A bike journey through the artistic and natural beauty of central Italy
Autumn is still a month ideal for cycling and if you fancy a cycling holiday for a few days, based on the slow pace and the beauty of art and nature, the cycling route permanent “Cycling in the Terra del Duca” can be what it does for you. It is a journey of almost 450 kilometers between the Marche and Umbria regions, which extends from the Adriatic Sea to the mountains of the Apennines, through the landscapes that were in the Renaissance paintings by Piero della Francesca in his works and in the Mona Lisa by Leonardo Da Vinci . The ideal to enjoy it to better plan a vacation for a week, but if you are well trained you can succeed in less days.
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CYCLING IN A LANDSCAPE OF ART
Along the route there are cities such as Urbino, Gubbio, Pesaro and Senigallia, but also many other small medieval villages of Marche and Umbria, lesser-known, but rich in history and traditions to discover.
A few cycling routes, in fact, can boast in so far offer ranges from Raphael to Mario Giacomelli, from the religious festival at the Summer Jamboree, the Rossini Opera Festival to the Christmas tree largest in the world, not only to remember the beauty Historical buildings of the Renaissance period. In short, any time of year you choose to deal with it, you will have events of high interest to attend and wonderful things to discover.
NATURE AND GOOD FOOD
Finally, at the end of a long day on the pedals, you can regain your strength with the variety of culinary excellence that this part of Italy has to offer, from the dishes of fish from the Adriatic, those venison or delicious truffle, all washed down with a choice of white and red wines of the highest quality.
FEATURES OF THE COURSE AND TECHNICAL NOTES
The itinerary is already feasible and next spring will also fully tabellato. For now you can find information, map and track gps on site www.terradelduca.it