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How Bike Across Italy Began in 1972
ExperiencePlus Co-founder, Rick Price (pictured in the front with iconic beard, and wife and co-founder Paola Malpezzi behind him), shares the the story of how it all started with Bike… Read More »
Destinations: Italy
Back and Better Than Ever: Cycling Italy’s Dolomites
Italy’s Dolomites are Calling 6 Reasons You Should Answer Trying to decide where to ride next year? We have got a few reasons for you to consider fine-tuning your photography... Read More »
Destinations: Italy, About ExperiencePlus!: Rider Spotlight, Travel Stories
Our S.A.T.T. Winner’s Report On Bicycling Umbria!
She Went, She Saw, She Cycled Q&A with S.A.T.T winner Elissa Pitts Elissa Pitts was one of our two, 2016 Send a Teacher Traveling (S.A.T.T) award winners. This summer she cycled... Read More »
Destinations: Italy
Umbria Here I Come
Orvieto, I Can’t Wait to Meet You On my way to checking one more experience off my bucket list. Umbria your green hills and lush valleys have called me back since I... Read More »
Destinations: Italy
Cycling Puglia – The Secret Charms Of Southern Italy
Puglia and the Secret Charms Of Southern Italy Discover the lure of Puglia now, before it is fully “discovered.” When the rest of the world thinks of Italy, the celebrity... Read More »
Destinations: Italy
2016 Cycling Italy’s Lakes District
“And, Como! Thou, a treasure whom the earth keeps to herself,… thy chestnut woods and garden plots” as William Wordsworth wrote, seemingly breathlessly as he attempted to render his impressions... Read More »
Destinations: Italy
Tuscany Two Ways in 2016
ExperiencePlus! has re-imagined our popular cycling tours in Tuscany. You decide what works best for you: Classic Tuscany – Cycling the Best of Southern Tuscany (Plus! Florence) OR Explore off the... Read More »
Travel Stories
New Tour – Bicycling the Baroque Towns of Southeastern...
2016 features two new options in Sicily and we checked in with Bea Tassinari, our Italian Country Coordinator, to see what she loves about the new 8-day Bicycling the Baroque... Read More »
Destinations: Italy
Two Delights from Italy’s Culinary Cycling Tour
Bea Tassinari has been working with ExperiencePlus! in various capacities including tour leader, country coordinator, Italian office manager since the 1990s. She is the go to person if you have... Read More »
Destinations: France, Destinations: Italy
Sightseer Bicycling Tours by ExperiencePlus!
At ExperiencePlus! we believe that cyclists of all ages, abilities and experience levels should have the opportunity to explore the world by bike. So this year, we’re rolling out a... Read More »
Destinations: Italy
11 Things I Love About Bicycling Venice and the Dolomites
By ExperiencePlus! Tour Leader Gabriel Donati Looking for a bicycle ride that crosses cultural and geographical regions? Where you’ll see a radical change in scenery from the first to the last day? A... Read More »
Travel Planning: Food and Meals, Destinations: Italy
Culinary Delights Tour Hits the Gelato Lab
The 8 and 11 day ExperiencePlus! Whole Journey’s Culinary Delights tours feature a visit to the lab at the Carpigiani Gelato Museum and University, a fabulous opportunity to study an... Read More »
Reviews
The Lead Goat Veered Off by Neil Anderson
If you are looking for an adventurous and entertaining tale about cycle touring, The Lead Goat Veered Off fits the bill. If you’ve been to Sardinia or plan to head... Read More »
Destinations: Italy
Cyclist Seeks Puglian Cheese and Curious Cows
Selecting a bonus “theme” to take with me on my ExperiencePlus! cycling trips has always enhanced my excitement and sense of discovery about an area. When I found out I... Read More »
Destinations: Italy
Discover a Whole New Tuscany
We have a secret to share — there is a little corner of Tuscany that has remained undiscovered where the bicycling is fantastic, far gentler than in the rest of... Read More »
Destinations: Italy
Bicycling the Italian Lakes
Several years ago a friend gave me a fridge magnet featuring the Madonna del Ghisallo – the Patron Saint of Bicyclist. I was thrilled and immediately affixed the magnet to... Read More »
Destinations: Italy, About ExperiencePlus!: Rider Spotlight
40th Anniversary Bike Across Italy
By ExperiencePlus! traveler Tamsen Granger I just got back from the ExperiencePlus! 40th Anniversary Bike Across Italy Tour – Pisa to Venice- what a trip! It was 12 days of... Read More »
Destinations: Italy, About ExperiencePlus!: Rider Spotlight
A Healing Journey
By ExperiencePlus! Traveler Sally LaVenture Our dream had been to ride bikes through the Italian countryside on my 60th birthday. But life got in the way, or really I should... Read More »
Recipes
Via Emilia – road to Italian culinary history
By Jeff Greenwald. Writer Jeff Greenwald joined ExperiencePlus! on a combined and modified version of our Bicycling Venice to Florence and Cycling Italy’s Culinary Delights: Emilia Romagna Plus! Bologna itineraries... Read More »
About ExperiencePlus!, Travel Planning: Hotel Recommendations
Accommodations We Love – Part 5
Cycling the Best of Southern Tuscany Piccolo Hotel La Valle is situated just outside the walls of the hilltop town of Pienza, a UNESCO Heritage Site which is also famous... Read More »
Destinations: Italy
How I Bicycled Across Italy In 12 Days
By ExperiencePlus! traveler JR Meda June 11: My wife, Cheri and I had waited a year to finally fly from Denver to Frankfurt, Germany on the 1st segment of our... Read More »
Destinations: Italy, About ExperiencePlus!: Rider Spotlight
Adventures in Tuscany
June Wheeler and her partner Peter Herzog hail from the flatlands of Minnesota and completed their 7th ExperiencePlus! tour, Bicycling the Best of Southern Tuscany Plus! Florence in September 2011. ... Read More »
About ExperiencePlus!, Travel Planning: Hotel Recommendations
Accommodations We Love – Part 4
Cycling the Languedoc Our hotel in Nimes on day one of the Cycling the Languedoc tour is one with a rich history and is newly renovated and refurbished in modern... Read More »
About ExperiencePlus!, Travel Planning: Hotel Recommendations
Accommodations We Love – Part 2
Cycling Piemonte Plus! Lago Maggiore: The 18th century Tenimento Castle in Piedmont sits amidst expansive grounds and the lovely green space invites you to relax and enjoy the spacious central... Read More »
Travel Planning: Food and Meals, Destinations: Italy, Recipes
New Culinary and Cycling Tour in Italy
If we’ve learned one thing at ExperiencePlus! over the past forty years it is that our cyclists love to eat. So it was no surprise in 1991 when a group... Read More »