Self-Guided Family Bike Tour - Spirit of Umbria

25 Years of Pedallin' Passion

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Your journey will start in Assisi, one of the highlights or the region, and will finish in Spoleto, a visually stunning town situated right on the foothill of the Apennine Mountains.

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Highlights

Exploring medieval treasures along the Valle Umbra
Visiting the World Heritage site of San Francesco d‘Assisi
Marvelling over Giotto’s art in the Basilica of Assisi
Making Italian pizza with the kids
Meandering the narrow streets of Spoleto
Trying the region’s gelaterias

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Day	Description	Distance	Meals
1	Arrival into Perugia airport - Transfer to Assisi
2	Spello Loop Ride	24 Miles / 38 Kms Approx.	B
3	Assisi to Torgiano	20 Miles / 32 Kms Approx.	B
4	Torgiano to Bevagna	17 Miles / 28 Kms Approx.	B
5	Bevagna to Casco dell'Acqua	16 Miles / 25 Kms Approx.	B
6	Casco dell'Acqua to Spoleto	17 Miles / 28 Kms Approx.	B D
7	Departure from Spoleto - Transfer to Perugia airport		B

Meals: B = Breakfast L = Lunch D = Dinner Please keep in mind the distances and ascent information provided are intended to be indicative and may vary from the actuals due to accommodation changes or when compared on different GPS devices and software

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Trip Information

Our family cycling tour in Umbria offers you the best of all worlds, both on and off the bike! The Valley of Umbria is the perfect setting for your cycling vacation and as the fertile valley, surrounded by green mountains covered with olive groves and vineyards, meets medieval towns and villages, you'll not be able to help but be amazed. Following cycle paths and gently undulating, mostly traffic-free country lanes, this tour provides you with an unrivalled opportunity to discover the charming Green Heart of Italy.

Your vacation begins in Assisi, the city of pilgrims situated on the slopes of Mount Subasio, where the whole family can enjoy exploring the maze of small streets, squares and medieval palaces - you'll truly feel like you've travelled back in time! Your first day on the bikes is around Spello, a Roman town, and we've built in time to explore the Roman villa and Roman gates, Porta Consolare and Porta Venere. Mid-week, after leaving Assisi, you'll reach Torgiano, where you can visit the Wine and Olive Oil Museum, and then Bevagna, with its cozy square and two Romanesque churches. Finishing your week by pedaling along the cycle path into Spoleto, you can't fail to be charmed by the late medieval and Renaissance monuments in the city.

You'll be staying in carefully selected, welcoming 3* and 4* hotels, many of which have pools and other facilities. We've even included a pizza making evening, where the whole family can practice their culinary skills!

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Trip Feedback

As seen in the press...

This new self-guided cycling tour from Saddle Skedaddle offers the chance to explore the food and culture of Umbria on two wheels, on a route from Assisi to Torgiano to Bevagna, ending up in the elegant town of Spoleto. The cycling is mostly on traffic-free routes and never covers more than 24 miles a day, with plenty of stops along the way for gelato and pizza. Most of the hotels have swimming pools and run activities, including pizza-making classes.

The Times (2019), The 50 best holidays in Italy for 2019
As seen in the press...

Come on gang, you can do it! That will be the cry on Saddle Skedaddle’s new self-guided family foray into Umbria’s medieval and Roman towns, olive groves, vineyards and lush mountains. Traffic-free country lanes and cycle paths form the basis of the place-to-place route, there’s lots of sightseeing and even a pizza-making session along the way. Children must be able to cycle up to 24 miles, but there’s perennial bribe of pizza, pasta and gelato at every pitstop, and lots of swimming pool action at the 3-4 star hotels en route.

The Guardian (2018), 20 of the best adventure travel challenges