Cycling tour- 5 terre

Amazing half-day tour discovering 5 terre by an e-bike. You will be cycling above the Tyrrhenian sea crossing 5 Terre and the romantic Gulf of Poets.

Would you like to enjoy an easy but panoramic cycling tour, discovering Liguria? It’s one of the most distinctive and romantic regions in Italy. Its rocky coastline separates the blue Tyrrhenian Sea from the verdant hilly hinterland.
You will discover the well-known Gulf of Poets along the Ligurian Sea and after that, a pleasant stop at the small and cute village of Lerici to sip an aperitif with view.

Meeting with a private qualified cycling guide in La Spezia for an easy half-day bike tour.  You will discover the famous Gulf of Poets, a wide and deep inlet of the Ligurian Sea coastline, along which there are the well-known villages of Porto Venere and Lerici. The nickname was born on August 30th, 1910, created by the playwright Sem Benelli, who was used to stay at his own villa overlooking the sea of San Terenzo. Over the centuries, many other poets, writers and artists lived in the villages of the gulf, since the beauty of that “water amphitheater” had captured them. First of all, Dante Alighieri, then the writer David Herbert Lawrence, the poets Lord Byron and Percy Bysshe Shelley, the latter drowned there during a sudden storm in 1822.

After leaving La Spezia, you will cycling towards Pitelli, and then climb up to a path that will lead you to the panoramic village of Pugliola, from which your gaze will be able embrace the whole Gulf of Poets. From there you will go down towards Lerici and stop at one of the most popular historic coffee bar for a relaxing break and a “sea view” aperitif. Time at your leisure for an individual visit to the village and the castle. Back to La Spezia crossing San Terenzo and following the beaches with a constant sea view.

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