Italy E-Bike Tour: Tuscany to Rome

The tour is 8 days long with 6 days of cycling.

You'll follow the Via Francigena pilgrimage route as closely as possible making your way south on a multitude of different surfaces. This electric bike tour mostly follows back roads, strade bianche, country lanes and rough dirt tracks so you must be confident riding on gravel. You’ll encounter a few cheeky climbs (quite steep in places!) and this is where the e-bike gearing will come in useful. Roads can get busier closer to the bigger towns so you may encounter traffic in these areas. For this tour electric mountain bikes are provided and recommended if bringing your own, however, some leisure/hybrid-style electric bikes may be suitable.

Grading

This tour is graded as a 3 out of 5. The often gravelly and uneven nature of some of the terrain and the cheeky climbs throughout make the route relatively challenging (and would be graded as a 4 if using standard bikes). Since however, this tour is offered on electric bikes, this enables you to more confidently tackle and conquer these challenges, allowing for a less strenuous ride and more time for sightseeing along the way. The riding does require a decent level of fitness, and some experience riding off-road on uneven terrain (even on an electric bike) – not suitable for beginners.

- Distances generally between 20-45 miles / 32-72 kms per day

- For the leisure cyclist with a good level of physical fitness

- May include some steeper, cheeky climbs and possibly sections of varying terrain (eg. forest tracks, gravel paths etc)

Is this suitable for you?

Although you may not cycle every day, you do keep yourself relatively fit and maybe enjoy an afternoon out on your bike at the weekend. Your preference is perhaps for flatter terrain but you don’t mind tackling some hills, and the occasional steep climb if you can take it at your own pace.