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.