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A weekend on Elba on a mountain bike |
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A weekend on Elba on a mountain bike
|  | Two days of guided excursions on a mountain bike, accompanied by specialist guides. Apart from giving you fun pedalling, we will let you get to know the most beautiful places and the most spectacular views on our Island. | | | | The length and distance of the excursions can be agreed on the basis of the requests and ability of the participants. | 2011 dates
| 17/20 march 2011
01/04 april 2011
22/25 april 2011
29 april/2 may 2011
15/18 september 2011
13/16 october 2011
29 october/01 november 2011
08/11 december 2011
29 december 2011/01 january 2012
Other dates on request for groups of a min. of 4 people | Price:
| € 260 per person (€ 330 at Ester and national holidays) | The package includes: 2 days of guided mountain bike excursions, 3 nights half board in a 3 star hotel, return passenger and MTB ferry ticket, insurance, technical assistance during the excursions. The package does not include: the return journey from your place of departure to Piombino, return ferry passage for cars, drinks at meals, all lunches, extras and anything not specified in the entry “The package includes”.
Mountain bike weekend with the freedom of accommodation in apartments (only overnight stay):
Two roomed apartment - 4 bed places € 175 per person (€ 230 at Easter and National Holidays) | Possible programme: | | | | Thursday: | arrival, meet your guide, dinner and overnight stay. | | | | Friday: | breakfast
1st excursion: Marina di Campo – Marina di Campo.
Panoramic ascents, breathtaking descents, single track, beaches, granite quarries.
Route: Marina di Campo – Monte Perone – Piane al Canale – San Piero – Marina di Campo – Monte San Martino – Monte Orello – Procchio – Monte Pinello – Colle Pecoano – Monte Pericoli – Monumento – Monte Tambone – Monte Castello – Marina di Campo.
Environment: scrubland, Mediterranean maquis, woodland.
Distance: 79.8 km
Total height difference: 2340 m
Time: 8 hours (tourist cycling speed)
Distance on bike: 95%
Technical difficulty: medium
dinner and overnight stay. | | | | Saturday: | breakfast
2nd excursion: Porto Azzurro – Porto Azzurro
Mines, beaches and breathtaking descents: fantastic panoramic routes, including the spectacular mountain bike World Cup descent and single track, among the iron mines, charming coves and sea gull colonies.
Route: Porto Azzurro – Capoliveri – Fattoria Ripalte (farm) – Monte Calamita – Monte Torricelle - Calanova - Ginepro – Poggio del Pozzo - Capoliveri – Buraccio – Monte Castello – Colle Reciso – Villa Napoleone - Buca di Bomba – Porto Azzurro.
Environment: Mediterranean maquis, scrubland, mines
Distance: 90.1 km
Total height difference 2164 m
Time : about 8/9 hours (tourist cycling speed)
Distance on bike: total
Technical difficulty: medium
dinner and over night stay. | | | | Sunday: | breakfast – departure.
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Mountain bike excursions 
