Italy

Cycling in Italy can suit anybody's tastes! From mountain landscapes in the Alpine valleys to surprising roads through Appennine pastures, from flat rice fields along the Po river to an endless series of beaches and rocky shores along the seaside, from the famous art towns, with their historical and architectural heritage to countless archeological sites and beautiful ancient villages atop hills and mountains - Italy is full of wonders, both natural and cultural ones, and what better way to discover them than by bike?

Landelijke Informatie

Federazione Italiana Ambiente e Bicicletta

National EuroVelo Coordination Centre

The Italian National EuroVelo Coordinator's website provides plenty of information about cycling in Italy. Further information on cycle tourism is provided on their 'Bicitalia' website. Italian only.

+39 2 84073149

Albergabici

If a hotel, farmhouse, bed & breakfast or camp site is happy to accommodate cyclists, FIAB's Albergabici® service is the way to tell cyclists who are touring their area or just out for a day's excursion about their services. The website offers over 2000 places to stay, tailored for road bike, mtb or touring holidays and with e-maps to help you find accomodation along EuroVelo and national routes.

Bicitalia

If you're interested in the network of Italian national long-distance routes, then this is the right site for you. The aim of the site is to provide online maps of the network of cycleways, together with information about places to stay in and points of interest. The Bicitalia network includes 20 national routes. Download the tracks under 'Routing/GPSx'!

Kaarten & Gidsen

bikeline Adige Cycle Route: From Landeck to Verona

Guide written in German and describing the 340 km from Helsingborg to Gothenburg. It includes 33 precise maps and detailed route descriptions on a scale of 1:75.000, numerous references to the cultural and tourist attractions and an extensive accommodation and services directory. A characteristic of the bikeline cycling guides is their landscape format combined with the patented spiral binding system, weatherproof and ideal for the handlebar bag.

bikeline Po Cycle Route: From the Source to Venice - With an Excursion to the Po Delta

Guide written in German and describing the 1.440 km from the source of the Po to Venice. It includes 64 precise maps and detailed route descriptions on a scale of 1:75.000, numerous references to the cultural and tourist attractions and an extensive accommodation and services directory. A characteristic of the bikeline cycling guides is their landscape format combined with the patented spiral binding system, weatherproof and ideal for the handlebar bag.

bikeline Adriabike: From Tarvisio via Trieste and Venice to Ravenna

Guide written in German and describing the 1.000 km from Tarvisio via Trieste and Venice to Ravenna. It includes 51 precise maps and detailed route descriptions on a scale of 1:75.000, numerous references to the cultural and tourist attractions and an extensive accommodation and services directory. A characteristic of the bikeline cycling guides is their landscape format combined with the patented spiral binding system, weatherproof and ideal for the handlebar bag.

Aanbiedingen

The 3 UNESCO sites of Puglia and Basilicata

EV5
@Italië

The tour offers the visit of the 3 UNESCO sites of Puglia and Basilicata: Castel del Monte, Matera and Alberobello, connected one to the next by very quiet country roads running along National or Regional Parks. The Greenway running along the Apulian Aqueduct is today open to the public in the first stretch, and offers the very best possible views of the landscape of valle d’Itria. Level of difficulty: medium (relaxed activity).

Resort pearls of the northern Adriatic at EuroVelo 8

EV8
@Italië @Kroatië @Slovenië

Experience the long distance cycling trip and vacation in one. From the start in timeless Venice on, beautiful coastal towns line up, first Italian, then Slovenian and finally Croatian, all of them pearls of Mediterranean architecture. Golden beaches and attractive coasts among them are captured in colorful rocks and lush greenery. The sun quickly warms the shallow sea and the atmosphere. The trip starts in Venice and ends in Pula, both known by good public transport connections.

The treasures of the green valley cycling tour in Umbria

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Cycling on quiet country roads among colourful fields, with a beautiful backdrop of hills covered with silver-green olive groves and fertile vineyards. This leisure cycle tour, takes place mainly in the valley with only a few rolling parts, that will bring you to lively, medieval villages of the green valley ‘Valle Umbra‘, such as Assisi, Spello, Spoleto, Montefalco, Bevagna & Perugia. Thanks to the reduced daily distances, luggage transportation, you will have enough time to visit these towns.

Cycling the complete italian Via Francigena (EuroVelo 5) from the Alps to Rome

EV5
@Italië

The Via Francigena cycling itinerary takes you from the snowy peaks of Grand St. Bernard then through the Apennines. The scenery varies among millenary churches, continuing on the iconic dirt roads of Siena crossing the Val d’Orcia. You will be amazed by the beauty of Lake Bolsena and by the ancient road of the Via Cassia, still intact after 2000 years. Surprises continue, from the Roman amphitheater of Sutri, to the beautiful cycle path until your destination St. Peter Square.