Program:
Sunday:
Arrival on Elba, meeting with your guide, dinner, overnight stay
Monday:
breakfast,
1st Excursion: Marina di Campo – Marina di Campo. “Agonistic” uphill tracks and long panoramic descents all the way to the sea.
Itinerary: Marina di Campo – M.te Perone – S.Piero – Marina di Campo – M.te Orello – Lacona – M.te Tambone – Marina di Campo
Length: 57,7 km
Total altitude difference: mt 1645
Difficulty level: easy
Enviromental: Garigue, Mediterranean scrub , wood
Travel time: 4-6 hours(cycle touring pace)
dinner, overnight stay
Tuesday:
Breakfast
Along paths of history and legends.
2nd Excursion: Sant’ilario – Sant’ilario
Surroundings: Mediterranean scrub, woodland, chestnut groves.
Itinerary: S.Ilario – Poggio – Marciana – S.Cerbone – M.Perone – S. Ilario
Length: 27 km
Total altitude difference: mt 711
Difficulty level: easy
Travel time: 3 hours(cycle touring pace)
dinner, overnight stay
wednesday:
Breakfast. 3rd excursion: Capoliveri – Capoliveri. Mines, beaches and breathtaking downhill tracks, fabulous routes including a spectacular MTB World Cup descent among iron mines, ravishing coves and seagulls colonies.
Surroundings: Mediterranean scrub, garigue and mines.
Itinerary: Capoliveri – Fattoria Ripalte – M.Calamita – M.Torricelle – Calanova – Ginepro – Poggio del Pozzo – Capoliveri.
Length: 51,6 km
Total altitude difference: mt 860
Difficulty level: easy
Travel time: 4/5 hours(cycle touring pace)
dinner, overnight stay
Thursday
Breakfast. 4th excursion: Porto Azzurro – Porto Azzurro. Panoramic trails and technical single treks
Itinerary: Porto Azzurro – M.Castello – Acquabona – M.Barbatoia – M.San Martino – Villa Napoleone – M.Orello – Casa Marchetti – Porto Azzurro
Surroundings: Mediterranean scrub, woodland, garigue.
Length: 38,5 km
Total altitude difference: mt 1294
Difficulty level: hard
Travel time: 4/5 hours(cycle touring pace)
dinner, overnight stay
Friday:
Breakfast, dinner, overnight stay
Saturday:
Breakfast. Departure by motorboat from Marina di Campo harbour, arrival in Pianosa after about 40 minutes of navigation. Start of our guided mountain bike tour along the island’s awesome dirt roads. During the excursion we will get to admire breathtaking views and appreciate scents of this now uninhabited island .
Duration of the excursion: 3 or 5 hours, at choice.
Difficulty level: easy. Leaving Pianosa Island at about 4.30pm . Dinner and overnight stay .
Sunday:
Breakfast – departure.