Cycling Holiday in Italy

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For Tuscany MTB/touring, look at this as well:

http://www.terresienainbici.it/index_eng.asp

Basically the route(s) of the Erocia that are made more accessible to English speaking cyclo-tourists the last year or two.

 

 

For the Como lake district look at this: http://www.cicloviadeilaghi.it/home.jhtml Maps (1:250000, 1:50000) are also available as pdf's there, but also in hard copy in tourist offices. Probably more road than MTB but a special place to visit is the Madonna del Ghisallo and the bicycle museum there. You might even have a beer with RH

 

Sourthern Alps (Alpes-Maritimes) MTB:

http://www.randoxygene.org/pge/rando_vtt/rubrique_rando.php?rubrique=2&zone=1

There is 30 MTB routes (from 2 hours to 5 hour traverse routes) in a booklet available. I cant find a pdf copy on the web site, but I'm sure you can email them. Ask for "VTT2008 - Les Guides Randoxygene". It contain route and profiles info.  Be warn, it is not flat

 

The area is from JLA's Col La Bonette in the north to looking over Monaco in the South:

 

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