This biking itinerary is quite challenging and aimed to moderately trained cyclists: there are no long and steep climbs but the path is a continuous up and down that is as nervous as spectacular; the scenery is superb and roads are not at all busy.
Type of road: asphalt
Type of bike: road, hybrid
For whom: bike amateurs
Point of departure and arrival: Casole d’Elsa
Length: 52.55 km
Vertical drop: 1100
Difficulty: medium
The itinerary starts from Casole d’Elsa following the road to Monteguidi that can be reached climbing about 3 kilometers uphill. From Monteguidi descend along the road that crosses the river Cecina then a moderate uphill, that soon becomes steeper, begins that leads toward the village of Montecastelli into the Province of Pisa.
From Montecastelli continue downhill towards Castelnuovo Val di Cecina; after 4 kilometers leave the road towards Castelnuovo to turn left onto the winding road to Radicondoli (12 kilometers): first go down the bridge over the stream Lucignano, then go up the hill of Radicondoli. This is a delightful medieval village located far from main routes and set in a panoramic position.
From Radicondoli a fast and pleasant descent of 2 kilometers leads to a junction where to turn left following the signs to Mensano 5.5 kilometers away. From here keep on pedaling following the signs to Casole d’Elsa 8 kilometers away. Now find a downhill again and soon after the last climb uphill to the point of departure.
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