Cycling Tour around Italy

From North to South of Italy there are a lot of itineraries to follow if you want to travel in a different way rather than airplane, car or bus. It’s been years now since it is possible to carry with you your bike on the train paying only 3.5€ extra for the whole day.

The trails replace old train tracks, embankments of rivers, old roads. Using these trails, the Fiab (National federation friends of bycicle) has drawn “The Sun Bycicle Trail”, an itinerary for those who love travelling by bycicle from Trentino to Sicily.

Here there are some ideas:

Trentino Alto Adige
A 350 km-ride between valleys and mountains. It goes from Albes-Bressanone, then on the train to San Candido cycling to Dobbiaco and Brunico. Again on the train to Brennero followed by a ride to the valleys of Fleres, Ridanna, Racines and Vipiteno. On the fourth day a ride down the valley of Funes and Rodella and the last a descent down to the town of Bolzano.

Lombardia
A 20 km- along the banks of Mincio river.
From Peschiera del Garda to Pozzolo. This is an itinerary suitable also for families.

Emilia/Liguria
Following in Hannibal’s footsteps (150 km). This itinerary is divided into 3 stages along the Val Trebbia and Val d’Aveto, which is called Hannibal’s route, as this follows in the route that the carthagenese warrier. It travelled along. The itinerary goes as follows: Piacenza – Bobbio – Marsaglia – Rezzaoaglio – Passo della Forcella – Chiavari. You can end your journey leaving your bike for a while and jumping on a kayak.

Lazio
Appian way – 50km
It’s a trail that will take you from the Appian way to the lake Albano through history, archeology and nature.

Campania/Apulia
This 360 km of Borbon trail will take you from Bari to Naples through five stages:
Bari – Castel del Monte (70km); Castel del Monte – Melfi; Melfi – Caposele (78 km); Caposele – Avellino (63 km); Avellino – Napoli (68 km).

Sardenia
400 km in 7 days as follows: Porto Torres – Fertilia (44 km); Capocaccia – Ittiri; Ittiri – Valledoria; Valledoria – Santa Teresa di Gallura; Santa Teresa – Cannigione where getting on a ferry boat you could visit the islands of La Maddalena and Caprera. Then Cannigione – Porto Cervo e finally Cannigione – Olbia.

Sicily
A 350 km coast to coast of the most beautiful island in the Mediterranean.
It’s a pretty hard itinerary reccommended only to fit cyclists and mountain bikers along the coast of Sicily and the mountains. The starting point is the town of Agrigento with its Valley of the Temples nearby, passing by the nature reserve of Cammarata and Park of Madonie to end in the town of Cefalu’.