sampeyre - Cuneo - Limone Piemonte.
Overnight in: Limone Piemonte, Maritime Alps, Piemonte,
Italy. |
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Map of the day's route |
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Day 8 Saturday - Monaco, Nice
and the French Riviera.
A relaxed, 'do as you please' final day enjoying
the French Cote d'Azur before catching your return, overnight
train back to Calais.
Route
Outline:
Limone Piemonte - Tende - Sospel - Menton - coast road to Monaco
- Villefrance - Nice.
Overnight on: the train, arriving in Calais first thing
Sunday morning. Ferry crossing to arrive back in England Sunday
lunchtime. |
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Map of the day's route |
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Extend your trip Stay an extra week and enjoy a relaxed
week riding around Tuscany and the Island of Elba. Enquire for
more details and price. |
Please note: 3 evening meals during the week are
gourmet dinners, typical of the region. You should be reasonably
fit and used to 5 or more hours in the 'saddle' each day. Hotels
used are typically characteristic of the area, are of a very
good standard (all with en-suite and off-road parking) and near
to the historic centres of the resort towns you will be staying
in. Our support van service is for transporting your luggage
between hotels and is not a 5 star recovery service. In the event
of a 'break-down', we pick you up, take your bike to the nearest
bike shop and do everything we can to get you back 'on the road'
again. However, we do request you take out full recovery insurance
in the case of a major break-down which requires full vehicle
recovery transportation back to England.
* Prices based on 2 people sharing a double/twin room
in the overnight hotel stops, otherwise a single supplement applies.
** Prices based on 2 people sharing a double/twin room
in the overnight hotel stops and 4 people sharing a 4-berth sleeping
compartment on the train between Calais and Nice. These are the
maximum prices that should be expected until 2006 ferry and train
prices are released. Exact price depends on ferry and train departure
times chosen. A supplement can be paid for those wanting a 2-berth
sleeping compartment with toilet and shower. |
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