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Tour of Tuscany - SPT23028

Saturday, June 17, 2023 | Marko Bauer / Henning Sewöster | Europe / Italy

Eric, Kevin and Gabe in San Galgano

Day 1: Florence - Rimini

Tuscany - not only a paradise for lovers of wine and art, but also for motorcyclists.

We left the hotel under clear blue skies and started out on a tiny, twisty mountain road right away. And that's what we continued doing all day: ride twisty roads. We stopped in La Verna, the former hermitage of Saint Francis of Assisi, and of course for a great lunch.

As it rained later on, we decided to ride straight to our destination, Rimini, on the Mediterranean coast.

Tuscany in the morning…
Villa Pitiana…our tourstart hotel
…our harley davidson guests from the united states have arrived safely.
Italy, here we come…
The group on Passo Consuma
Steve is completely relaxed
La Verna

Day 2: Rimini -Assisi

In the morning of our 2nd ridingday our daily route takes us from Rimini to Assisi. After a hearty breakfast, we leave the popular seaside resort on the Adriatic Sea in the direction of Urbino, Cortona and Lake Trasimeno. Everyone is in a good mood and looking forward "cornering" some more Italian roads.

…leaving our hotel „Aria“ in Rimini.

Next destination Assisi.
restaurant for lunch „La Collina“ in Fraccano
lunchtime
…Dan obviously more than satisfied by riding the passes
group photo in Cortona
…one beautiful view chases the next…
Assisi evening walk
view of Assisi from our hotel
basilica San Francesco at night

Day 3: Rest day Assisi

We are staying in Assisi for another night and spent the first restday. Some of us take the motorcycles to Monte Sibilini for a ride, others are visiting some spots in Assisi or take a massage at the Spa and do some shopping.

Assisi in the morning…
spectacular view on the plateau of Monte Sibilini
Five of us used the restday for another ride.
time for dinner in Assisi

fascinating landscape at Monte Sibilini

basilica San Francesco in Assisi

impressive church paintings from the 13th und 14th century

Day 4: Assisi - Radda in Chianti

After two days outside of Tuscany, it was time to head back. We left Assisi in the morning and stopped for a final Umbrian cappuccino in Citta della Pieve - the town was quite busy, because the weekly market happened to be today.

Afterwards we reached Tuscany and avoided our first heavy shower by shortcutting to the beautiful Romanic church of Sant'Antimo.

We stopped for lunch in Montalcino, in the middle of tempting Brunello bottles.

We caught a short bit of rain during our cruise through the Crete Sienese, before we reached our beautiful hotel in the Chianti region!

Gabe and Kevin in Assisi
Short stop in Tuscany
Dan, Kevin, Steve, Eric and Dan at Sant‘Antimo
Sant‘Antimo
Wet but beautiful

Day 5: Rest day Radda

Rest day - but as usual everybody wanted to ride. So one group took off to explore the twisty roads of the Chianti region, while the other decided to visit Siena!

Both groups had a wonderful day and rejoined for a great dinner in a small restaurant in the heart of Radda!

San Galgano
San Galgano - the church without a roof
Greg, Eric, Steve and Kevin after the ride
Pat and Steve on citytour in Siena…
group photo in front of the cathedral of Siena

Day 6: Radda - Florence

Last riding day from Radda back to Villa Pitiana in Donnini where the tour started. 

We again enjoy the beautiful roads of the Chianti region and visit the winery on Castel Meleto, where some stock up on their personal wine stocks. Then it goes to an extraordinary and locally very well-known butcher's shop with restaurant in Panzano. There, the "Antica Macelleria Cecchini" rounds off the last day of the tour with a delicious 5-course lunch menu.

Unser letzter Fahrtag von Radda zurück zum Tourstart-Hotel nach Donnini bei Florenz.

Wir genießen erneut die wunderschönen Straßen der Chianti-Region und besuchen das Weingut auf Castel Meleto, wo einige ihre persönlichen Weinbestände noch einmal etwas aufstocken. Anschließend geht es zu einer außergewöhnlichen und lokal sehr bekannten Metzgerei mit Restaurantbetrieb in Panzano. Dort rundet uns die "Antica Macelleria Cecchini" den letzten Tourtag mit einem köstlichen Mittags-5-Gang-Menü ab.

 

Pat, Steve and Eric starting in our last riding day
on the road again hitting some nice curves in sweepers paradise tuscany
short stop at the winery of Castel Meleto
winery Castel Meleto
„Antica Macelleria Cecchini“ our last lunch stop in Panzano
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