Biking tours and trekking from 1985

Welcome to Paris, the Ville Lumière, and let’s start this new amazing itinerary to London, the capital of the modern world! A charming and panoramic tour connecting the two cities, from the cathedral square of Notre-Dame till Westminster Bridge: a mosaic of landscapes scattered with castles, cathedrals and villages. Thanks to this new cycle way, the Avenue Verte or Greenway, inaugurated last 23rd June, Paris and London are now even closer.

Welcome to Paris, the Ville Lumière, and let’s start this new amazing itinerary to London, the capital of the modern world! A charming and panoramic tour connecting the two cities, from the cathedral square of Notre-Dame till Westminster Bridge: a mosaic of landscapes scattered with castles, cathedrals and villages. 

Semi-itinerant Trekking (3 nights in Naples, 4 night on the Amalfi’s Coast)
Romans and Greeks were there before the growing of the Baroque Palaces and Churches of Spacca Napoli. The biggest artists were all attracted by the charming of Naples, since the early ages to the Romantic period. From the old Néa Polis, founded by Greeks, to the highest glory of the Baroque Age, the city and its surroundings fascinated every traveller, who loved its artistic treasures as well as its lovely climate and the beauty of the nature around. Romans were not wrong when they choose Hercolanum and Baia as their privileged holiday resorts. In parallel with this ‘dolce vita’, the eruptions of the Vesuvius, the volcanic manifestations on the Phlegrean Fields and the frequent earthquakes fomented the people’s faith in the proximity of the death’s world and in the Gods. It is here, in fact, the cavern of the Sibille of Cuma, one of the most famous prophet of the Greek-Roman world, it is also here that mythology put its most famous heroes, Enea and Ulysses, strictly linked with the region as well as Cape Misene, the Partenopean Sirens, Procida island. The rage of the volcano gave us also Pompeii, unique evidence buried under ashes since 79 D.C.
Going southern we find Amalfi, which reached its maximum splendour in the X and XI centuries, when it became the first Sailor Republic in Italy and played a great role in the commerce with Orient and transporting crusaders. This link with the Arab-Byzantine world is even more clear when wandering up and down along the labyrinth of white roads in Atrani, looking to the arches of the Paradise’s Cloister in  Amalfi or even in the architecture of the first church of Positano. Enchanted by the lovely climate and the beauty of nature, many artists and princes have build here their sumptuous villas, especially in Ravello or in Capri.
As an extension of the peninsula there is the island of Capri, last residence of  the emperor Tiberio, which  delights us with its beauty. Also here we find huge villas by artists and princes, surrounded by pine-trees, whereas Carthusian monks retired on the slope of Mount Solaro, the highest point of the island. 
This is a tour not to be missed: during one week you will discover not only Naples and Pompeii, but also the routes of the Amalfi’s Coast, from Ravello to Positano, and the two Mediterranean islands, jewels of Naples’ Bay: Procida and Capri.

A new version of the famous cycling tour  among the Loire Casles  which will lead you to Saumur.  More castles then, for those of you who love to combine the slow rhythm of your bike  and a visit to those magnificent monuments.
 
“Douce France” or “Jardin de France”: this is how this region is called by the people of the Loire. Take a bike tour through this vibrant cultural landscape, which reflects a harmonious way of life where man has found his rightful place in nature. The Loire offers some unique encounters, a real chance to rediscover nature. If you travel to the heart of the Loire region, you will pass châteaux and abbeys, historic cities to typical villages, where all around you the Loire stone colors the landscape, with the white of the tufa stone and the black of the slate. To help you discover the richness of this living stone, the royal river, like a magic key, will open up the grand gates of the famous châteaux: Chenonceaux, a sumptuous bridge on the river Cher, Chaumont, a delicate fortress in the forest, Blois, where French history took place, Amboise, treasuring the tomb of Leonardo da Vinci, Chambord, with its 380 chimneys and 406 rooms, representing the apotheosis of the Loire Castles. With this tour you will have the chance to discover this region during some easy and relaxing bike tours, on a flat itinerary, following secondary roads in the forests or along the river Loire and its tributaries.