Welcome to Hooked on Cycling holidays and our cycling holiday in Italy. This particular biking vacation in Italy is in the region of Piemonte in the north west of Italy bordering France. This tour is available as a level 2 cycle tour which means it is very much suitable for a first tour or easy tour for experienced tourists. Piemonte is very well known for the Olympics which were held in the north of the region near Turin but it is also well known for its Truffles , chocolate and gastronomy. It is also a region little explored which means it is a wonderful area for your cycling tour. Our bike tour is a circular tour follow the foothills of the local mountains but never climbing that far into them , this means that you are always in view of breathtaking mountains on your left shoulder but also in view of the fruit growing plains on your right shoulder. There are also many typical historic towns that you will cycle through.

Available daily ( except Thursdays ) May to September
Level 2 self guided tour

Day 1 arrival in Vicoforte Mondovì / Mondovi
Arrive to your first hotel and pick up your bikes and have a welcome meeting with your hotel hosts. If you have time take a walk around the historic town.

Day 2 Vicoforte Mondovì - Borgo S. Dalmazzo 40 miles 65 km
Today is a long first day but a very beautiful first days ride. You will never be climbing that much today (but you do have some climbs today ) as you start your clockwise circular tour. You will cycle through Roccaforte Mondovi with its historic biuldings onto Chuisa di Pesio and onto Borgo . At Chuisa di Pesio you can take a detour uphill into the stunning National Park , cycle as far as you wish up the valley before returning.

Day 3  Borgo S. Dalmazzo - Limone Piemonte 12.5 miles 20km
After yesterdays long day today you have a very much shorter day. Take a relaxing start and look around the historic town of Borgo before heading out on your cycle ride today. Today you are cycling along the valley to Limone Piemonte and lovely picturesque valley road. You will be on a cycle way most of the way today to your hotel. If you do decide to cycle a little further today you are now at the head of the low valley road , cycling further does involve some substantial climbing but if you should decide to cycle part way up the Colle di Tenda you will be rewarded with great views over the Piemonte.

Day 4  Limone Piemonte - Demonte 24 miles 38 km
Today a first ride back down the valley cycle path to Borgo before heading along the adjacent valley to Demonte. You follow a quiet road little used by cars on the south side of the valley. In the distance you will see the high mountains on the Italian-French border.

Day 5 Demonte - Busca 33 miles 53km
Today you return a few miles back down the valley road before turning north . You will make you way along quiet country lanes on the edge of the hills through the historic town of Caraglio and onto Busca. You can also take a short detour to Dronero with its castle and ancient bridge and quaint little streets.

Day 6  Busca - Fossano 36 miles 58 km
The first part of today’s cycle ride takes you to the ancient town of Saluzzo with its renovated ancient quarters and castle. Now after your visit head across the fruit plains with the hills behind you. Almost all fruits are grown here , apples , pears , grapes to name but a few. Soon you will arrive in the historic town of Fossano.

Day 7 Fossano - Narzole 27 miles 43km
Today you continue your ride through the plains but you will not start to view the Langhe mountains in front of you again.

Day 8  Narzole - Vicoforte Mondovì 28 miles 46 km
Your last day takes you through the foot hills of the Langhe a part of Piemonte very famous for its truffles , indeed in this region there are truffle fairs in October where people travel world wide to buy them. As you are now heading south west you can view the whole tour in front of you the crescent shaped mountains which you have followed on the lower slopes are all to see.

Day 9 departure and return home

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How to get there:
By plane to Turin or Milan and then by train to Mondovi. Flights are starting in 2009 into Cuneo which is only a short distance from Mondovi.

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