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09.00 am - Meeting the group, bike fitting and briefing with the tour guide.
09.30 am - Departure from the meeting point.
10.30 am - Arrival at the Chianti Sculpture Park and start of the self-guided visit (using the free Application of the Park) -comprised in the price
11.30 am - Start cycling towards the Borgo Scopeto Relais.
12.00 am - Arrival at the Borgo Scopeto Relais, pause for photographs and go on a ride through the vineyard
12.45 - Arrival at the Scopeto Winery. Wine tasting of up to three glasses, including Chianti Classico, paired with local delights
02.00 pm - Return to Siena, mostly descents, using secondary roads. If necessary, we can add a stop for a coffee or toilet.
03.00 - 03.30 pm - Arrival at the meeting point.
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This electric bike tour in Italy starts at the meeting point, placed in the E Bike Travel Siena shop, just outside of the walls of the city. Here, we'll perform a bike fitting and the preparatory briefing, prior to the start of our cycling tour.
Our first stop will be the Chianti Sculpture Park, distant aroung 2 hs cycling. To get there, we'll cross the fascinating hills of the Chianti Classico, mainly using the iconic dirt roads of the Eroica, revealing, in a slow and contemplative way, an area rich in food and wine traditions. There'll be stops for story telling along the way and also for taking pictures of the alluring landscape.
Arriving at the Sculptures Park, you'll be left some free time to explore it, before we come back to our saddles again.
After acquiring some inspiration in the arts part, we restart cycling bound for the Hotel Borgo Scopeto, famous for having been the scenario for the film "Letters to Juliet". After some stories and pause for a picture, we'll get by the winery of Scopeto to undertake the wine tasting experience. Here, you can deepen your exploration of the tastes of the territory by sampling one of its greatest expressions: Chianti Classico.
The wine tasting includes up to 3 glasses paired with a chopping board of cold local cuts. The return to Siena is predominantly downhill, using roads with less traffic as much as possible.
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Approximate Tour Duration 5-5,5 hs
Total Approximate distance: 37,6 km / 23.3 mi
Accumulated Ascents: 670 m / 2198.16 ft
Terrain: 45% dirt roads / 55% asphalt (mostly secondary roads)
Maximum climbing Steepness: 10 %
Difficulty Level: low
Technical ability required: touristic level (to be able to ride a bike in dirt gravel roads)
Physical effort: low-medium
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Cycling guide certified for the National MTB Academy with total knowledge of the area
Tour Leader Third party civil liability insurance (in accordance with the terms of the RC 70346 policy)
Emergency mechanical assistance in the event of a breakdown
Rental of Electrical Bike (MTB kind)
Helmets
Entrance to the Sculptures Park of the Chianti
Wine tasting comprising up to 3 glasses of the Scopeto Winery, included the Chianti Classico
Chopping Board with cold cuts (like prosciutto) and local cheeses
Water in the winery
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Water or food to consume during the cycling tour
Shuttle o transfer
Meals
Personal Accidents Insurance (possible to be added under request)
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Click here to see all the related FAQ’s. Here’s one of them:
Do I have to be super fit to participate in your E bike tours?
The itineraries, combined with the assisted E bikes that we offer in our tours, are developed to be suitable to all shapes of bodies. We carefully assess the tracks so that to select the gentler and less trafficked routes in order to end up with the safer possibilities. The only characteristic that is essential to have prior to joining us is at least a minimum of technical ability to drive an E bike (see our E bikes here) under gravel or dirt road. You won’t find anything hard such as going downhill in our E Bike tours, we just need that you feel comfortable in steering and braking under these pavements. So, if you have already, even if a while ago, riden an E Bike under these conditions, we’re quite sure that you’re skilled to join us. Just remembering that prior to any of our tours, we’ll provide you a safety talk, or, if necessary, mentoring, on how to use the pedal-assisted E bikes and will also conceal some free time to test drive them under these conditions, under the supervision of the Tour Leader. To wrap it up, we’ll make everything in our control to make you relax, empower yourself and have a great time!
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In the event of cancellation of the tour due to bad weather, it will be rescheduled. If participation on the new proposed date is impossible, the amount will be refunded (depending on the payment method, management costs may be withheld)
As long as the cancellation is requested within 48 hours of the start time of the chosen tour, the refund will be granted in full, with management costs relating to the payment method being withheld.
Refund won't be granted if the cancellation request arrives in less than 48 hours prior the tour meeting time.
