Our last day was warm and sunny, the perfect end to a great week of cycling. Save for that dumb, rainy day, we lucked out with the weather: jackets in the morning, short sleeves in the afternoon. The ride was a loop around Gavi with a stop for lunch and visit at the Fausto Coppi …
The fifth day of the trip took us from Cremolino to Gavi, a village and a beautiful wine region. We said arrivederci to Casa Margherita and started out on a 33.5- mile ride that took us through more rolling hills with vineyards. The ride, of course, was every adjective I’ve used to this point: tough, …
Continue reading Cycling in Piedmont: Day Five. Welcome to Gavi and a Farinata Lunch
Our fourth day of the Piedmont sojourn was sunny and bright with a delicious lunch at an agriturismo in a vineyard and three short steep climbs and more than three other long climbs. So it was just a typical day. Don holds the day's itinerary. We started from our lovely accommodations at Casa Margherita, where …
Day three of the Piedmont bike trip turned into quite an interesting day. We had a 47-mile trek, long climbs, steep climbs, a wipeout on an invisible oil slick and an Italian couple who came to the aid of one of the group. And it rained. The ride was long because we left Alba and went …
My second cycling trip to Italy was just a bit different from the first one I took three years ago. In 2019, I went to Puglia, the heel of Italy, where it’s basically flat. I was new to cycling trips and it was the perfect mix of flat roads with a few climbs. The touring …
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