Roman Landscapes

Cycling The Land Of The Etruscans

S-Cape Travel is a European travel operator providing walking, cycling, driving and family tours in France, Italy, and Spain. Our tours include gourmet food, deluxe lodging, and destinations of great beauty as well as cultural interest. We offer cycling trips to such fascinating destinations in Europe, as Tuscany, the Connemara, Mallorca and Andalucía. France biking tour options include Provence, Burgundy, Bordeaux, and the Loire.

Where are they now? The Etruscans were a force for the Romans to reckon with back in the day. And now, they have left us with tombs and necropolis describing how their world was millennia ago. Cycle along gently undulating roads through sparsely populated hilltop villages and feel tingling sensations as you are overcome with the beauty and authenticity of the landscape. At each necropolis, scattered around the area, there are thousands of tombs, including the multicoluored, frescoed tombs of Tarquinia, the round tombs of Cerveteri and the monumental tombs of Marturanum, hidden away for you to find.

Trip Highlights:
  • Orvieto, the Cathedral and necropolis

  • Stay in authentic Tuscan farm houses with pool and small family-run hotels

  • Great open landscapes, flat to gently undulating hills, large volcanic lakes to swim in 

  • Authentic country towns and villages: Civita di Bagnoregio, Bolsena and Blera

  • Wonderful archeological sites: Marturanum, Tarquinia and Cerveteri

tripcode:ITSB020
duration:8 days
price from:Euro 630/person
challenge:Easy to moderate with short day rides allowing time for sightseeing. Daily ascents and descents of 300 to 600m. At the beginning and end of the tour, there are some short but intense uphill stretches.
lodging:Comfortable 3 star hotels, Bed and Breakfast and agriturismo (farms), four with swimming pool, all different in style and location.
start:Orvieto
finish:Cerveteri
trip availability:Starting any day from 01 April to 31 July & 01 September to 30 November
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