Name: Cycling from the Dolomites to Venice
Brand: Exodus Adventure Travels
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Price: 1670 USD
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Rating: 4.7 (1 reviews)

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We were visiting in Umbria and my husband found this tour. As it turned out, there were just four of us, so it was a nice small group. I'm not sure if her name was Michelle, but she was a terrific guide, married with kids and her husband is in the business too. Anyway, she was so knowledgeable and passionate about her city. Obviously very well educated about the history of the sites we saw. We've taken a number of tours all over the world and she ranked up at the top. It was easy to meet up. It was a hike and you end up at the other end of the city, away from where we met. But we had a delightful lunch mid-way back so it was not so bad. You do finish up near 1:30 so we had to hustle to get to lunch on time. I would not hesitate to recommend this guide and this tour. We would have missed out on so much if we had wandered around by ourselves.

Umbria Con Me Sas

Visiting in Umbria and my husband found this tour.

Umbria’s Green Valley: A Cycle Tour Through The Valle Umbra

Dear Alexandra, thank you, it was great! I was describing Assizes and Spelo to my daughters and my boyfriend, I hope we are all well and be lucky enough to come again to your beautiful homeland. 
I think the weekend I will start my Italian language lessons! Wish you, your family and the people you love, all the best! Let's keep in touch Anna Anna Maltabe

Umbria Escape Bike Tour

Exodus Adventure Travels

Intrepid Travel

Singles Travel International

Whole Journeys

Tourissimo

Culture Trip

Road Scholar

Carpe Mundo

UTracks

SpiceRoads Cycling

Great Explorations

This bike ride is amazing. The routes are scenic and varied and pass through 
three countries and some very interesting, historical towns. The cycling is a 
good challenge, very doable and mainly flat or undulating but with some 
bigger hills that test your stamina! The coastal scenery is beautiful as is 
the countryside and wetlands you ride through. No shortage of places to stop 
for coffee, cake or lunch. Highly recommend it!
Cycling into Piran then climbing the newly refurbished bell tower! Amazing 
views from the top!


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Do it! You won't regret it!

Cycling from Venice to Porec - self guided

Julian Alps to the Adriatic Cycling

Before booking the trip, I'd never even contemplated a cycling holiday 
before.&nbsp; Yes I am reasonably fit and I do a fair bit of cardio-vascular 
work at the gym, but I'd never really used my third or fouth hand BMX, 
which is still sitting in my kitchen gathering dust!&nbsp; However I fancied 
trying something different and challenging myself a little, and I liked the 
idea of seeing 3 different countries in one trip away.&nbsp; I was pleasantly 
surprised.&nbsp; I completed over 80kms on the first day, much of it into a 
14kph head-wind.&nbsp; Yes I was tired, but it wasn't a struggle as I 
suspected it might be.&nbsp; So, the beauty of this trip is that it is 
suitable for anyone of reasonable fitness who fancies a holiday that takes it 
some beautiful and ever-changing scenery, whilst at the same time keeping you 
fit!&nbsp; I loved the freedom a self-guided cycling trip gives you - the 
ability to stop whenever and wherever you want, not being limited on the 
amount of time you stop somewhere &amp; the option to go at your own 
pace.&nbsp; Also the general quality of the hotels used was excellent and 
mostly central to the town (with the exception of Caorle) &amp; the buffet 
breakfasts were enough to fill me up for the majority of the day.&nbsp; The 
27 speed bikes were of excellent quality and made the ride smooth and 
hassle-free. The waterproof paniers supplied were spacious and easy to 
attached and detatch, and the waterproof box on the front of the bike was 
exactly the right size for my camera.&nbsp; The routes chosen generally 
avoided main roads, which was great if you're not a confident cyclist and 
also meant that you experienced the real heart and culture of each country, 
travelling on country roads through quaint little villages and pretty coastal 
towns.&nbsp; My only negative comment is that the directions given were 
sometimes vague and ambiguous, resulting in us covering a vastly increased 
distance on the first day, not reaching our destination until 10pm, and not 
having any time to stop at any of the towns/villages on route.&nbsp; We did 
get used to the way they were written and learned to interpret them 
accordingly as the trip went on, but there were still times we resorted to 
using a map and picking our own route to the next place named on our 
itinerary!&nbsp; Also I would suggest that Piran would be a much nicer final 
destination on day 5 of the trip, instead of Portoroz.&nbsp; It's only 
about 5/6kms away and is a much prettier town with a lot more to see.&nbsp; 
Overall though, it was a thoroughly enjoyable experience and I would 
definitely do it again.
Finding out that I was actually capable of cycling that sort of distance!The 
views down into Piran after covering a good few kilometres of cycling on 
winding uphill roads, which was starting to take it's toll on my knees!


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Make sure you take a good pair of padded cycling shorts, or a padded seat 
cover.

Four days of flat cycling through Italy followed by more hilly terrain on the final two through Slovenia/Croatia. The scenery and little towns we passed through were delightful - we saw many areas you perhaps wouldn't ever have visited in isolation unless touring. Bikes and equipment provided were solid and in good condition.
There were some really exceptional routes via bridges across water, and paths alongside the sea; and some very enjoyable downhill rides after tough climbs in Croatia and Slovenia. A restaurant called Valentino's in Portoguaro who served us, their sole customers, superb food very late on a Monday night, when we feared we'd go to bed hungry because we'd arrived so late!

This was a self guided holiday, so the cycle route guides were effectively our leader! These instructions were mostly very good with maybe two or three lapses. Several groups seemed to miss the Grado turn-off because of ambiguous instructions - and oddly this detour alone was not described in full. We got lost leaving Aquileia, heading at right angles to the correct route despite our best efforts! And a couple of times the instructions lapsed into different languages which provided an extra challenge. We felt the quality of the instructions was a little inconsistent, and less detailed as we left Italy There also seemed to be less arrow-stickers posted. The baggage transfer between hotels was seamless, with no problems at all.

A cycle mirror mounted on your left handlebar will help on the very skinny fast Italian roads where one has to cycle right in the gutter, with cars passing very close. I bought one over there but it wasn't as good as my small tilt-able mirror at home. Padded cycle shorts are essential and I was glad I took an extra padded cycle cover too. A simple compass might have helped when we felt we were very offtrack! We managed with the maps provided but they are not that detailed, and often don't reference the same road names as the instructions do, so if you are concerned about your routefinding abilities, it may be worth bringing your own detailed maps, or downloading a GPS app. I was very bitten badly the first few days by mosquitoes, never usually a problem for me. I was using Jungle formula for Northern Europe, strength 3 until I switched to my friend's stronger version with 50% DEET. It didn't seem to be possible to get very strong repellent in Italy, so recommend you take a killer formula with you. Lastly, we didn't do this but it might have been sensible to check out the first few steps of the next day's route and just get oriented re the right direction to set off, before putting the bikes to bed for the night.

We added two days in Venice at the start  of our trip, which I'd recommend.

We enjoyed this self guided cycle trip.The first 3 days are totally flat with the hills starting after Trieste. The hotel in Mestre was not great, the room was small and stuffy room with ineffective air-conditioning. We agree with previous comments about the written instructions, they are too wordy and therefore difficult to follow. We gave up on them after the first day and used the maps provided and followed the arrows placed along the route.When that failed we backed up with the map app on the smartphone.
I disagree with a previous review that said don't start in Mestre, as the ride across to to Venice is dangerous. For us it was a Sunday morning( little traffic) and on a cycle path most of the way, the view of the city is great and the only downside were the swarms of flies so essential to keep your mouth closed. Lido di Jesolo was fine (big resort) but Caorle is a much smaller, prettier town and we would have preferred to stay there. Portogruaro, nice hotel and small town. Alquilea , hotel not so great but fantastic Basilica with mosaic floors. Trieste is an interesting city but busy traffic. The route out is hilly but actually takes small backroads so wasn't as bad as expected.Into Slovenia, lovely lush farmland often on dedicated cycle track but with a few more hills ( some steep but short) we stayed in Portoroz which is a large resort, the hotel was fine but for us Piran would have been a much nicer place to spend the night as prettier and smaller. On into Croatia where the route is on a busier road at times but the coastal scenery was beautiful and the hotel in Porec was the most comfortable of the whole trip. We averaged about 40 miles a day so had usually arrived at the destination by mid afternoon giving us time to explore.
Cycling towards Venice and through lush farmland. The Basilica in Aquilea is well worth a look. Italian ice cream and fantastic fresh fish in the restaurants en route.

We only encountered him once when the bikes were delivered to the hotel, so can't really comment. The luggage transfer was very efficient.

The hire bikes were very good but the female bikes are more " sit up and beg" style. I asked to change to the bike given to men (as I prefer that cycling position) so ended up with a frame that was slightly too large as that was all they had. So women travellers.....check the style of the bike you prefer ( look more closely at the photos than I did!) and relay that to Exodus before you travel so hopefully you will get the best bike fit for you. Also mosquito repellant, antihistamine cream for bites is useful.

Better accommodation in some places would definitely have improved the rating of this holiday for us.

Before booking the trip, I'd never even contemplated a cycling holiday before.&nbsp; Yes I am reasonably fit and I do a fair bit of cardio-vascular work at the gym, but I'd never really used my third or fouth hand BMX, which is still sitting in my kitchen gathering dust!&nbsp; However I fancied trying something different and challenging myself a little, and I liked the idea of seeing 3 different countries in one trip away.&nbsp; I was pleasantly surprised.&nbsp; I completed over 80kms on the first day, much of it into a 14kph head-wind.&nbsp; Yes I was tired, but it wasn't a struggle as I suspected it might be.&nbsp; So, the beauty of this trip is that it is suitable for anyone of reasonable fitness who fancies a holiday that takes it some beautiful and ever-changing scenery, whilst at the same time keeping you fit!&nbsp; I loved the freedom a self-guided cycling trip gives you - the ability to stop whenever and wherever you want, not being limited on the amount of time you stop somewhere &amp; the option to go at your own pace.&nbsp; Also the general quality of the hotels used was excellent and mostly central to the town (with the exception of Caorle) &amp; the buffet breakfasts were enough to fill me up for the majority of the day.&nbsp; The 27 speed bikes were of excellent quality and made the ride smooth and hassle-free. The waterproof paniers supplied were spacious and easy to attached and detatch, and the waterproof box on the front of the bike was exactly the right size for my camera.&nbsp; The routes chosen generally avoided main roads, which was great if you're not a confident cyclist and also meant that you experienced the real heart and culture of each country, travelling on country roads through quaint little villages and pretty coastal towns.&nbsp; My only negative comment is that the directions given were sometimes vague and ambiguous, resulting in us covering a vastly increased distance on the first day, not reaching our destination until 10pm, and not having any time to stop at any of the towns/villages on route.&nbsp; We did get used to the way they were written and learned to interpret them accordingly as the trip went on, but there were still times we resorted to using a map and picking our own route to the next place named on our itinerary!&nbsp; Also I would suggest that Piran would be a much nicer final destination on day 5 of the trip, instead of Portoroz.&nbsp; It's only about 5/6kms away and is a much prettier town with a lot more to see.&nbsp; Overall though, it was a thoroughly enjoyable experience and I would definitely do it again.
Finding out that I was actually capable of cycling that sort of distance!
The views down into Piran after covering a good few kilometres of cycling on winding uphill roads, which was starting to take it's toll on my knees!

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Make sure you take a good pair of padded cycling shorts, or a padded seat cover.

Good cycling and sight seeing somewhat spoilt by too detailed and useless route guide though necessary maps saved the day . Many of us got lost coming out of Trieste. Three other&nbsp;cycling companies&nbsp;were using the same material and hotels. Start from Mestre a bad&nbsp;idea&nbsp;&nbsp;
Finding correct route in spite of the misleading route guide and meeting up with fellow-lost travellers
Visiting Aquileia and castle at Duino en route
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We were all self-led so found our own way. Unfortunately we didn't realise how important it was to spot the
tiny route signs which was mentioned at the briefing - we learnt&nbsp;! ....but&nbsp;at some&nbsp;important crossings these
signs were missing

Don't use the route guides - only use the maps - and also buy large scale maps beforehand and plot the route!
&nbsp;Be prepared to ask for route directions in middle of cities - like Trieste - we did and found help - otherwise
we might still be there.
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Don't cycle on causeway from Mestre to Venice - bad enough by rail.&nbsp; Be careful getting from Mestre to railway
station - not easy at all.
This is our second Exodus cycling holiday where subcontractor was Girolibero&nbsp; - person&nbsp;doing their guides
should be replaced.
Despite problems - it was an enjoyable tour good weather, mostly quiet lanes, though beware busy roads and maniac motorists

Italy Budget Cycling Trips & Packages Tour & Trip Reviews

Visiting in Umbria and my husband found this tour.

It was great! I