Diapositiva 1

YOUR ACTIVE HOLIDAYS
CATALOGO 2016
LIVE YOUR PASSION
ITALY AND EUROPE DESTINATIONS
1 ITALY. RIDING SOUTHWARDS : MATERA/LECCE ALONG THE APULIA
ACQUEDUCT CICLEWAY. SELF GUIDED
Info
• Difficulty: Medium
• Dates: 17 – 24 April 2016. Dates or routes
Bike is the best means of transportation to discover the beauties of Molise and Apulia :
every ride will be suprising! We’ll be charmed by the Mediterranean scrub of the hills near
Matera and Taranto (an area called “murgia”), a very fascinating panorama with its
canyons, caves, caverns, but also vineyards and olive groves, old villages, artisanal shops,
as well as the blue Jonio sea . We’ll pass through Itria’s Valley, famous for the well-known
buildings “trulli” and we’ll reach Apulia’s southern point, between two seas, in a land rich
in manor farms, centuries-old olive trees, streets made of bare stone.
Traditional local food is the cherry on top!
could be modified because of climatic
conditions.
• Price: from € 500 per person.
GUARANTEED DEPARTURE
• Offers: € 500 per person for groups over 4
people - € 600 per person for group of
almost 4 people - € 700 per person under
4 people
• Minimum number of participants : 2
• Accomodation : B&B or hotel under
agreement with Bikelife
• Price includes: 7 nights e 8 days - BB –
double room accomodation (arrival in
Matera in the afternoon on the first day departure from Lecce past breakfast on the
eighth day). Maps and GPX, medical
insurance, bike garaging and area for little
repairs.
• Price not include: everything non
specifically mentioned under “price
includes”
• Supplements: bike rental, official
merchandising, packet-lunch, singleroom supplement
Matera is popular all over the world for
its little houses built in the calcareous
rocks, “Sassi”(that means precisely
“rocks”). Sassi have been included in
UNESCO World Heritage in 1993, the first
site in South Italy to gain this recognition.
Matera we’ll be the European Capital of
Culture 2019.
Town visit.
DAY 2: FROM MATERA TO ALBEROBELLO Mtb (75 kms) – elevation
gain 50 mts
We’ll ride to Alberobello and Locorotondo, famous for
their “trulli”, that are included in the UNESCO World
Heritage too.
We’ll go through tracts of the Apulia Acqueduct
Cicleway, passing by Gioia del Colle and Noci...we’ll go
biking on the water!
In fact, in the Itrias’ Valley, near Cisternino e Martina
Franca, there is also the “Trullo Sovrano” (that means
“King of Trulli), the biggest-one.
Highlights
DAY 1 : ARRIVAL ON YOUR OWN IN MATERA
• SASSI DI MATERA
(UNESCO World
Heritage)
•APULIA ACQUEDUCT
CICLEWAY
•TRULLI (UNESCO World
Heritage)
•ORIA (village included in
“the most beautiful
villages in Italy” club)
• JONIO COAST DUNES
(S.Pietro in Bevagna,
Torre Lapillo)
•MANDURIA
•GALLIPOLI WALLS
•SALENTO MALDIVES
• S.M. DI LEUCA
MONUMENTAL
STAIRCASE
• ADRIATIC COAST
• OTRANTO CASTLE
•SANT’ANDREA STACKS
• LECCE OLD TOWN
CENTER - GOTHIC
CHURCHES AND
PALACES
DAY 3: FROM ALBEROBELLO TO MANDURIA Mtb (75 kms) elevation
gain 65 mts
We’ll ride through the countryside to Locorotondo, Cisternino, Ceglie Messapica,
with its “trulli”, manor farms, olive trees and karst caves. We’ll leave the
Acqueduct Cicleway to reach the wonderful Manduria, between Taranto and
Lecce.
DAY 4: FROM MANDURIA TO GALLIPOLI Mtb (70 kms) elevation
gain 50 mts
Destination Gallipoli, a real pearl of the Ionio’s coast. Its old
town center is a rare example of “isle-town” proctected by the
sea. Then we’ll reach Punta Prosciutto (a promontory with a
odd name that means “ham”) in Porto Cesareo, between
Taranto and Lecce.
DAY 5 : FROM GALLIPOLI TO SANTA MARIA DI LEUCA Mtb (65 kms)
elevation gain 70 mts
We’ll ride along the coast, with some tracts in the backcountry , to Santa Maria di
Leuca, whome name originated from “leukos”, that means “white” in
Greek. We’ll visit also Presicce, Torre Pali, Pescoluse (considered as “the Maldives
in Salento” with its particular dunes), Torre Vado and Santa Maria di Leuca, the
southern point in Apulia, an area called also “finibus terrae” (“the end of the
earth”). The view from this promontory is extraordinary: in front of you only the
infinite waters under the sun. This is the ending point of the acqueduct cicleway.
DAY 6: FROM SANTA MARIA DI LEUCA TO OTRANTO Mtb (65 Kms)
elevation gain 50 mts
We’ll ride to north areas, first in the backcountry and then along the
coast, to Otranto, the eastern town in Italy, where we’ll visit the
Cathedral and the Aragonese castle. Then Tricase and Castro, where
we’ll visit the Zinzulusa cave. Then Punta Palascio with Minervino
Tower, Santa Cesarea Terme, Porto Badisco and Otranto on the
adriatic coast with its wonferful beaches and clear waters.
DAY 7 : FROM OTRANTO TO LECCE Mtb (65 kms) elevation gain 40
mts
•Descriptions ad routes
are strictly
approximate; the
complete agenda will be
sent in case of booking
Otranto is a wonderful village made in natural
stone, and riding along the Adriatic coast, we’ll
arrive in Lecce through the Mediterranean scrub
of Alimini lakes and Conca Specchiulla, Torre
Saracena, Torre dell’Orso. In Sant’Andrea we
could see the famous stacks and finally Lecce.
Our tour will end in the wonderful Duomo
square in Lecce, that is called “The Lady of the
Baroque style”, that is recognizable in its
steeples, gates, churches, monuments and even
houses.
DAY 8: LECCE
Breakfast (end of Bikelife’s services). Departure.
•CUSTOMIZED TOURS:
under request, ,it is
possible to organize
selfguided (with
Bikelife’s maps) tours
and tailor-made tours
•SERVICES: It is possible
to contact Bikelife only
to rent bikes or to book
hotels or to transport
luggage
•BIKELIFE INFO:
Tel 0854917312/816221
Mobile
335 5941950
340 5064506
Mail [email protected]
Web www.bikelife.it
2 ITALY.
ENJOY IRONMAN ITALY 70.3 PESCARA 2016
Pescara, a sea town located in central Italy, is waiting for you at IRONMAN 70.3 for a swim
in the Adriatic deep waters, a ride on the hills and an half marathon in its streets.
Athletes will start with 1,2 mile swim from Pescara’s beach, then 56 miles by bike throug
vineyards and olive groves (tough but suggestive!) and 13, 1 miles run along the seafront,
supported by the warmth of the fans...and the finish line is a few mts from the foreshore!
IRONMAN 70.3 Italy 2016:
30 slots valid for IRONMAN 70.3 2016 World Finals to be won
Info
• Difficulty: High
• Dates: 8 – 12 June 2016. Dates or routes
could be modified because of climatic
conditions.
• Price: from € 700 per person.
GUARANTEED DEPARTURE
• Offers: € 700 per person for groups over 4
people - € 800 per person for group of
almost 4 people - € 900 per person under
4 people
• Minimum number of participants : 2
• Accomodation : B&B or hotel under
agreement with Bikelife
• Price includes: 5 nights e 6 days - HB –
double room accomodation guide,
thriatlete guide, excursions, tests, dinner
on trabocco, medical insurance, luggage
and bike transfert, bike garaging
• Price not include: everything non
specifically mentioned under “price
includes”
• Supplements: bike rent, official
merchandising, packet-lunch, lunch,
drinks, single-room supplement
DAY 2 (JUNE, 9 th 2016)
IN THE MORNING:
ATHLETES: guided BIKE TEST IRONMAN ITALY 70.3.
91 kms (or less) with a triathlete - infos about the
competition
COMPANIONS:guided bike test or guided excursion by
bike (MTB or road bike) in the surroundings or relax
on the beach.
IN THE AFTERNOON:
Relax on the beach
(it is possible to have relaxant massages)
Dinner on a TRABOCCO, typical old fishing machine.
Overnight stay in Pescara.
Arrival on your own in the morning. Under request,
out T.O. can arrange your transfers by plane and bus.
The hotel is a few kms from race start and it can be
reached by bike.
IN THE AFTERNOON:
ATHLETES: guided SWIM TEST IRONMAN ITALY 70.3.
1,8 km (or less) with a triathlete - infos about the
competition
COMPANIONS: guided swim test or guided excursion
by bike (MTB or road bike) in the surroundings or
relax on the beach.
Dinner. Overnight stay in Pescara.
Highlights
DAY 1 (JUNE, 8 th 2016)
•SERVICES:
•TRANSFER FROM FIUMICINO
(ROME) to PESCARA BY MINI
BUS 8 SITES (ROUND TRIP) €
700
TRANSFER FROM FIUMICINO
(ROME) Francavilla Al Mare A
BUS WITH UP TO 45 SITES
(ROUND TRIP) € 1300
• 2 DAYS CARBON BIKE RENT €
100
2 DAYS THRIATLON CARBON
BIKE € 145
•REGISTRATION 2016
IRONMAN 70.3 ITALY:
Individual Category / AgeGroup
Eur 230.00 + 6% Active Fee of registrations
Eur 250.00 + 6% Active Fee from October 10, 2015
Eur 285.00 + 6% Active Fee from April 28, 2016
•Category Team / Team Relay
Eur 306.00 + 6% Active Fee of registrations
Eur 379.00 + 6% Active Fee from April 28, 2016
DAY 3 (JUNE, 10 th 2016)
IN THE MORNING:
ATHLETES: guided RUN TEST IRONMAN ITALY 70.3.
21 kms (or less) with a triathlete - infos about the
competition
COMPANIONS:guided run test or guided excursion by bike
(MTB or road bike) in the surroundings or relax on the
beach.
IN THE AFTERNOON:
RACE REGISTRATION. Relax on the beach (it is possibile to
have relaxant massages).
Expo & Fun Area Visit.
Pizza Party. Overnight stay in Pescara.
DAY 4 (JUNE, 11 th 2016)
IN THE MORNING:
BRIEFING ON THE FINISH LINE WITH THE RACE DIRECTOR
IRONMAN ITALY 70.3.
BIKE TRANSFER IN TRANSITION AREA.
IN THE AFTERNOON: BRIEFING WITH THE RACE DIRECTOR
IRONMAN ITALY 70.3. and OVERWATCH ON THE COURSE
BY BUS to recognize aid stations.
Expo& Fun Area Visit.
Dinner and overnight stay in Pescara.
•Descriptions ad routes
are strictly approximate;
the complete agenda
will be sent in case of
booking
•CUSTOMIZED TOURS:
upon request, ,it is
possible to organize
selfguided (with
Bikelife’s maps) tours
and tailor-made tours
•SERVICES: It is possible
to contact Bikelife only
to rent bikes or to book
hotels or to transport
luggage
•BIKELIFE INFO: Tel
0854917312/816221
Mobile 335 5941950
340 5064506 Mail
[email protected] Web
www.bikelife.it
DAY 5 (JUNE, 12 th 2016)
12 A.M.: RACE START IRONMAN ITALY 70.3
AWARD CEREMONY. Expo & Fun Area Visit.
Dinner and overnight stay in Pescara.
DAY 6 (JUNE, 13 th 2016)
Breakfast (end of Bikelife’s services). Departure.
2 EUROPE.
Since anriquity there’ s been four routes in Europe to Santiago di Compostela, crossing in
Roncisvalle. The most crowded road to Santiago has been the French-one for centuries. Il
It’s start on the Pyreneees, with two access point, in Roncisvalle (Navarra) and in Somport
(Aragona). These routes get together in Puente la Reina and - through La Rijoia, Castiglia
and León, they arrive in Galizia.
The orginal road is subjected to changes over and over again because of the building of new
roads, the opening of highways and the allotment of lands but there’ s no risk to get lost
because the signage is very clear and understandable. The Road is showed by big yellow
arrows and by milestones on which a yellow shell on a blue blackground is drawn. After
Jerusalem and Rome, Santiago di Compostela is the third religious destination in the world.
Since 1987 the Road to Santiago and its itineraries has been included in the “Europan
Cultural Itinery” and since 1993 in the UNESCO World Heritage, that’s way it’s a very
special journey not only for devout followers … a journey to have at least once in a lifetime!
Info
THE ROAD TO SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA BY BIKE
•Difficulty: Medium
•Dates: 22 – 30 July 2016. Dates or routes
could be modified because of climatic
conditions. Booking within 7 July.
•Price: from € 600 per person. GUARANTEED
DEPARTURE
•Offers: € 600 per person for groups over 4
people - € 700 per person for group of
almost 4 people - € 800 per person under 4
people
•Minimum number of participants : 2
• Accomodation : B&B or hotel under
agreement with Bikelife
•Price includes: 8 nights e 9 days - HB –
double room accomodation guide, bus
Santiago – Finisterre round trip, medical
insurance, luggage and bike transfert, bike
garaging
•Price not include: everything non
specifically mentioned under “price
includes” (flight non included!)
•Supplements: bike rent, official
merchandising, packet-lunch, lunch, drinks,
single-room supplement
DAY 1 : ARRIVAL ON YOUR OWN IN LEON
(upon request, our T.O. can arrange your travels)
DAY 2: FROM LEON TO ASTORGA
Mtb (50 kms) – elevation gain 350 mts
Breakfast at the Hotel. Our tour will start through
large wheat fields called “Mesetas”, to Astorga
(called Astúrica Augusta by the Romans), where
the Franch Road and the Plata’s - one cross.
Astorga has a majestic Gothic cathedral (XV°
century) with a baroque facade.
Dinner on your own and Overnight stay in
Astorga.
Highlights
Meeting point at the Hotel. We’ll visit León,
where there are some of the most representative
Spanish monuments, like its Cathedral, a real
Gothic jewel built during the XIII° and XVI°
centuries. Also the San Isidoro Romanic Basilica
(XI° e XII° centuries ), where there is the San
Isidoro’s sepulchre, and the San Marco Monastery
with its wonderful facade are very important.
Dinner on your own and Overnight stay in León.
•CREUZA DE FER
• LEON CATHEDRAL
• O'CEBREIRO
• THE ROAD AS UNESCO
WORLD HERITAGE
• APOSTOLO SEPULCHER
• SANTIAGO CATHEDRAL
• SARRIA CASTLE
• ASTORGA CASTLE
• ASTORGA CATHEDRAL
• PONFERRADA IRON
BRIDGE
• CAVALIERI DI SAN
GIOVANNI CHURCH
• FINISTERRE
DAY 3 : FROM ASTORGA TO PONFERRADA
Mtb (54 kms) - elevation gain 700 mts
Breakfast at the Hotel. Easy ride in the Spanish
countryside” through Campo, where there is the St.
Christ Hermitage, and Ponferrada. In the Medieval age
this town was accesible from two point: a Roman
bridge over the river Boeza, fell down in the XVIII°
century, or the bridge over the river Mascarón.
At the end of XI° century the Astorga’s bishop,
Osmundo, ordere to built a new bridge with an iron
railing called"Pons ferrata".
Dinner on your own and Overnight stay in Ponferrada.
DAY 4: FROM PONFERRADA TO O’ CEBREIRO
Mtb (52 kms) - elevation gain 950 mts
Breakfast at the Hotel. This stage is more diffucult because
of the rise to O’ Cebriero, a medieval village 1300 mts
high with an amazing view. We’ll visit the “pallozas”,
preeomanic houses with straw roofs built in IX° - X°
centuries, where there is a precious wooden sculpture
of Santa María la Real.
Dinner on your own and Overnight stay in O’Cebreiro.
DAY 5: O' CEBREIRO – PORTOMARIN
Mtb (60 kms) - elevation gain 370 mts
Breakfast at the Hotel. We’ll ride from O'Cebriero
to Portomarin, a Roman village very important in
Medieval Age, that actually lay under an artificial
basin built in 1962 from the river Mino’s waters.
Dinner on your own and Overnight stay in
Portomarin.
DAY 6: FROM PORTOMARÍN TO ARZÚA
Mtb (51kms) - elevation gain 450 mts
Breakfast at the Hotel. The golden
landscapes of wheat fields will be replaced
from green valleys : Santiago, we’re coming!
The Road will pass by Palais del Rey and La
Coruña to arrive in Melide, where it crosses
the Frech Road from Oviedo. In Melide there
is a stone cross dated back to XIV° century,
one of the oldest in Galizia.
Last stage will be Arzùa.
Dinner on your own and Overnight stay in
Arzùa.
DAY 7: FROM ARZÚA TO SANTIAGO
Mtb (40 kms) – elevation gain 470 mts
Breakfast at the Hotel.
Galizia’s landscapes, with their luxuriant
vegetation, will guide us to Santiago in a magic
atmosphere. We’ll pass by Burgo, Arca, San
Antón, Amenal and San Paio, then Lavacolla, a
village where the pilgrims used to wash
themselves and got changed before entering
Compostela.
Then Villamalor, San Marcos, Monte do Gozo, San
Lázaro, and finally SANTIAGO DI COMPOSTELA.
Dinner on your own and Overnight stay in
Santiago de Compostela.
DAY 8: SANTIAGO - FINISTERRE – SANTIAGO BY BUS
Breakfast at the Hotel. From Santiago, we’ll reach Finisterre (that
means “the end of the earth”) by bus. The religious itinerary ends in
Santiago, and - fromFinisterre, it’s a heathen itinerary along the
Galizia’s coast to discover amazing landscapes. The outer limit is the
lighthouse in Finisterre, where the Road’s milestone 0 is located.
Finisterre is the village where the pilgrims used to pick up from its
beach the famous "Santiago’s Shell" to prove that they have finished
the Road.
Dinner with closing party and Overnight stay in Santiago de
Compostela.
DAY 9: BREAKFAST (END OF BIKELIFE’S SERVICES). DEPARTURE.
It’ recommended to have
a bike bell, useful to pass
the pilgrims on the Road,
and a kit to change bike
inner tubes.
Only in the bigger towns
we’ll could find bike and
tyre shops, so you must be
100% equipped.
It’ recomended also to
drink a lot of water,
because of the
expenditure of energy
required by riding so many
hours every day : we
suggest you to bring
almost two bottle
cages and to take in some
dietary supplements and
mineral salts (it’s better to
buy them in your country
because it’s difficult to
find well-stocked shops
along the Road).
In a new town, it’s a good
idea to visit the local
tourist info point, where
it’s possible to take maps
for free.
•Descriptions ad routes are
strictly approximate; the
complete agenda will be sent in
case of booking
•CUSTOMIZED TOURS: upon
request, ,it is possible to
organize selfguided (with
Bikelife’s maps) tours and
tailor-made tours
•SERVICES: It is possible to
contact Bikelife only to rent
bikes or to book hotels or to
transport luggage
•BIKELIFE INFO: Tel
0854917312/816221 Mobile
335 5941950 340 5064506
Mail [email protected] Web
www.bikelife.it
A RIDE WITH CHAMPIONS
“ A Ride with Champions” is a new proposal for bike lovers : we realize your dream to
meet cycling Champions and ride together.
A unique experience, to ride side by side with your favourite Champion and work out
secrets and suggestions about this fabolous sport!
Do not miss a Weekend with former and current cycling ACES : 48 hours together to
discover anectodetes, oddities, advices directly from cycling PROTAGONISTS!
Info
4 ITALY.
•Difficulty: Medium/Difficult
•Dates: upon request. Dates or routes could
be modified because of climatic conditions.
•Price: from € 200 per person. GUARANTEED
DEPARTURE
•Offers: € 200 per person for groups over 4
people - € 250 per person for group of
almost 4 people - € 300 per person under 4
people
•Minimum number of participants : 2
• Accomodation : B&B or hotel under
agreement with Bikelife
•Price includes: 2 nights e 3 days - HB –
double room accomodation, basic SPA
course, Guide, luggage and medical
insurance
•Price not include: everything non
specifically mentioned under “price
includes” (fights, bike rent, transfer,
complete SPA course, choosen Champion).
•Supplements: bike rent, official
merchandising, packet-lunch, lunch, drinks,
single-room supplement
Welcome Drink with the Champion, then Dinner and briefing together.
Overnight stay.
Bikelife arranges Weekend (upon request, also longer journey) perfect for the cycling amateurs that would
like to meet international champions, but also for companies that would like to organize TEAM-BUILDING
activities with sport celebrities.
A special experience : 48 hours on two wheels journey in Abruzzo, a region where Tour of Italy has been
passed many times (in 1999 Marco Pantani won with a extraordinary performance in Campo Imperatore) and
the great opportunity to face the Muro di Guardiagrele (that means “Gaurdiagrele Wall”), a very tough rise.
Services
DAY 1: Arrival on Friday evening at the Hotel. Bike tuning and room
accomodation.
• Transfer from Fiumicino
(Rome) to Francavilla al
Mare by minibus 8 sites
(round trip) from € 700
• Transfer from Fiumicino
(Rome) to Francavilla al
Mare by bus with up to
45 sites (round trip) from
€ 1300
• 2 days Carbon bike
rental from € 100
• 2 days Triathlon carbon
bike rent from € 145
Who are our Champions? Cycling Professionals from Abruzzo as Palmiro Masciarelli, Francesco Moser
supporting rider, Simone Masciarelli e Andrea Masciarelli, former professionals and now triathletes; Danilo
Di Luca, 2007 Tour of Italy winner,Stefano Garzelli, current manager of a cycling team in Abruzzo, Stefano
Giuliani (nickname “Monzon”), current managing director, Pierpaolo Addesi, Paralympics athlete.
Servizi
DAY 2 : After breakfast, first ride, back in Hotel in the afternoon to have a
buffet. This stage, about 130 kms long, will give you the opportunity to
discover the beauties, the customs, the traditions and the local food. Dinner
with the Champion. Overnight stay.
• Bikers could be relax in a SPA
area at the Hotel (sauna and
basic wellness course included)
• Video and photo report on
Bikelife Social Media
• Biker pack with bike accessories
from our sponsors/partners.
• Companions could have a DAY
SPA PROGRAM (sauna, steam
bath, tropical and emotional
shower, savonage, herbal
infusion) : from € 20
Services
DAY 3: After breakfast, After breakfast, ride, back in Hotel to have lunch to
This stage, about 70 kms long, will give you the opportunity to discover the
beauties, the customs, the traditions and the local food. After lunch end of
Bikelife’s services.
Other Italian cycling champions that could ride with us are Davide Cassani, current Italian Cycling Team
CT; Mario Cipollini (nickname “The Lion King”), Claudio Chiappucci (“El Diablo”); Paolo Savoldelli (“The
Hawk”), 2002 Tour of Italy winner, current Bike Channel and RAI speaker.
MTB Champions are Marco Aurelio Fontana and Paola Pezzo, both European and World competitions’
winner.
•THIS PROPOSAL COULD BE
ARRANGED IN OTHER
LOCATIONS. HOTEL INTERESTED
IN THIS BUSINESS, PLEASE
CONTACT BIKELIFE (085 4917312
[email protected]).
• Bikers could be relax in a SPA
area at the Hotel (sauna and
basic wellness course included)
• Video and photo report on
Bikelife Social Media
• Biker pack with bike accessories
from our sponsors/partners.
• Companions could have a DAY
SPA PROGRAM (sauna, steam
bath, tropical and emotional
shower, savonage, herbal
infusion) : from € 20