Price
From 395€/Person
From 395€/Person
Discover Aurunci mountains with its highest mountain in Europe close to the sea (Monte Petrella 1500m). Biking you will go from mountains to the sea in the blink of an eye, crossing places of the ancient Romans, appreciating the essence of natural parks, tasting and enjoying the typical cuisine of the southern Pontine area.
Tour
The sea Mountain
Duration
4 days - 3 nights (Thursday morning – Sunday evening)
Tour type
4 bike excursions with guide (also as bikepaking)
Partecipants and departures date*
Min 2 – Max 8 / from April to September
Distance and Elevation
Km 160km – 2900m
Bike – Level
MTB, e-bike, gravel – Day 1 high e medium/low remaining days
The sea Mountain tour is a 4-stage route, for a total of 160km and 2900m of altitude difference, to be done with MTB, Gravel and e-bike. Starting from the sea, you will climb the mountains up to an exclusive “terrace”, from where you can enjoy a unique view of the Tyrrhenian coast, right in front of us, on clear days, you can see Pontine, Ischia and Capri Islands and Vesuvius Vulcan as well. Coming back along the coast, you will go through the seaside village of Formia, Gaeta, Itri up to the delightful Sperlonga.
The groups will be made of a minimum of 2 people up to a maximum of 8, together with a local guide.
Scheduled dates are**:
April from 10th to 13th
May from 8th to 11th
May from 22nd to 25th
June from 5th to 8th
September from 4th to 7th
September from 11th to 14th
September from 25th to 28th
4 bike tour with local guide
3 nights in 3* Hotel or B&B formula and mountain refuge (only the first night on Redentore mountains) with breakfast
3 light lunch
3 dinners
2 tastings of typical local foods
Luggage transportation to all facilities (if not executed as bikepacking)
Hotel night bike storage
Additional service on request and to be paid separately
E-Bike rental
Travel insurance
Shuttle from Sperlonga to Formia train station (if not executed in bikepacking)
Anything not expressly indicated in “the tour includes”
Day 1 (about 30KM – 1300M Elev.)
Arrival in the morning at Formia train station, welcome briefing and start climbing Monte Redentore, reaching over 1000m above sea level to look the unique views that the landscape offers us. The night is planned in a mountain refuge where a typical local dinner will be served.
Day 2 (about 45KM – 300M Elev.)
A sweet awakening in the mountains, having a group breakfast. We immediately head towards the Minturno coast, where we will visit iconic places of the Roman Empire and areas of historical interest for the Second World War. Traveling along the delightful seafront of Minturno we will arrive in the regional park of Gianola, important for its Mediterranean fauna and flora, for its seascapes and much more. The day will end at the second accommodation facility
Day 3 (about 45KM – 600M Elev.)
After breakfast, departure towards the village of Formia with an eye always on the Roman Empire, we continue towards the village of Gaeta from where you can look the entire gulf and the Aurunci mountains on the sea. We will continue our excursion through the ancient streets of Gaeta, tasting the typical tiella gaetana and walking along the paths of the Monte Orlando park. From the coast we will begin to go in the outback of Itri, crossing the typical local olive groves. After a tasting of olives and Itri olive oil we will go to the third accommodation facility.
Day 4 (about 40KM – 700M Elev.)
Last day, last efforts. We leave in the morning, after a sweet breakfast, towards the original famous Roman Via Appia. Continuing to cross the olive groves of Itri, we will point our wheels towards the sea, rediscovering the Riviera of Ulysses until we reach one of the pearls of the Tyrrhenian coast, Sperlonga seaside village. Here we will visit more places of ancient Rome, we will pedal overlooking the sea and finally we will relax first in the square and then on the seafront of Sperlonga. Time to take some more photos and our return home will have been enriched by psychophysical well-being between nature and history, unique views, intense emotions and the discovery that by biking we can discover new horizons!
Tour includes 3 nights in 3* hotels, B&Bs formula and mountains refuge All family and locally run. The hotel and B&B rooms have private bathrooms and breakfast is always included to start the day with the right energy. The proposal of mountain refuge is designed in the adventurous and simple spirit of the mountain, therefore refuge is equipped with dormitories for 4 and 6 people and shared bathrooms.
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