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Small Group Cycling Adventures, Bike Challenges & Cycling Training Camps

From relaxed cycling to real bike challenges !

Genius Loci Travel offers a select range of small group cycling tours in southern Italy, mainly in our ‘own’ region, Campania, known for the beautiful Amalfi Coast and home to a real cyclist’s paradise, the Cilento National Park.

Many of these tours can be turned into Private ‘Bespoke Adventures‘ to accommodate private group travel. We can organise both “off the shelf” itineraries, as well as create custom itineraries to meet your special needs. Book the dates you want, with the family or friends you wish to bring along!

You will see, cycling through Italy with a passionate guide and a group of friends will allow you to make a unique full immersion in our beautiful country!

Our group trips will operate with as few as four passengers. We have always strived to stay away from mass tourism, therefore our groups are never larger than 15 people (on most trips the actual maximum is 10-12 persons). All people with the same passion for cycling as you!

According to the type of tour and the area, on some tours the focus is more on the real biking, on others on the cultural aspects of the area. There is plenty of choice for all ability levels and all seasons, from gentle cycling tours through the most beautiful landscapes of Italy to real challenging biking holidays.

Our great road bike challenges & training camps are especially designed for the real cyclist, who likes a challenge and wants to make his mileage and climb a few challenging mountains, but as well wants the pleasure of cycling through amazing landscapes, in a nice climate and with a good hotel & good food at night.

On all our small group tours you’ll have the assistance of a professional multi-lingual tour leader and of course vehicle support during the cycling day.

Italy’s Coasts & Islands
Group Cycling tours along Italy’s Coasts & Islands

Cilento Grand Tour - the complete Cilento Cycling Tour

Small Group Cycling Adventure
Enjoy the best of Campania Felix: the unknown Cilento Coast!
  • cycle through the genuine heart of the Cilento, staying in some of the most charming villages
  • get the chance to taste some of the best local produce - and eat in amazing settings
  • make some of the most beautiful coastal rides - and enjoy some time to relax and swim
Days:8 Days - 4 different bases 
Starting from: 1290 € 
Southern Italy Puglia to Campania 'Coast-to-Coast' Bike Challenge

Small Group Cycling Adventure
Discovering the Cilento National Park, one of the biggest and most diverse of Italy
  • Explore Puglia, with its stunning whitewashed villages, olive groves and curious 'trulli'.
  • Discover the unknown Basilicata and the Cilento National Park, one of the biggest and most diverse of Italy
  • Cycle through villages where time stands still, and enjoy the warm hospitality and genuine food.
  • Visit amazing Matera, UNESCO heritage site, and Europe's cultural capital in 2019
  • Follow the spectacular coastal road from Maratea into the southern Cilento
Days:8-day road cycling tour - bases in hotels & agriturismo’s 
Starting from: 1590 € 
Cilento Coast Cycling Tour - through the authentic southern Italy

Small Group Cycling Adventure
Enjoy the best of Campania Felix: the unknown Cilento Coast!
  • Discover the Cilento National Park, one of the biggest and most diverse in Italy, and a UNESCO World Heritage site
  • Cycle along the pristine coastline, through small inland villages & wild mountain scenery
  • Explore the amazing Greek temples of Paestum, the world's best preserved, as well as the ancient town of Velia
  • Stay in some amazing places, experiencing the warm Italian hospitality and taste the authentic southern Italian cuisine
Days:7 Days - 3 different bases 
Starting from: 1150 € 
Along Sorrento to the Amalfi Coast - full cycling loop of the Sorrento Peninsula

Small Group Cycling Adventure
Cycling along the world’s most beautiful coast, from Salerno to Sorrento, with visits of Ravello and Positano
  • Make a few of the world’s most spectacular rides along the amazing Amalfi Coast
  • Discover the secret corners of Amalfi, Sorrento, Ravello & Positano
  • Explore the Roman Heritage of Pompeii & Stabia
Days:5 days cycling tour - 3 bases in beautiful hotels 
Starting from: 1090 € 
The Coasts of the Sirens: the Amalfi Coast & Cilento National Park

Small Group Cycling Adventure
Enjoy the best of Campania Felix: from the unknown Cilento to the dramatic Amalfi Coast
  • Discover the Cilento National Park, one of the biggest and most diverse in Italy
  • Cycle along pristine coastlines, through small inland villages & wild mountain scenery
  • Make a few of the world's most spectacular rides along the amazing Amalfi Coast
  • Stay in great hotels and agriturismo's
Days:9 Days 
Starting from: 1690 € 
Cycle Cilento & Amalfi

Small Group Cycling Adventure
A memorable ride contrasting a remote national park with one of the world's most famous coastlines
  • Discover the Cilento National Park, one of the biggest and most diverse in Italy
  • Cycle along pristine coastlines, through small inland villages & wild mountain scenery
  • Make a few of the world's most spectacular rides along the amazing Amalfi Coast
Days:8 days 
GBP1329 including flights 
Italy Coast to Coast Ride: Puglia to Sorrento

Small Group Cycling Adventure
Cycle through the heart of Southern Italy from Puglia to the Amalfi Coast
  • Explore some of the beautiful villages in Puglia as well as stunning Matera
  • Discover the unknown Basilicata and the Cilento National Park, riding 'off-the-beaten-track'
  • Cycle along the amazing Amalfi Coast, through small inland villages & wild mountain scenery
Days:8 days 
£ 1699 including flights 
The Amalfi Coast : a Divine Mix of Nature & Culture

Small Group Cycling Adventure
Cycling along the world’s most beautiful coast, from Salerno to Sorrento, with visits of Ravello and Positano
  • Enjoy the most spectacular Mediterranean land & seascapes
  • Discover the secret corners of Amalfi, Sorrento, Ravello & Positano
  • Make a few of the world’s most spectacular rides along the amazing Amalfi Coast
Days:6 days cycling tour - 4 bases in beautiful hotels 
Dates & Prices on request. Please contact us 
The Sardinian West Coast: From Alghero to the Costa del Sud

Small Group Cycling Adventure
Cycling along the Savage Coast of Italy’s Most Genuine Island
  • Discover the quiet hidden, but always spectacular West Coast of Sardinia
  • Visit ‘Spanish’ Alghero, medieval Bosa and Phoenician Nora
  • Admire the flocks of flamingo’s roaming the wetlands of the Sinis Peninsula
  • Stay in beautifully located family-run hotels and agriturismo's
Days:8 Days 
Dates & Prices on request. Please contact us 

Divine countryside
Landscapes of outstanding beauty, scattered with history

Cilento Grand Tour - the complete Cilento Cycling Tour

Small Group Cycling Adventure
Enjoy the best of Campania Felix: the unknown Cilento Coast!
  • cycle through the genuine heart of the Cilento, staying in some of the most charming villages
  • get the chance to taste some of the best local produce - and eat in amazing settings
  • make some of the most beautiful coastal rides - and enjoy some time to relax and swim
Days:8 Days - 4 different bases 
Starting from: 1290 € 
Southern Italy Puglia to Campania 'Coast-to-Coast' Bike Challenge

Small Group Cycling Adventure
Discovering the Cilento National Park, one of the biggest and most diverse of Italy
  • Explore Puglia, with its stunning whitewashed villages, olive groves and curious 'trulli'.
  • Discover the unknown Basilicata and the Cilento National Park, one of the biggest and most diverse of Italy
  • Cycle through villages where time stands still, and enjoy the warm hospitality and genuine food.
  • Visit amazing Matera, UNESCO heritage site, and Europe's cultural capital in 2019
  • Follow the spectacular coastal road from Maratea into the southern Cilento
Days:8-day road cycling tour - bases in hotels & agriturismo’s 
Starting from: 1590 € 
Cilento Coast Cycling Tour - through the authentic southern Italy

Small Group Cycling Adventure
Enjoy the best of Campania Felix: the unknown Cilento Coast!
  • Discover the Cilento National Park, one of the biggest and most diverse in Italy, and a UNESCO World Heritage site
  • Cycle along the pristine coastline, through small inland villages & wild mountain scenery
  • Explore the amazing Greek temples of Paestum, the world's best preserved, as well as the ancient town of Velia
  • Stay in some amazing places, experiencing the warm Italian hospitality and taste the authentic southern Italian cuisine
Days:7 Days - 3 different bases 
Starting from: 1150 € 
The Best of Tuscany and Umbria

Small Group Cycling Adventure
Cycling through enchanting landscapes along medieval pilgrims’ ways and into the home country of Saint Francis of Assisi
  • Head off into a coffee table book Tuscan landscape
  • Explore the green fields, plains, forests and meadows of the Umbran Apennine Mountains
  • Stay in beautifully located family-run hotels and agriturismo's
Days:8 Days 
Dates & Prices on request. Please contact us 

Alpine & Lake Scenery
Alpine Scenery with an Italian flavour
The ultimate Dolomites Bike challenge

Small Group Cycling Adventure
  • Ride all the famous passes of the beautiful Dolomites, through fairy tale landscapes
  • Cycle through the amazing scenery of the French & Italian Alps
  • Climb some of the famous cols of the Giro d'Italia: Sella, Pordoi and Gardena
  • Stay in the charming Italian resort of Bardonecchia
  • Get professional assistance from our staff
Days:8 days 
Dates & Prices on request. Please contact us 

Please note that bike rental is not included in our tour prices, offering you the possibility to bring your own bicycles.

For those who wish to rent a bike we offer very good quality bicycles at the best possible prices. Have a look at our rental bikes here.

 

Why go cycling with Genius Loci Travel ?

A Genius Loci cycling tour takes you along carefully selected routes through an area, making sure that you see the best of this area, avoiding the busier roads and with the optimal mix between cycling & sightseeing.

Our tours are the right balance between continuous routes and centre-based tours. Usually you change hotel about every 2/3 days on our tours. This avoids you to have to change hotel every day, while on the other hand you can follow a continuous route through the area, without having to do the same road several times. Our training camps usually are centre-based (sometimes 2-centre based).

Genius Loci Biking Adventures: cycling with friends !

In case you have a group of friends to come along we are happy to organise a bespoke cycling tour for you.

If instead you want to join a group tour, be assured that when you join a Genius Loci group cycling tour, you travel with fellow travellers from around the globe, Europeans, Australians, New Zealanders, Americans, Canadians, and others. People with different origins, but with a common interest in biking, in travel, culture & nature, history and gastronomy.

Our groups ensure you to have a good time with other travellers from around the globe, sharing and exchanging ideas and interests and creating new friendships. Our local tour leaders make sure you’ll see and get the best of the country!

Genius Loci Travel has always strived to stay away from mass tourism. Our groups are therefore never larger than 15 people, small enough to avoid making a negative impact on the places you go, and small enough to travel to special places and immerse yourself in the real country, without having to follow an umbrella…

Small Group Adventures: Worry-Free & Fun

On our small group adventures we care about the logistics – you enjoy the journey!  Our experienced Tour Leaders, all expert local guides, take care of every detail, every step of the way.  From the moment you contact us to the moment you have your last breakfast together, we arrange and coordinate everything, so you can focus on the scenes around you, relax, and have all the fun.

All your accommodation and transportation is taken care of. The hotels we choose are always well located, have all private facilities (with the exception of some mountain huts) and offer the best price/quality ratio around. Transportation is done with the best possible means. Private buses are used on all longer road journeys to guarantee our freedom to explore and to increase your comfort, but if it’s a better option to use the public transport (train, boat or bus), the tour leader will buy your tickets and gets you on the right bus, boat or train. Most entrance fees are included as well, generally for all the sites, parks and activities listed in the itineraries (see separate tours for details).

Local Leaders

By working with a team of local tour leaders, we can help you get inside a destination. Our guides live in the regions you cycle through, leading the way and facilitating ‘insider access’ every pace.

They open doors wherever you travel and present a local’s perspective on the people, places, and regional cultures. They can help you to understand the country in-depth, as they speak the language, can read the menus, understand the day to day world around them, offer insights into the history and culture, and are passionate about their homeland.

 

Guaranteed Adventures !

We require normally a minimum of four people to operate a guided trip at the advertised price. If, a month before the trip starts, there are fewer than four registrants, you will be given the following options:

1. Do the self-guided version of the same trip or a similar trip. You get all the necessary info plus a discount ! If more people sign up in time we can switch back to a guided tour.

2. Switch to another of our Active Italian Adventures in the same year.

3. Choose to do this trip as a ‘private adventure’. A 20% price premium will be requested.

4. Cancel for a full refund (no administration fees will apply).

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