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Monte Nerone: bike and mtb tracks

Sonya Argelli — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 09:19:17 +0000

For the bike lovers who desire to discover new mtb runs in the territory of Marche region, the Nerone Mountain represents a destination of absolute interest both cyclist and naturalistic. There is who has defined it even “the Marche’s Ventoux”.
The beauty of this mountain situated in the province of Pesaro-Urbino already crossed the national confinements, reaching The Netherlands, where the magazine “Fiets” observed its landscape virtues comparing it to the mythical peak of the French Alps.

With its 1.525 meters high, the Nerone Mountain is a good point of arrival for the cyclists on holiday in Marche’s territory, attainable also from the Adriatic coast, for the ones who loves to pedal in the middle of the nature. Less popular than a lot of other mountains well more notes, the Nerone Mount, just famous for an excellent pecorino cheese, offers a marvellous panorama to the cyclists that reach its peak.

In 2009, also the Italian Giro discovered for the first time this Marche’s mountain, climbing it in one of its most difficult stages. The Bike Hotel Bologna in the Marche wait for you with a lot of offers for bike holidays. Come to discover the Nerone Mountain.

Discovering Marche on bike

Sonya Argelli — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 10:53:32 +0000

You can spend a lot of weeks and holidays discovering Marche on bike! The region of poetry Giacomo Leopardi and the Dukes of Montefeltro offers in fact to cyclists the possibility to pedal on a lot of bike runs on its whole territory, among sea, hills, mountain, small medieval suburbs and artistic and cultural towns.

A holiday for cyclists in Marche, with the comfort typical of the welcome by Bike Hotel Bologna for your restore moments, it will be good occasion to start discovering Marche on bike. The choice among the bike runs in Marche it is really big.

You can bike along the coast, on the waterfront of sea towns crowded but also quiet like Senigallia, on the panoramic streets of Gabicce near Romagna, more to south in the territory of the Monte Conero, in the Montefeltro up to the suburb of the ducal city of Urbino or on the hills of the provinces of Ancona, Macerata and Ascoli Piceno.

The itineraries for cyclists are a lot and rich of landscape, monumental and gastronomic attractions. Every single destination is worth the beauty of a holiday for cyclists, which in Marche find the best welcome in the Bike Hotel Bologna in Senigallia.

Biking on the Marche’s wines runs

Sonya Argelli — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 09:16:42 +0000

If you love wine and you think that Marche is only Verdicchio… well, you’re wrong! You’ll take only a few minutes to realize biking on the Marche’s wines runs!
The region of the famous “white” from the hills of Jesi known in the whole world also for its special and unique bottle that remembers an amphora offers in fact a lot of other good “labels”, all to taste.
Besides the other white Falerio, less known but however protected by the Doc brand, Marche propose to the connoisseurs of the wine important “reds”, to which they are devoted some special runs for cyclists.

A good holiday chosen among those proposed by the Bike Hotel Bologna in Senigallia will be the right occasion to discover them and to travel on bike on the Marche’s wines runs! In the province of Ascoli you will find the “road of Rosso Piceno Superiore”, with departure from the suburb of Offida and arrival on the coast of San Benedetto del Tronto, while in the territory of Ancona waits for you the “road of the Rosso Conero”, another red wine produced near the homonym promontory.

From the Caves of Frasassi, beautiful tourist attraction, it takes start instead the “road of the Verdicchio from Matelica”, that finishes in the homonym little town in province of Macerata. Book now your holiday for cyclists in the Bike Hotels of Marche to pedal on the roads of the wines.

Secret Bike Touring in the Marche

Sonya Argelli — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 16:24:09 +0000

Sea, hills, high mountain, art towns, medieval suburbs, important cultural festivals and good regional cooking: they are among the most known and appreciated characteristics of Marche region.
But there are also “the secret Marche”, those more “hidden” and less famous, but not necessarily less beauty.
From the Adriatic coast to the Apennines of Sibillini Mounts, crossing through the sweet hills of the provinces of Pesaro, Ancona, Macerata and Ascoli, the Marche’s territory is full of beautiful landscape to explore. A bike holiday is the perfect way to go to discovery of secret Marche.
From the coast to the hinterland, you can pedal on simple runs long, admiring beautiful landscapes surrounded by a nature still intact. Beautiful panoramas will unexpectedly appear in front of you.
Leaving from Senigallia, for example, after a few kilometres on bike you can reach the hills and pedal among the typical vineyards of the famous Verdicchio that you can then taste at dinner in your hotel.
Book soon your bike holiday and leave to the discovery of secret Marche.

Park of San Bartolo by Bike and Mtb

Sonya Argelli — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 15:52:58 +0000

If you are looking for new bike runs in Marche, the one on the hills of San Bartolo is what you need. If you are spending a holiday for cyclists, comfortably welcomed by the Bike Hotels in Marche, you can bike on it easily with your whole family.

The run for cyclists in the Park of San Bartolo is in fact of a few kilometres and it isn’t particularly difficult. From the hills of Gabicce Monte you’ll reach the place of Fiorenzuola of Focara after only 8 kilometres and 250 meters, with a general gradient of only 133 meters.

Excellent to spend a sport and nature day in a bike holiday, the bike run in the Park of San Bartolo offers to cyclists the possibility to pedal in total surety on streets with little traffic, inside the woods, enjoying beautiful panoramas with special view on the Adriatic Sea.

Between Gabicce and Fiorenzuola Focara, in fact, the bike run follows the beautiful panoramic road with a middle inclination of only 1,6%. For the cyclist more “technological”, it is also possible to download the run map on their GPS. Your Bike Hotel in Marche wait for you to make you know the Park of San Bartolo.

Monte Conero in MTB

Sonya Argelli — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 15:11:58 +0000

Known and visited by the tourists of every part of Europe for its fascinating bluffs, the characteristic suburb of Sirolo and the beaches of Numana, the Monte Conero represents one of the many landscape beauties of the Marche’s region absolutely not to loose. And the best way to go to the discovery of this beautiful promontory, a few far from the town of Ancona and the sea towns of its coast like Senigallia, it is with any doubt the bike.

A holiday for cyclists chosen among the lot of special offers by the Bike Hotel Bologna in Marche will be a tourist experience really unforgettable. In the territory of the Monte Conero you can bike on a lot of roads for cyclists, on the level roads of the coast road or climbing on its slopes, on an easy slope for many lines also shaded. Once reached the peak, you can admire a beautiful panorama on the whole Adriatic coast of Marche and not only.

Your bike hotel will know how to give you every suggestion to reach in the best way the Monte Conero. Rich of typical flora and fauna, the territory of the Conero Mountain is protected by the homonym Regional Park and it is an ideal destination for a bike run with departure from your Bike Hotel in Marche.

Biking on the Marche’s olive oil runs

Sonya Argelli — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 14:20:28 +0000

The territory of the Marche offers to all cyclists a lot of beautiful itineraries to bike in every season. One among the most beautiful and interesting runs of the whole region allow besides to travel on bike on the roads of the Marche’s typical olive oil. Particularly, this new bike run crosses the territory of the province Ascoli Piceno between the rivers Tesino and Tronto, where the cultivation of the olive trees is particularly practiced.

The occasion is perfect to spend a bike holiday lodging in one of the qualified Bike Hotels in the Marches. To reach on bike the roads of the Marche’s olive oil, long which you can taste and buy the product in the numerous crushers, will be simple in any place you are, pedalling both on the hilly roads and along the Adriatic coast.

Here therefore a reason more to choose a holiday for cyclists in the Marche, with the comfort of the bike hotels and the possibility to join sport and the pleasure for discovering typical products. Ready then to start to the discovery of the new interesting itineraries for cyclists on the green hills around Ascoli: on bike on the roads of the Marche’s olive oil!

Bike Holidays and Gastronomic

Sonya Argelli — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:10:55 +0000

Characterized by a territory extended from the sea up to the tall central Apennines, the Marches are one of the Italian regions the most devoted to cycling and gastronomy, offering good food and wine.
From the Adriatic coast of Senigallia up to the tops of Sibylline Mountains, the cyclists can bike here along a lot of runs with beautiful landscapes all around.
Art towns, small medieval suburbs, seaside resorts and sinuous hills: every run offers the occasion to visit interesting towns during your bike tours, and the bike hotels of Marches will be happy to suggest you the best runs.
Sea, hilly and mountain region, the Marches are also the ideal destination where to spend a bike holiday also tasting the good regional cooking, in which you will find everything: excellent fish of Adriatic Sea, with typical specialty as the brodetto, but also meat and good pastas hand-made, and a savoury appetizer like the famous olives all’ascolana.
As many famous the wines as the white Verdicchio and the red of the Conero.
Here is the perfect cycling holiday: bike, good kitchen and the comfortable welcome of the Bike Hotel Bologna of Senigallia obviously in the Marche region!

Caves of Frasassi by Bicycle

Sonya Argelli — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 15:13:56 +0000

Among the principal naturalistic beauties of the Italian territory, the Caves of Frasassi represent one of the greater tourist destinations in the Marches, region from the thousand attractions.
Pedalling along a simple run that connects them to the famous seatown of Senigallia, it is possible to easily reach the Caves of Frasassi by bike. Taking advantage of a beautiful bike holiday on the Marches Adriatic coast you can so visit these beautiful caves, famous in the whole Europe.
Down the bike, you can refrigerate to the coolness of the 14 constant degrees of the caves walking along a special run.
So, get ready to choose a bike holiday for your 2010 summer. The Bike Hotels of Marches are ready to suggest you the best bike runs, as those that from the coast near Senigallia brings you to the Caves of Frasassi, to visit its famous stalactites and stalagmites.
In the proximities, you can also visit the Romanesque church of St. Vittore alle Chiuse, the nineteenth-century little temple by Valadier and a speleological and palaeontology museum.
Excellent also for the off-road cycling, the bike itinerary from Senigallia to the caves of Frasassi is also inserted among them for mountain bike in the Marches.

Marche Bike Runs: The Furlo Pass

Sonya Argelli — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 14:18:55 +0000

Marche region’s territory is a real heaven for people who love cycling.
Here, they can bike by the seafront, on sweet hills or climb to the great mountains, from the Adriatic See to the Sibylline Mounts.
The Furlo Pass formed among the Pietralata and Paganuccio mountains by the erosive action of the river Candigliano it represents particularly a new interesting destination for the cyclists.
Placed in the homonym natural reserve along the original run of Flaminia Roman Street, it belongs to the territory of the Montefeltro, recently also crossed by the Italian professional cycling Giro.
Ideal both for the cyclists and bikers, the Furlo Pass offers to the sportsmen an environment of great naturalistic beauty edged from 3.600 hectares of lawns and woods.
Along the run you can stop to a quick visit to the town of Urbino, or to taste a good plate with the excellent hypocrites of Acqualagna.
If you love bike, the Furlo Pass waits for you in Marche, a region full of cycling and mountain bike runs, and with a lot of Bike Hotels.