icon Trip Overview

icon Lodging

Route Rating Level 2 to Level 5

PDF iconDetailed Itinerary

RESERVE THIS TRIP!

Premiere Inns
  • From $4,798
    To $4,998 pp dbl. occ.
  • (+From $970 To $1,470
    for sgl. occ.)

Reserve early for the best available price. More Info

6 DAYS, 5 NIGHTS
ROLLOVER DATES BELOW FOR SPECIFIC PRICES
2008 DATES
FAMILY TRIPS
2009 DATES
FAMILY TRIPS
ROLLOVER DATES ABOVE FOR SPECIFIC PRICES
TRIP NOTES

All meals included except 3 lunches and 1 dinner.

Recommended Kids Ages

View age recommendations and restrictions

Cancellation Policy

View cancellation policy

Meet / Depart

Florence, Italy

Special Interest

Culture & History, Fine Wine & Cuisine, Swim

My Backroads

View albums for this trip

Recommended Reads

Essential trip reading

Search
Contact Us

Call: 800-462-2848
or 510-527-1555
Fax: 510-527-1444
E-mail us

801 Cedar St.
Berkeley, CA 94710

Business Hours:
7 days a week
from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., Pacific Time

Or contact your travel agent

Tuscany Family Biking

Tuscany Family Biking

A Taste of Tuscany North of Siena

Treat your family to Tuscany with a blend of biking, history and exploration. Our family routes in this region are tailored to adults and kids alike and allow for plenty of family time both on and off your bicycle. Explore medieval San Gimignano, crowned with medieval towers, and visit one of the best gelaterie in Italy. Throughout the trip, delight in the friendliness of locals who enthusiastically share their culture and heritage. Tour Tuscany family-style with Backroads.

You are viewing the Family Premiere Inns version of this trip.
View the Family Casual Inns Itineraries.

View the Classic Premiere Inns , Classic Casual Inns Itineraries.

View other trips in Europe Italy

Days 1-2 San Gimignano

Rendezvous in Florence Head out by bike through the pastoral Elsa Valley Discover how truffles are found and taste at a working truffle farm Kids can try their hand at painting Tuscan landscapes with the help of a local artist In the World Heritage site of San Gimignano, climb one of the renowned 12th- and 13th-century stone towers, check out the medieval cistern (which still works!) and treat yourself to a tasty gelato in the historic town center Pedal country roads en route to Volterra, known for fine alabaster.

Day 3 Vagliagli

Pedal through stunning countryside to the hilltop town of Casole d'Elsa and take in magnificent panoramas  Enjoy lunch on your own in Monteriggioni, best known for its 14 towers that Dante once compared to gigantic Titans Kids have time to frolic at one of the hotel's swimming pools.

Days 4-6 Gaiole in Chianti

Ride through the heart of the Chianti hills, stopping at Castello di Brolio, where the first Chianti wine was first blended Kids can create their own ceramics at a studio in Radda While adults savor a wine tasting with a local expert, the younger set plays chef at a cooking class  Sample estate-produced honey and olive oil at Badia a Coltibuono Embark on a final spin to the town of Monti before saying farewell.

Route Rating What's this? Every Backroads trip is designed to appeal to a wide variety of interests and fitness levels. Each offers options for more or less activity, so you can decide exactly how much you want to do day by day.

Lodging What's this? Our lodgings are divided into three different categories.

Premiere Inns:These lodgings possess both elegance and authentic regional flair.

Casual Inns:These lodgings are comfortable and appropriate to the areawith such characteristics as authenticity, scenic settings and proximity to our activities.

Deluxe Camping:We set up the tents (and take them down), handle every camp chore and perform culinary magic.

Detailed Itinerary

Reserve This Trip!

Trip praise

My wife and I have been on 6 other bike trips in Europe with another company and I can say without any reservations that our 3 leaders were the best of any of these trips. They answered all my questions and most important of all they were fun for our daughter and the rest of the kids. They played games and in general showed that they love to work with kids. The van support was also outstanding. We never waited more than a very few minutes to be picked up.
Tim Kennedy - Shawnee Mission, KS

read more trip praise

For more than 29 years, Backroads has been perfecting the art of active travel. We are the Tuscany tour experts. For biking tours in Europe Italy, trust our in-depth connections. To see all our Europe Italy biking tours click here. For our selection of award-winning Europe Italy walking and hiking tours click here. For our selection of award-winning Europe Italy multisport tours click here.

Tuscany Family Biking

MEDIEVAL CHARM : Premiere Inns

Castello di Spaltenna

Gaiole in Chianti (2 nights): Surrounded by Chianti hills and vineyards, this impressive restored feudal hamlet offers spacious and comfortable guest rooms, indoor and outdoor swimming pools, a sauna, gym and Turkish bath.

La Collegiata

San Gimignano (2 nights): Originally a Franciscan convent built in 1587, this Relais & Châteaux member overlooks beautiful countryside and features a swimming pool.

Relais Borgo Scopeto

Vagliagli (1 night): This traditional and elegant Tuscan estate, set amid vineyards and olive trees and overlooking Siena, offers two swimming pools, a restaurant and contemporary guest rooms with antiques.

Tuscany Family Biking Tuscany Family Biking

Relais Borgo Scopeto

You are viewing the Family Premiere Inns version of this trip.
View the Family Casual Inns Itineraries.

View the Classic Premiere Inns , Classic Casual Inns Itineraries.

Tuscany Family Biking

Route Rating

Daily Mileage Options & Cumulative Elevation Gain

Day 1
  • Level 1 1 Route Option Available
  • 18 miles
  • 1000 feet elevation gain
Day 2
  • Levels 1 to 3 3 Route Options Available
  • 12 18, 37 miles
  • 500 - 3500 feet elevation gain
Day 3
  • Levels 2 to 5  3 Route Options Available
  • 30, 38, 61 miles
  • 1500 - 3500 feet elevation gain
Day 4
  • Levels 1 to 4  3 Route Options Available
  • 26, 41, 50 miles
  • 1500 - 3200 feet elevation gain
Day 5
  • Levels 2 to 4 2 Route Options Available
  • 26, 44 miles
  • 1800 - 2500 feet elevation gain
Day 6
  • Level 1
  • 12 miles
  • 700 feet elevation gain

On this Family Trip, liberal van shuttling is incorporated into the itinerary to facilitate our activities and mileage is kept moderate to enable you to spend more time exploring on your own.

Tuscany Family Biking Tuscany Family Biking

Trips For All Abilities

Every Backroads trip is designed to appeal to a wide variety of interests and fitness levels. We know your pace may vary from one day to the next-and your traveling companion's may differ somewhat from yours. So we present a range of mileage options, and each day you decide exactly what and how much you want to do.

Activity Level Average Time Average Distance
    Biking Walking
& Hiking
1 2-3
hours		 10-20
miles		 2-5
miles
2 2-4
hours		 21-30
miles		 5-7
miles
3 3-5
hours		 31-40
miles		 7-9
miles
4 4-6
hours		 41-55
miles		 9-11
miles
5 5-7+
hours		 56-75+
miles		 11-13+
miles