This 5 night trip follows the itinerary below. Please click on the hotel images to see more details about accommodation or the other pictures for example route(s).
The meeting point is Pisa airport at 12.30pm on the start date of your tour. If you cannot meet at this time, please contact us.
From the meeting point you will be taken by the support vehicle to the DucatiTours base for a briefing and allocation of bikes. There are changing facilities available and there will be time to sort out any small items you would like to carry with you.
The first afternoon includes a circular ride from Lucca of around 2 to 3 hours in order to familiarise yourself with the bike and local traffic. Our guides will be immediately assessing your riding and are always on hand if you have any questions or would like some advice.
The ride itself takes the form of a loop to the north of the city in the foothills of the Apennines passing the interesting 'Devils Bridge' before returning to Lucca.
We return to Lucca for the first overnight stop at our selected hotel. This evening we will be eating the included Welcome dinner in the historic centre of Lucca.
For our second day's ride we have a ride some clients have described as like being on a track day that doesnt end! We pass through the western side of Tuscany towards the next hotel in the area of Monteriggioni. This ride takes in a route passing Volterra with a variety of sweeping and sharp turns throughout the entire day. We advise all participants to bring a mobile phone that works in Italy. The group will be going to dinner at a local restaurant (this is not part of the tour price) but you are welcome to go and find your own restaurant should you prefer (but please remember drinking and riding is strictly not tolerated!)
We travel across the heart of the Chianti Classico region in order to reach our next hotel stop near Reggello. The route is anything but direct covering roads that climb, bend and dip for as long as you want. Surfaces are generally good (watch out for gravel/sand!) but we have found a number of speed cameras starting to appear (all in built-up areas at least). We will initially head south past Siena and into the open corners of Le Crete, down to Montalcino and back around to Siena. From there we cut a diagonal route to our hotel. The group will eat dinner in the hotel restaurant (price of dinner is not included in the tour price) from a selection of local specialities.
Today is a circular ride back to the same hotel. The route takes us into the mountain passes of the Casentino and Mugello and will blow your mind. Race track smooth corners on the Passi di Callo and Consuma with some less good surfaces on the famous Muraglione, Cento Forche and others (view our video library to see what these roads are like!). A day you will not forget!
The last full day is used to wind cross-country back towards Lucca. The actual route heads north through the Mugello area on the infamous Futa and Raticosa passes towards Bologna before turning left and back to our base in Lucca. We try and arrive back at Lucca to give everyone "un-wind" time by the pool. A farewell dinner is organised (included in the tour price) in one of Lucca's finest restaurants with transport provided.
The final morning bikes are returned to the DucatiTours' base and all participants are transported back to the airport.
