Italy for our Spring Tour this year - we went on Skedaddle's 'Tuscan Tourer', and it worked out very well. The route is a sweep around some classic parts of Tuscany, starting and ending near Pisa, passing close to Florence and Sienna.
The arrangements were pretty standard van-support, with a van carrying the luggage and a rider shepherding the group. Massimo and Vanessa, from Skedaddle Italia, took turns to fill this role, and also prepared a very good picnic lunch each day. Accommodation was varied and interesting - we stayed in a couple of pleasant hotels, but also in a castle and a couple of remote farms, all of which provided excellent meals from fresh local produce - including wine.
Daily mileage wasn't huge - between forty and fifty miles, once or twice a little more, but the short steep hills of Tuscany aren't all that tandem friendly, so no complaints from us (or from anyone else, for that matter). Skedaddle provided us with .gpx tracks for each day, so route-finding was easy and we could set our own pace. We were very pleased to have the chance to ride on some of the 'Strade Bianche'. These are white gravel roads, common in the area, that are used for the 'Eroica' and for Giro stages each year. They were good fun, with great scenery, and we'd like do do some more of them.
We had expected good weather, but in the event it wasn't terrific - grey for the first couple of days, with evening storms, but improving as the week went on, so that in the end it was about as good as it was here ...
All in all, very enjoyable, and we'd recommend the trip and the company.
Mark
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