A Week in mountain bike on pianosa and elba island

Discovering Elba and Pianosa by mountain bike. A week long holiday of guided MTB tours.

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.

Calendar 2018

dates on  request

Price

on request

Fee includes: 5 guided tours as scheduled, 7 overnight stays in a double room with half board at a 2 or 3 star hotel, a return passenger + MTB ferry ticket, return ticket to Pianosa, insurance, technical assistance during the excursions.