Cycling Tuscany & Umbria: Discover the epic roads of the wine-growing region of Chianti. Sample the gravel roads of L’Eroica. Climb the magic hill ... Italy. (Europe Travel Guides, World-By-Bike)

Cycling Tuscany and Umbria samples the experience and charm traveling in two of Italy’s most celebrated regions by bicycle. The author takes you from Florence to and around Chianti, through Radda, Panzano and Greve, via Gaiole to Siena, then on south through Val D’Orcia to San Quirico, Montalcino, and Pienza. He continues southwest through Sorano and Sovana to Pitigliano, a mere fifty kilometers from the sea. Umbria and its opposite corner of the route is next. He heads east to Orvieto, Todi, Spoleto, Assisi, and via Perugia to Lake Trasimeno. At last it’s back to Tuscany, to Arezzo, Montevarchi and into the foothills of Pratomagno. With the landscape so stunning, he crosses Chianti once again en route back to Florence. Tomas Belcik is an author of many cycling guides. Cycling Tuscany and Umbria is a full-color travel pictorial of an amazing passage across Central Italy. Containing 180 photographs with informative and entertaining captions, details of stages and distances, a list of accommodations, and the journey-related GPX cycling tracks you can download, the book promises to entice any intrepid or armchair traveler.