From relaxed cycling to real bike challenges !
Genius Loci Travel is the Italian specialist for self-guided cycling tours. But on certain dates we also offers a range of small group cycling tours, featuring the most beautiful regions of Italy, with plenty of choice for all ability levels and all seasons, from gentle cycling tours through the most beautiful landscapes of Italy to real challenging biking holidays, featuring some of the most famous ‘cols’ of Italy (and France).
Our great road bike challenges are especially designed for the real cyclist, who likes a challenge and likes to make his kilometres and climb a few challenging mountains, cycle, but as well wants the pleasure of cycling through amazing landscapes, in a nice climate and with a good hotel and good food at night.
According to the type of tour and the area, on some tours the focus is more on the real biking, on others on the cultural aspects of the area. On all our small group tours you’ll have the assistance of a professional multi-lingual tour leader and of course vehicle support during the cycling day.
Choose from the best selection of tours around Italy. Not one single day is the same on our cycling tours!
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Please note that bike rental is not included in our tour prices, offering you the possibility to bring your own bicycles.
For those who wish to rent a bike we offer very good quality bicycles at the best possible prices. Have a look at our rental bikes here.
Why go cycling with Genius Loci Travel ?
A Genius Loci cycling tour takes you along carefully selected routes through an area, making sure that you see the best of this area, avoiding the busier roads and with the optimal mix between cycling & sightseeing.
Our tours are the right balance between continuous routes and centre-based tours. Usually you change hotel about every 2/3 days on our tours. This avoids you to have to change hotel every day, while on the other hand you can follow a continuous route through the area, without having to do the same road several times.
Genius Loci Biking Adventures: cycling with friends !
When you join a Genius Loci group cycling tour, you travel with fellow travellers from around the globe, Europeans, Australians, New Zealanders, Americans, Canadians, and others. People with different origins, but with a common interest in biking, in travel, culture & nature, history and gastronomy.
Our groups ensure you to have a good time with other travellers from around the globe, sharing and exchanging ideas and interests and creating new friendships. Our local tour leaders make sure you’ll see and get the best of the country!
Genius Loci Travel has always strived to stay away from mass tourism. Our groups are therefore never larger than 15 people, small enough to avoid making a negative impact on the places you go, and small enough to travel to special places and immerse yourself in the real country, without having to follow an umbrella…
Small Group Adventures: Worry-Free & Fun
On our small group adventures we care about the logistics – you enjoy the journey! Our experienced Tour Leaders, all expert local guides, take care of every detail, every step of the way. From the moment you contact us to the moment you have your last breakfast together, we arrange and coordinate everything, so you can focus on the scenes around you, relax, and have all the fun.
All your accommodation and transportation is taken care of. The hotels we choose are always well located, have all private facilities (with the exception of some mountain huts) and offer the best price/quality ratio around. Transportation is done with the best possible means. Private buses are used on all longer road journeys to guarantee our freedom to explore and to increase your comfort, but if it’s a better option to use the public transport (train, boat or bus), the tour leader will buy your tickets and gets you on the right bus, boat or train. Most entrance fees are included as well, generally for all the sites, parks and activities listed in the itineraries (see separate tours for details).
Local Leaders
By working with a team of local tour leaders, we can help you get inside a destination. Our guides live in the regions you cycle through, leading the way and facilitating ‘insider access’ every pace.
They open doors wherever you travel and present a local’s perspective on the people, places, and regional cultures. They can help you to understand the country in-depth, as they speak the language, can read the menus, understand the day to day world around them, offer insights into the history and culture, and are passionate about their homeland.
Guaranteed Adventures !
We require normally a minimum of four people to operate a guided trip at the advertised price. If, a month before the trip starts, there are fewer than four registrants, you will be given the following options:
1. Do the self-guided version of the same trip or a similar trip. You get all the necessary info plus a discount ! If more people sign up in time we can switch back to a guided tour.
2. Switch to another of our Active Italian Adventures in the same year.
3. Choose to do this trip as a ‘private adventure’. A 20% price premium will be requested.
4. Cancel for a full refund (no administration fees will apply).
