MOUNTAIN BIKE EXCURSIONS IN THE ETRUSCAN COAST HILLS

DDistance: 50 km
Time: 4 HOURS

WE SET OFF ON THE ROAD TO CAMPIGLIA, AN ANCIENT HILLTOP TOWN ABOUT 300 m ABOVE SEA LEVEL, WHERE WE CAN ADMIRE THE DELIGHTFUL VIEW CREATED BY THE CONTRAST BETWEEN THE MULTICOLOURED PATCHWORK OF CROPS AND THE BLUE SEA. WE THEN CONTINUE TO THE DISUSED PINK MARBLE QUARRIES THAT GIVE THEIR NAME TO A MAGNIFICENT LEVEL ROUTE ABOUT 15 km LONG AND STUDDED WITH SCENIC VIEWS THAT WILL STAY WITH US UP TO THE GATES OF “IL FALCONE,” A RENOWNED ESTATE THAT WILL BE OUR HOST FOR A SHORT BREAK, TITILLATING OUR PALATE WITH A TASTING OF WINE AND TRADITIONAL TUSCAN FARE. THUS FORTIFIED, WE REACH SUVERETO, WHERE WE WILL BE BEWITCHED BY THE CHARMS OF A MEDIAEVAL TOWN WHERE TIME SEEMS TO HAVE STOOD STILL. WE THEN CONTINUE DOWN TO VENTURINA, TO EXPLORE THE RELAXING SPA FACILITY WITH ITS EXCELLENT WELLNESS CENTRE, BUILT AROUND A POOL FED BY A NATURAL SPRING FROM WHICH WATER GUSHES AT 36°C. OUR ENERGY THUS RECHARGED, WE COVER THE LAST FEW KILOMETRES OF OUR TRIP INSIDE THE RIMIGLIANO NATURE RESERVE, WHERE THE MEDITERRANEAN WOODLAND IS RIDDLED WITH TRAILS RUNNING THROUGH THE BEACH’S GREEN FRINGE.