Route 2011
Ecotopia Biketour 2011 will take place in Italy from the 27th of July (starting point Florence) until the 31th of August. The main theme of the tour will be sustainable agriculture.
You'll find here the Route we're planning to have, but as you know, Ecotopia Bike Tour is not an all easy packed and programmed holiday trip. It's firstly an adventure full of surprises created day by day by its cheerful participants as a group. Bike Tour is flexible and spontaneous!
Don't worry, if you plan to join us on our way, we'll give you our Italian mobile phone numbers so we can easily connect and agree on a meetig point. Indeed, it's sometimes difficult to get an internet access once we are on the road. In order to give you our contact details, we need you to connect with us by mail BEFORE the tour starts. Well that's all! Don't hesitate to ask for further information.
Looking forward to ride, sweat and change the world with you on the hills of Italia!
Detailed route
Toscana
- 27th of July: starting point: Florence MEETING POINT : piazza della santissima annunziata h17.00 on 27th and 28th to join the Critical Mass.
- 29th of July: 60 km ride to San Quintino (PI). (Enea's farm)
- 30th of July: 65 km ride to Castellina marittima.
- 31th of July: Castellina Marittima. VIA AIA VECCHIA N 656040 CASTELLINA MARITTIMA (PI)
- 1st of August: Resting day in Castellina Marittima
- 2nd of August: 42 km ride to Castagneto Carducci.
- 3rd of August: Baratti/Buca delle fate / Piombino (we slept in piombino)
- 4th of August: 125 km ride from Piombino to Scansano!!!
- 5th and 6th of August: ride from scansano to terme di Saturnia
- 7th of August: terme di saturnia/pitigliano/lago di bolsena
- 8th of August: ride from lago di bolsena to lago di vico
Lazio
- 9th and 10th of August: 66 km ride to Lago di Bracciano - Lago di Martignano(Natural Park). Free Camping
- 11th and 12th of August: 47 km ride to Agricoltura Nuova organic farm.
- 13th of August: Agricoltura Nuova organic farm. via valle di perna, roma
- 14th of August: Resting day at the "Agricultura Nuova" organic farm.
- 15th and 16th of August: 66 km ride to Paliano.
- 17th of August: 61 km ride to Sora.
Abruzzo - Molise
- 18th and 19th of August: 48 km ride to Villetta Barrea (Natural Reserve).
- 20th of August: 39 km ride to Castelnuovo (Natural Reserve).
- 21st of August: 38 km ride to Carovilli.
- 22nd of August: 48 km ride to Campobasso where we'll meet the local FIAB group.
- 23th of August: 28 km ride to Morcone.
Campania
- 24th of August: 41 km ride to Sant'Agat dei Goti.Meeting with ruCasa 1130 Community Project.
- 25th of August: resting day in Sant'Agat dei Goti.
- 26th of August: 32 km ride to Benevento.
- 27th and 28th of August: Salerno, Pontecagnano. Visit of the Eco-Archeologico Park.
- 29th of August: 37 km ride to Paestum.
- 30th of August: resting day in Paestum.
- 31st of August: 42 km ride to Pioppi. Visit of the Museum of Mediterrenean Diet.
Map
Help is needed!
After having encountered too many complications, our two coordinators stopped organising the project. But as there is still a lot of enthusiasm and good energy, we still want to make BT 2011 and its wonderful route happen, based on all the great job done so far by Anna and all the help we'll get untill the beginning of the BT. So that's where we are now, trying to find the sleeping places that are missing to complete our itinerary. To do this, every help, contact, info, will be highly welcome. Please bring here your good ideas!