That bike looks very similar to my Bianchi, which I use not just for touring but for distance generally, especially if I have a large amount of supermarket shopping to do. Nice bike, light, fast and strong. Took a similar bike down the Danube a couple of years ago. As you'd imagine it is either flat or marginally downhill all the way, so not a difficult cycle, but it meant I could take all the camping gear plus clothes etc and cover 100km per day both quickly and with ease.
The downside was where folding bikes always win: I could only take certain trains, and buses, as I discovered when a brake cable snapped, were out of the question.