biking tours in Italy?
Apr 6th, 2002, 04:18 AM
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biking tours in Italy?
any favorite rides/locations?<BR><BR>if you have any recommendations for bike tour operators (not just in Italy) please let me know! feel free to email me...<BR><BR>I can offer one - Irish Cycling Safaris.<BR><BR>http://www.cyclingsafaris.com/<BR><BR>I went on a fabulous cycling tour of County Galway (and a little of Mayo) almost two years ago. absolutely breathtaking...<BR><BR>thanks everyone!<BR><BR>Beth<BR><BR>
Apr 6th, 2002, 10:35 AM
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We have been on the Santana tandem tour - starts on the island of Elba and then across Tuscany. This was the first time Santana had organized a trip in Italy, and so it had some kinks that needed to be worked out. It is not inexpensive. Places we stayed were great.<BR><BR>Much of the trip was planned by Andy Hampsten and his wife who now live in Tuscany. Andy is a retired bike racer(only 30-ish!) -- winner of Giro d'Italia and a stage of the Tour d'France. His wife is a professional gourmet-food person (once owned a restaurant in Colorado). Thus, all of the meals (exquisite, multi-course, paired with terrific wines) were planned by her at fabulous restaurants/private places, etc. Many of the roads traveled were picked by Andy -- scenic, not many cars, etc., though Tuscany is hilly!<BR><BR>I believe Santana (can get their website thru a search) is planning another Italy tour for sometime in the near future. I would recommend, however, that you do a search for Andy Hampsten (hope I'm spelling that right!) bc he and his wife have also formed an Italian bike touring company -- I would very, very highly recommend doing touring with them -- they are a lovely, caring, awesome, etc.!!! couple who know their stuff.
Dec 20th, 2014, 09:46 AM
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Why the heck would you bookmark a nearly 13 yo thread?? That was topped by a spammer . . .
If bilboburgler had simply triangled it and not told us all that he had done so, the thread would have sunk to oblivion. (Note to trianglers . . . it isn't necessary to post -- that just keeps the thread at the top of the thread list. Triangle the moderators and be done w/ it)
If bilboburgler had simply triangled it and not told us all that he had done so, the thread would have sunk to oblivion. (Note to trianglers . . . it isn't necessary to post -- that just keeps the thread at the top of the thread list. Triangle the moderators and be done w/ it)
Dec 20th, 2014, 10:13 AM
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I don't understand, either, why people can't just bookmark a site without telling the whole world they did so. I get a Fodors rss feed, and when I see a new topic or new response to an older one that interested me, I open it. If I see that the new content is "Bookmarked", I think, "Who cares what you bookmark?"
There's maybe somewhat more of a justification for saying "Triangled". Maybe it saves other people from doing likewise. Do they consider the number of triangles in the decision to tank a post or is one sufficient?
There's maybe somewhat more of a justification for saying "Triangled". Maybe it saves other people from doing likewise. Do they consider the number of triangles in the decision to tank a post or is one sufficient?
