Tag: Italy

Mountain Biking Tuscany

“There are only two directions in Tuscany – up and down,” laughs local mountain bike guide Bruno Baldini. Bruno is giving me the heads up on Italy’s longest signposted cycling trail, The Via Francigena – a common Italian name of the ancient pilgrim route, which starts in Canterbury and (like all roads) leads to Rome. This …

Mountain Biking in the Alps

Mountain Biker fallen off in the snow

“Never in 16 years operating here have I seen the snow so low down and so deep at this time of the year,” explained Alps guide Jamie Carr. We’ll have to adjust the route.” It may’ve been summertime, but mountain biking was far from easy on The Tour Du Mont Blanc, also known as the Three …