Overview Bicycle Tours in Italy: Bicycling Umbria, the Green Heart of Italy - Classic Self-Guided OVERVIEW Umbria is the birthplace of St. Francis, the heart of Roman Italy and home to some of Italy's best preserved medieval towns. Bicycle past vineyards, chestnut and oak forests, and across rolling hills to monasteries, castles, and hilltop villages unchanged since the Middle Ages. Start in Perugia the ancient and modern capital of Umbria, continue to Assisi, the home of Saint Francis, Deruta, famous for its pottery, Torgiano, known for its wines, and hilltop towns such as Spello, Montefalco, Spoleto, Todi and Orvieto. ________________________________________ For more detailed tour information download the Tour Factsheet HIGHLIGHTS TOUR FACTS Tour Style : Learn more about our tours at https://www.experienceplus.com/tours/bike-tour-styles/-tours Includes 9 nights in 3- and 4-star lodging; all breakfasts; bike fitting and briefing in English by our professional staff at tour start; GPS device with pre-loaded navigation routes (one for every two cyclists); access to smartphone app with tracks and digital "roadbook"; printed roadbook with detailed daily information, maps and more; luggage transfers. Not Included Travel to and from the tour start and end; bicycle rental (see Prices tab); entrance to museums or other activities not indicated as included; city hotel tax (2 to 5 euro per night per person, to be paid locally by traveler); Any meals or beverages not indicated as included. Includes Solo Traveler and Private Group departures available & - please inquire. Lodging Upgrade: Room upgrades are possible in some hotels - please inquire for prices and availability Extra nightsPlease inquire about adding nights along the itinerary or before/after the tour. Rates for extra nights as follows PLEASE NOTE : The final itinerary, including hotels and/or activities described here, are subject to changes according to availability. City hotel taxes are not included. Countries Italy Begin/End Perugia / Orvieto Arrive/Depart Florence Airport (FLR) / Rome Fiumicino Airport (FCO) Total Distance 201- 435 km (163- 272 miles) 0 - 64 km (0 - 40 miles) <br> <br> <strong><u>Difficulty description:</u></strong> The tour starts easy then it gets hilly, but distances are moderate so take your time! 1 © ExperiencePlus! Bicycle Tours 1-800-685-4565 ExperiencePlus.com Overview Bicycle Tours in Italy: Bicycling Umbria, the Green Heart of Italy - Classic Self-Guided For an easy option you can end in Spoleto. per riding day Tour Level We work hard to maintain consistency across all of our tours, but some trips have unique differences. Here are some things to keep in mind about this tour. Tour code: itbs3578 ________________________________________ Navigation and roadbook: On our CLASSIC self-guided tours, detailed daily information and route navigation are provided through a GPS device (one included for every two cyclists), a smartphone application, as well as a printed roadbook with thorough daily descriptions and maps. Our app allows you to download the information into your smartphone, where you can the daily routes even in offline mode. Hotel itinerary, daily ride descriptions, cultural information, visit suggestions, elevation profiles, and emergency numbers are all stored in one organized place. Downloading maps and routes also allows you to navigate in offline mode. If you prefer, you can download the routes into your GPS device and print the detailed route notes before leaving home and use them on tour, Keep in Mind or rely on the detailed roadbook that we will print for you and delivery before the tour start For more information on the smartphone app, visit RideWithGPS Experiences. For more information on the GPS tracks and roadbook, please see the Tour Factsheet . ________________________________________ Luggage transfers are included in your package. The luggage is normally collected from 09.00 at the reception of the hotel and is delivered at the following hotel by 15.30. Every piece of luggage must be marked with a visible luggage tag. Please make sure yours have correct tags. If your luggage is not ready by the time the driver comes to collect it, you may have to pay a local taxi for the service. Please consider that the luggage is not insured during the transport. You need to have your own insurance. Do not leave valuables or fragile items in your luggage. Normally, the luggage transport service cannot be used by participants to skip the cycling stage. In case you need help to skip the cycling stage, please contact our emergency number and we will arrange it for you. Please Note: We may have small itinerary changes to this trip after you download this PDF document. If you have booked this trip and there are major changes, including changes to towns or activities, we'll email you directly. However, you should Avg. Daily always Distance be sure to refer to the online itinerary for the most up-to-date trip information including arrival and departure tips before you depart for your trip: https://www.experienceplus.com/guided-bike-tours/italy/cycling-umbria 2 © ExperiencePlus! Bicycle Tours 1-800-685-4565 ExperiencePlus.com Dates & Prices Bicycle Tours in Italy: Bicycling Umbria, the Green Heart of Italy - Classic Self-Guided DATES & PRICES Dates Price Single Supplement* *We are happy to match solo travelers who would like to share a room with someone of the same gender. If no match exists, due to hotel pricing, we will charge 50% of the single supplement rate. This fee will be collected at the time of the final payment. If a DAILY RIDE SUMMARY roommate assignment is available this fee will be refunded at the conclusion of the tour. Day Distance/Gain Terrain Day Level Notes 1 13km (8mi) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 3 © ExperiencePlus! Bicycle Tours 1-800-685-4565 ExperiencePlus.com Day to Day Itinerary Bicycle Tours in Italy: Bicycling Umbria, the Green Heart of Italy - Classic Self-Guided Welcome to Perugia and Umbria DAY 1 Highlights The well-known artistic centre of Italy: Perugia Distance 13 km (8 mi) Arrive in Perugia today, the ancient and modern capital of Umbria. Perugia is famous for Perugina chocolate and its vibrant old town! Take time to explore it today or tomorrow morning. We'll meet you for bike fitting and briefing in the afternoon. Daily Mileage: 0-12 km (0-7.5 miles). Bicycle from Perugia to Assisi DAY 2 Highlights Assisi, the town of Saint Francis Meals Breakfast Leave Perugia to enter the Umbrian Basin and arrive to Assisi. You'll want to explore the church of Saint Francis, the second most important pilgrimage destination in Italy after St. Peter's in Rome. If you arrive early you might enjoy an extra ride to the hermitage just outside the village where Francis often retreated for meditation. Daily Mileage: 31-38 km (19-24 miles), optional extra ride 13 km (8 miles). Assisi - Loop ride to Deruta and Torgiano DAY 3 Highlights Ceramics in Deruta and wine in Torgiano Meals Breakfast Your ride today takes you to Deruta where you can enjoy scores of ceramic studios. Deruta is one of the most important ceramics towns in all of Italy. Your route continues on to Torgiano, a major wine producer. The famous Lungarotti winery has a wine museum in the centre of the town. The route back to Assisi takes you through the hamlet of Brufa. Distance: 53 km 33 miles). 4 © ExperiencePlus! Bicycle Tours 1-800-685-4565 ExperiencePlus.com Day to Day Itinerary Bicycle Tours in Italy: Bicycling Umbria, the Green Heart of Italy - Classic Self-Guided Bicycle from Assisi to Bevagna DAY 4 Highlights Roman ruins in Spello, medieval wall and Renaissance buildings Meals Breakfast You leave Assisi behind you this morning and head south to Spello, a puzzle made of Roman, Medieval and Renaissance pieces. 13th century town walls connect Roman gateways dating to the 1st century BC and AD. Take time to explore and you'll find the 13th century town hall dominating the Renaissance town square. From Spello you pedal to Foligno another Roman town but with fewer Roman ruins. Enjoy lunch in the square and then head across the Umbria valley to Bevagna. Bevagna is the picture of a well-preserved Medieval village. It, too, dates from Roman times and is centered on the 13th century square and town hall. Unlike most Medieval towns, Bevagna is located on the flat of the Umbrian Basin. Mileage: 35 km (22 miles) Loop ride from Bevagna to Montefalco DAY 5 Highlights The Roman Via Flaminia, Trevi, and Montefalco Meals Breakfast Yesterday and today you will parallel the historic Via Flaminia, a Roman road, built in 220 BC by Consul Gaius Faminius. The road allowed Roman soldiers and their families access to the region around Rimini where they settled. With the road came all the Roman settlements and military garrisons in the area. Foligno and Spello were Roman towns while Trevi and Montefalco, our lunch destination, were Medieval towns that developed on nearby hills hundreds of years later. Take time to explore these hill towns as they capture the essence of Italy. A variety of routes allow access to the hills south of Montefalco. Plan on a picnic or restaurant lunch in the village, though as it affords a spectacular view across the entire Umbrian basin where you just spent two days cycling. (And plan to pick up a bottle of Sagrantino in Montefalco, one of Italy's most famous wines, for your dinner tonight.) Mileage: 45 km (28 miles) depending on how far you venture into the hills south of Montefalco. Bicycle from Bevagna to Spoleto DAY 6 Highlights The preserved town of Spoleto, its fortress, the Roman aqueduct Meals Breakfast Your ride todays takes you to the well-preserved medieval town of Spoleto, famous throughout the world for the Festival dei due Mondi, a three week dance, music and opera festival.