jchet

Does anyone have any experiance with the companies that offer these vacations? My g-friend and I want to do a tour in Italy in 2005. Both middle aged riders but I race mens masters so can cover 100 miles a day the g-friend is a strong rider for a non racer. We are looking for a good pace well run cycling vacation. Any suggestions?

Guest

Yeah. Pegoretti offers a kick ass tour, and it is combined with a frame building class. Every other day, you learn how to build your own frame, and at the end of the trip, you walk away with a Pegoretti frame that you built with your own hands, and great cycling in the Dolomites.

https://www.cyclingnews.com/tech/?id=2003/news/mar21

Contact Dario at https://www.pegoretticicli.com for details.

Koffee

lofter

just by chance ,did u do the tour building thing koffee?

late

Hi,
I have not used this company yet. I am going to. have heard good things about them. Here is one of their trips... https://www.ciclismoclassico.com/trip...e_the_Alps.htm

These guys are the Rolls Royce of cycling vacations
https://www.butterfield.com/index.asp?navid=125
Not really what you're looking for, but it sounds like fun.

Guest

What tour building thing?

Koffee

lofter

the pegoretti tour and frame building class is what i was getting at , sorry bout that

Guest

No, but I went to Trento this year in early March and spoke to Dario... and damned if I wasn't almost in tears when they talked to me about it and I realized I just didn't have the funds to do it. But let me tell you, when I do get the funds, I will definitely do it.

Besides, Trento has some of the most wonderful countryside! And the Dolomites backdrop is fantastic!

Koffee

lofter

yup would really be sweet to learn to braze and make your own frame.but how they do carbon fiber i have know idea exept to glue it together . regardless , the trip would be great. thanks for sharing

Guest

I don't think he uses carbon fiber though. Methinks he uses steel, but I could be wrong.

Still, a great experience all around. And the dudes he hangs with are cool too. I'm looking forward to seeing him again at Interbike.

Koffee

stever

re holidays in italy
ive just returned from sennigallia
near ancona italy

the hotel bolonga has very good facilities
also they arrange guides to take you out
very quiet and a great part of italy
hotel details

acantor

In July I rode through Ticino (the Italian-speaking area of Switzerland), across the border into Italy, and most of the way around Lake Como. (I also took a ferry boat to cross the lake.) Both Ticino and the Lake Como regions are stunningly beautiful. I had no problems finding reasonable accommodations, insanely delicious restaurant meals, food for the road, detailed maps, and bicycle mechanics.

It was an easy trip to plan myself, and the cost was a fraction of an organized tour.

Alan

Guest

That's very true... you can ride through Switzerland into Italy- you could go from Lugano and take a straight shot to the Lake Como region. From Lake Como, it's an easy jump into Milan, and from Milan, you can certainly do a one day trip into Brescia, and from Brescia, you can easily ride into Verona. Verona to Venice is a longer ride, but you could break it up if you needed by going from Verona to Vicenza, then Vicenza to Venice. I've done this ride myself, and it's not a bad ride at all- and I still love Verona more than any other city in Italy. I go there every year. I also never do an organized tour- it's all on my own with the most updated Touring Club Italiano maps.

Koffee

vale

I'm italian (and I live in Italy), so if you need help contact me.

Travelinguyrt

UMMMMMMM
KOFFEE
Are you going to Italy in '05?
I'm planning 4 months in Europe next year prob starting in April, with one month in Spain, flexible
I don't care for tours either, do you join up with other riders at all?
Doing the SF to Malibu ride shortly
Did 2 months in Europe July, Aug, Sept this year

Guest

Oh yeah. Italy in 05 for sure. I don't have 4 months to spare... yet! But I am working on getting in 2 months. 1 month in Italy and a followup month in Switzerland if possible. The riding there is awesome.

Koffee

JoeLonghair

Just come back form Italy, 2 week tour, landed in Venice rode to Florence, Pissa then Rome. In Total 734 sunkissed miles. Best to do your own tour, I went with a tent and camped along as I went. The roads were excellent, very safe and the drivers were very aware of cyclist. Best to go early spring or after Aug as the weather is just right, 27-28 degrees C and campsites/ hotels were not full. Last thing you need after days ride is to be told no vacancy. If you are you are out in the sticks ask the farmers if you can pitch up for the night, I never got refused and always had fresh farm eggs given to me even when I wanted to pay for them.

Best luck on your Italian adventure, I am sure its one you will always remember.

jogger

I am looking for a really tough tour in Italy - can anyone recommend one with some decent mountains and some flexibility with the program?
I found a list of tours here: https://www.cyclingtrips.com/company_tours.asp , but it is a bit difficult to tell from their breathlessly enthusiastic websites just how good they are.
I went this year on Fernando Carvalho Training Tours Portugal (www.fcarvalho-ciclismo.com), which was fantastic, but I am determined to do Italy this year.
Thanks in advance for any tips,
Jogger

Guest

Contact Nathank via email. He does tours up in the Dolomites, and they're sounding tough. He's not around as much on the forums, and it may be because he's leading those tours of his (he works for a touring company).

Koffee

late

Hi,
Ciclissmo Classico has a great reputation. I've never done a
guided tour so this is based on 2nd hand and on a TV show that followed them across Italy. I am planning on going on one of their trips. They have about 3 advanced trips in Italy. This is the one I would like to do. If you go, when in Salzburg visit the AugustinerKeller.

https://www.ciclismoclassico.com/trip...o_Salzburg.htm