id: 34546

UMBRIA - Perugia - Spoleto

Discover Umbria: Cycling, wine tasting and cooking lessons

Spoleto
Spoleto
  • Tipologia : Tour , Tour individuali , Ciclismo , Vacanze sportive , Tour+degustazioni
  • Durata Pacchetto : 8 giorni / 7 notti
  • Categoria struttura : standard 3 / 4 stelle
  • Trattamento : Come da Programma
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A perfect mixture of cycling in lovely natural scenery, exploring around historical towns and discovering the excellent wines and culinary traditions of the area, this 8 day tour will definitely make you fall in love with green and hilly Umbria!
The tour starts in Spello, a nice medieval town, and continues to Spoleto, Bevagna, Torgiano, Perugia and Assisi. While riding your bike you will visit enchanting historical small villages, have a chance to taste the unique wines of Torgiano area, enjoy delighting umbrian cooking classes and spend a night in an ancient palace in the medieval historical centre of Bevagna.

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Itinerary: Spello - Spoleto - Bevagna - Torgiano - Perugia - Assisi


DETAILED ITINERARY


Day 1: Arrival in the medieval town of Spello
You arrive at your 3 star hotel in Spello (on request you can stay in a 4 star hotel). It is situated in the historical centre of the town with a terrace offering a magnificent view over the Valle Umbra and the surrounding hills. At the end of the afternoon there is a route briefing and your bikes are handed over. Afterwards you will be expected in a cosy restaurant and wine bar for a tasting dinner:
Selection of Bruschette with cherry tomatoes, black truffle and olive oil from Spello. Wine: Grecchetto dell’Umbria
Scrumbled eggs with black truffle. Wine: Trebbiano Spoletino
Tagliatelle with Cacio cheese, pepper and black truffle. Wine: Montefalco: Rosso
Selection of cheeses and salami. Wine: Sagrantino di Montefalco
Tozzetti Biscuits. Wine: Sagrantino passito

Day 2: Spello - Spoleto
Today you will leave Spello and cycling through the valley you will cross the centre of Foligno. Then the road goes up to Spoleto. Your 4 star hotel is situated in the historical centre of Spoleto, close to the Roman theatre. At the end of the afternoon you will have a welcome drink. In the evening you will enjoy a marvellous dinner.
Distance: 45 km


Day 3: Cooking lessons in Spoleto
This morning you will have a cooking class (1 hour and a half) and you will learn how to make a delicious ‘antipasti’ and ‘primo’ (pasta or risotto). At lunch, of course, you will taste the dishes you prepared! In the afternoon you are free to discover Spoleto. There is a lot to see: the castle, the medieval aqueduct Ponte delle Torri, a roman house, the roman theatre with the archaeological museum, the cathedral, the modern art museum… 


Day 4: Cycling to San Luca (Montefalco)
Today you cycle through a slightly undulating landscape to San Luca, a village at the foot of Montefalco. When you come to San luca you can make a ring tour to visit Montefalco or have a rest in the nice Villa Zuccari. To reach the lovely town of Montefalco you have to conquer the hill on which the town is built. Montefalco is famous for its Sagrantino docg wines and in the medieval town centre there are some churches and the museum ‘San Francesco’ to visit.
Distance: 23 or 37 km (visiting Montefalco)


Day 5: A short ride to Torgiano
After breakfast in the saddle again and you cycle to Bevagna, which has a lovely medieval square with a fountain and two Romanesque churches. The square is a real meeting place for the friendly inhabitants of the town.
After visiting Bevagna a short ride mostly through the valley will lead you to theof Torgiano, in medieval times a fortified village, situated on the confluence of the rivers Chiascio and Tiber (Tevere). The town is famous for its excellent wines. You will have enough time to visit the nice wine museum with its rich collection of ceramics and art (subject wine making) from Etruscan up to modern times. A very special dinner will be prepared for you in a restaurant close by. You will taste some typical Umbrian dishes (appetizers, ‘primi’ (pasta–risotto), ‘secondo’ (main course), vegetables and a coffee with a grappa or another after-dinner spirit). For the lovers of black truffle you can also enjoy some dishes prepared with the "Diamonds of the Kitchen."  
Distance: 30 km


Day 6: Visiting the town of Perugia  or a cycling tour in the surroundings of Torgiano
Perugia is the capital of the province. A short cycling tour takes you to the station in Ponte S.Giovanni at the foot of Perugia. From here a local train will take you in 8 min. into the historical centre of Perugia. The centre, with its little alleys and characteristic squares, is a lively vibrant place. The renaissance palaces, medieval churches, museums and many galleries will make an ever lasting impression. After your visit you return by train and ride your bike back to the peaceful, hospitable town of Torgiano. Distance: 24 km
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A trip in the surroundings of Torgiano will take you to the village of Deruta  which has, in part, managed to retain the highly distinctive features of its medieval buildings. Deruta is universally famous for its ceramics and there are many ateliers to visit. The origins of this ancient art go back as far as the Etruscan times and nowadays the many local workshops still make excellent quality ceramics. Numerous Italian and foreign museums have pieces of Deruta ceramics on show, including the Victoria and Albert Museum. The town hall hosts  the art gallery and the ceramics museum. The next stop is the sanctuary of Madonna dei Bagni, which was built after a miracle that is said to have taken place in the year 1657. Inside the church there are more then 600 votive tiles, all testimony to the tradition of the Deruta ceramics. Cycling through a beautiful hilly landscape you pass typical Umbrian hamlets like Casalalta. Your cycle back to Torgiano is through the Tiber valley. Distance 33 or 47 km.
In the afternoon in the ‘osteria’ of the Lungarotti family, you will taste the excellent Torgiano wines. Your hotel is in the quiet town centre


Day 7: Ride to Assisi and cooking class
Today a short ride in which you will cross the valley, cycling along quiet country roads. From a distance you will see Assisi, like many other Umbrian towns built on a hilltop. Before reaching Assisi, however, you can stop for a moment to visit the Franciscan basilica in S.Maria degli Angeli. Under its impressive dome still lies the humble little chapel ‘Porziuncola’ where Saint Francis came to pray.
Your hotel is at the foot of Assisi. You can walk along the ‘mattonata’ pavement or cycle to the medieval centre.
You will have enough time to visit the main monuments of the town, like the basilica of Saint Francis with its beautiful frescoes by the painters Giotto, Simone Martini, Cimabue and Pietro Lorenzetti. Your overnight stay will be close to the historical centre in a country house (900m ). In the end of the afternoon a cookery lesson with Rosita.


Day 8: Departure

This is a self guided tour, available also as walking version.


Level of difficulty 2 (moderate): You cycle through a landscape of gentle, rolling hills. Throughout these tours the steeper slopes are short and the longer ones are not too steep. The daily distances are restricted to between 30 and 57 km.


Period 2016: all the year around with exception of holidays like Easter and during the Spoleto Music Festival (2 weeks – end of June beginning of July) Starting days: all days of the week except Mondays


Number of participants: minimum 2 people


We provide trekking bikes for hire from different brands like Target, Atala, Bianchi, Shockblaze and Bottecchia. They have gears 3 x 7/8. The bikes are provided with rear pannier bags, tool kit, pump, helmets, bike computer and a spare inner tube. We offer assistance to our clients in the event of problems. 


HOTELS:
Spello
Hotel Il Cacciatore This 3 star hotel hotel is situated  the historical town centre of Spello. All rooms have air-conditioning, private bathroom, TV and telephone. The hotel has a bar and a restaurant.


Spoleto
Hotel dei Duchi
, a 4 star hotel,  is situated in the historical centre of Spoleto, close to the Roman theatre. The hotel has rooms with air-conditioning, television and private bathroom and it has a bar and excellent restaurant, where the cooking classes will be organized.


San Luca
Villa Zuccari, 4 stars, is surrounded by a nice garden with swimming pool. The building’s oldest
wing dates back to the late 16th century while the facade and the general layout date back to the 1800’s. The rooms have air-conditioning, safe, internet, satellite TV.


 


Torgiano
The hotel Al grappolo d’Oro in Torgiano is an excellent 3 star B&B: all rooms have a private bathroom, air-conditioning, safe, fridge and satellite television. Diner is in a restaurant close by (200m). The hotel has a garden and swimming pool.


Assisi
Country House il Roseto
is an elegant country house in Umbria, nestled in the green countryside at the foot of the wonderful historic centre of Assisi. The 8 rooms and suites have a unique style; they are decorated with precious materials such as wrought iron, travertine marble and the well-known pink stone of Mount Subasio. Each room feature a private bathroom with shower, internet WI FI for free, individually controlled air conditioning, LCD television. Some enjoy a magnificent panoramic view of Assisi. The country house has a car park, restaurant, swimming pool with Jacuzzi and a nice garden.


Hotels can be upgraded in Spello

Hotel La Bastiglia, a 4 star hotel, is also situated in the historic town of Spello in the upper panoramic zone of the ancient medieval village. The rooms are equipped with air conditioning, telephone, minibar, hairdryer, satellite Tv with foreign channels, pay Tv, free wi-fi internet access and private bathroom with shower in the Standard and Superior Rooms and bath in the Deluxe rooms. Services: bar and restaurant available also for external customers, a wonderful panoramic terrace with external cooling system, Swimmig Pool and Solarium, Wellness Center. Inside La Bastiglia Hotel Restaurant there are some important creations of ceramics, antique furnitures and important paintingrom the private collection of Schifano and Norberto.


BIKES: We have trekking bikes for hire from different brands such as Lombardo, Bianchi, and Bottecchia. They have gears 3 x 7/8. The bikes are provided with rear pannier bags, tool kit, map holder (1 per party), pump, helmets, odometer (1 per party) and a spare inner tube. We offer assistance to our clients in the event of problems. Our ebikes are unisex have a gear 7.

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The package includes:
- 7 overnight stays with breakfast (upgrade in Spello and Assisi to 4 star hotel is possible)
- 1 tasting menu (including wine)
- 3 dinners (excluding drinks)
- 1 lunch after the cooking class in Spoleto
- 1 wine-tasting in Torgiano
- 1 cooking lesson in Spoleto and lunch
- 1 cooking lesson in Assisi with tasting of the dishes your prepared and certificate
- Route description (in English, Dutch or Italian) and maps of above mentioned cycle tours
- Luggage transportation
- Local back up service
- Route briefing at your arrival in the first hotel


The package doesn't include:
- International flights
- Italian Visa, if applicable
- Transportation to and from starting and ending point of the tour (we can arrange it for you)
- Bike rental
- Travel insurance
- Tips
- Portage service
- Entrance fees to monuments or museums, unless otherwise specified
- Drinks and meals not specified in the program
- City taxes, to be paid onsite according to each city council rules
  (ex. tourist tax was 1.20 euros per person per night in Spoleto by September 30th 2015)
- Anything that is not mentioned in “The package includes”

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