Bike ride through the hills of Volterra
Bike ride through the hills of Volterra
Without wine tasting
| from 4 and more participants | € 59 |
* Rates are per participants
Do you need a bike?
| Mtb | € 30 -50% € 15/ per bike |
| E-Mtb | € 50 -50% € 25/ per bike |
| Helmet (optional) | Free/ per helmet |
| Damage insurance (Mtb) | € 3/ per bike |
| Damage insurance (e-Mtb) | € 5/ per bike |
Up to 4 mtb delivery at the starting of the tour and pick up at the end of the tour for free. For more than 4 mtb please request a quote.
Tour for experts. Not suitable for beginners. Given the length of the tour and some rather challenging uphill and downhill sections, this tour is only suitable for those who have excellent training and MTB riding skills. We recommend to take part in the tour with your own bicycle: better a full suspension mtb or e-bike.
The tour difficulty is primarily a subjective factor, determined by different elements and from never equal situations.
The most important of them is the effort: the more the climbs are high, the more effort is made.
But climbs are not all the same: they can be more or less steep and of variable length.
To get an idea of how many climbs are waiting for you on a tour, you should check the "elevation gain uphill". The higher the "elevation gain uphill" is the higher the number of climbs you have to face.
Another element that can make a tour more or less difficult is the climate and in particular - in summer time - the exposure to the sun.
Doing the same path in autumn or spring with 20/25 degrees is completely different if done in summer with 35 degrees.
In addition to the temperature, even the humidity, the presence of shade and the road surface can increase (even in the worst cases) the difficulty of 20%.
For this reason, there is no a unique answer to the question 'how difficult is a course' is; everybody has its own parameters and sensations that also depend on your training level, so the difficulty index is considered an indicative value.
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To help you choosing a guided tour, in addition to the degree of difficulty, we ranked the tours according to the following parameters: Landscape, Nature, Art and History.
Landscape
The trail winds through panoramic paths from which you can admire some of the most beautiful landscapes of the Tuscan countryside.
Nature
The tour takes place predominantly in wooded areas or crosses areas of important naturalistic interest such as parks or nature reserves.
Art and history
During the tour you will find places of great historical and artistic interest such as medieval villages, abbeys, churches and castles.
Starting from the locality "Castagno" (a few km from Montaione) we follow the beautiful descent which, passing by "Mommialla" (a locality known for a source of sulphurous waters) will take us to the valley of the river "Era" from where we will begin the climb up to Volterra, one of the most beautiful and ancient villages in Tuscany.
Located on a high hill between the valleys of the "Era" and "Cecina" rivers, Volterra is one of the oldest cities in Tuscany.
Inhabited since the time of the Etruscans (from the 9th to the 7th century BC), it continued to be an important center of power even in the Roman period up to the Middle Ages.
For this reason, today, it has a rich heritage of historical, artistic and archaeological assets that are worth visiting.
The tradition of alabaster is also linked to Volterra, whose artefacts, in addition to representing one of the excellences of Italian craftsmanship, are exported all over the world.
After a break to refill energy we will descend again into the valley of the "Era" river from where we will begin a long climb which - passing at the foot of Mount "Voltraio" with its characteristic pyramid shape and which once hosted a fortified settlement - will take us back to the starting point.
