More lessons, from food and water to a couple of things I had never thought to bring.
I recently compiled a list of 9 important lessons I learned from recent bicycle trips in Europe.
Now I’ve got eight more, some sparked by comments from readers.
Continue reading “Another 8 important lessons learned when biking in Europe”I rented a bike in Spoleto and bicycled 30 miles following the path to Assisi.
First I thought of biking from Assisi to Rome. I’d seen a route on Komoot! But the logistics seemed daunting. Get a bike, make my way through Rome to the train station, get on the train….
So I decided on a one-day ride, from Spoleto to Assisi. There’s a bike route! (Even if it’s not obvious on Google maps.) I’d even finally get to see this hilltop town! Plus maybe I could get some olive oil from the beautiful agriturismo (basically a villa set amid the olive trees) that I’d stayed in more than a decade ago not too too far from Assisi.
Continue reading “A one-day bike ride from Spoleto to Assisi in central Italy”It’s no longer just downhill along the Adige bike path. Plus tips for your own DIY trip.
Remember the tunnel the train went through as we headed up to Bolzano and beyond? Now we find out how we will will get across that mountain — and it’s not with a bike tunnel.
Continue reading “Day 4 on the Adige bike path: One giant climb before we end the ride in Verona”Another 60 miles of bike path in Italy as we go from Bolzano to Rovereto.
This is the day we leave the Italian province of South Tyrol and the German speakers.
We’re still going downhill, but at an ever-slower rate. On this 60ish-mile day from Bolzano to Rovereto, we will lose about 60 meters in elevation, as much as we did over the 24ish miles between Merano and Bolzano.
Continue reading “Day 3 on the Adige bike path in Italy: Hey, we’re on the Eurovelo 7 route”I told you we were biking downhill!
I’m in love with this bike path along the Adige river in northern Italy. And with the area.
Even before I had finished our first full day of biking, I was already contemplating a return visit.
Continue reading “Day 2 on the Adige bike path: 60 miles downhill from Malles to Bolzano via Merano”We told everyone we are biking downhill for the better part of 180 miles along the Adige river in Italy.
We’ve been telling everyone that this bike trip in Italy is all about going downhill, from the mountains to the valley and Verona about 180 miles away.
After just 12 miles between Resia/Reschen and Malles/Mals (every town here has an Italian and a German name), we can say we weren’t kidding.
Continue reading “Day 1 on Italy’s Adige bike path: We get flagged for speeding while biking downhill”Is it the Alto Adige? The Etschradweg? So many names for the bike path from Malles (or Mals) to Verona in Italy.
We’re planning a biking trip to the Dolomite mountains in northeastern Italy. The idea is to bike downhill on a bike path from as high up as we can get all the way to Verona.
We hope.
Continue reading “We’re going to bike from the Italian/Austrian/Swiss border to Verona”A 25-mile bike ride through Barolo in Piedmont, one of Italy’s great wine areas.
Yup, an e-bike. Why not?
The hills south of Alba, vines dripping with purple Nebbiolo grapes that will be turned into Barolo wine, are steep. Why make this day hard on ourselves?
Continue reading “E-biking in Piedmont’s wine country around Alba”
Exploring by bicycle 