Welcome Riders!

Book by September to get 300€ discount, plus 1 free night in Milan to use before the tour!

Challenging and conquering the Alps and the Dolomites is the dream of every motorcycle rider! The visit to the Ducati factory and museum is something that each “Ducatista” must do once in a life!

Mountain passes such as, The Stelvio, Bernina, Umbrial, Fedaia and The Giau will be committed to your memory for a very long time; a memory of endless curves, valleys, snow-capped peaks, crystalline lakes, and mountain climbs with fast descents!

Charming alpine villages will be your resting places, where you can recharge your batteries, enjoy delicious local food and wine; while recapping your incredible day’s ride with your friends. Add to this one day ride on Lake Garda and the adventure is complete!

Yes, this is a tour for real motorcycle enthusiasts! You must be able to master switchbacks and very tight bends… especially if you will be sharing this incredible experience with a passenger. These mountains are often very steep and very high… not for those with acrophobia.

This fabulous tour is completed by a visit to the Ducati factory and museum.

So, start planning and preparing now to challenge more than 30 Mountain Passes in 6 Thrilling Days! This is a motorcycle tour you will not only remember, but will think about often for a very very long time.

The tour starts and ends in Milano.

Enrico Grassi, Tour Leader and Founder of Hear the Road has spent many hours discovering the riding routes and the extraordinary hospitality to leave you with a Holiday Adventure that will make you and your friends smile as you share each and every detail. We hope you are smiling right now!

Highlights

Roads

5 / 5

Landscape

5 / 5

Art & History

4 / 5

Food / Wine

5 / 5

Where We Ride – What We See – What We Hear

Travelling from the airport by private car you will find your Hear The Road host Enrico waiting for you at the hotel to give you a heartfelt welcome to Italy.
Late morning/early afternoon arrival is advised.
Once you’ve dropped off your luggage in your hotel room and had a refreshing shower, you’ll be ready to join us in the hotel bar for a “Meet and Greet” with your tour partners. We’ll then be ready to go get the bikes so we can bring them back to the hotel garage.
On getting back to the hotel Enrico will give a general briefing of the tour and happily answer all your questions.
Finally we’ll go off to enjoy our great “Welcome Dinner”, where you’ll discover more about what to expect over the next exciting week.
OVERNIGHT IS IN MILANO.
Highlights:
Meet your motorcycle, meet your guide, meet your fellow riders, welcome dinner.
Let the adventure begin! After breakfast, we leave Milano heading north.
We stop in San Pellegrino Terme for our first Italian espresso on the road and then we challenge our first Alpine pass of the trip, The San Marco Pass, that take us to Morbegno.
After lunch we enter the Engadina, a Swiss Region of the Alps.
Maloja Pass and Bernina Pass in Switzerland, Forcola di Livigno, Eira Pass and Foscagno Pass in Italy is our exciting route to Bormio, where we spend the next 2 nights.
OVERNIGHT IS IN BORMIO.
Highlights:
San Pellegrino Terme, San Marco Pass Maloja Pass, Saint Moritz, Bernina Pass, Forcola di Livigno, Eira Pass, Foscagno Pass, Bormio
Today is the day that many motorcyclists dream about their whole life. Yes, today we are going to conquer the Stelvio Pass! Summit: 2.757 Mt. / 9,100 Ft.
However, when you’re in the heart of the Alps it is impossible not to challenge all the passes that the mountains offer us. So here we are, ready to ride also the Umbrial, Ofen and Resia Passes.
So, at the end of the day we made a stunning loop that will allow us to tackle the Stelvio from both sides: in the morning we climb up from Bormio and in the afternoon from Trafoi where we take the 48 mythical hairpins to reach the summit!
It is very much like a giant roller coaster road that will take your breath away!
OVERNIGHT IS IN BORMIO.
Highlights:
Stelvio Pass from Bormio, Umbrial Pass, Ofenpass, Resia Pass, Stelvio Pass from Trafoi.
We start the day challenging the Mortirolo, a little unkonwn pass, but no less fascinating and electrifying for this. We don’t reach a great altitude (1852 mt. above the sea level), but the slopes are impressive! As we are on the top of the Mortirolo we stop for a short break.
Back on the bikes we join the SS42 ready to brave the Tonale Pass.As we descent the Tonal Pass we turn left towards Madonna di Campiglio, the little pearl of the Gruppo di Brenta. We are in the Kingdom of The Rock!
After our lunch in Madonna di Campiglio we back on the bikes and then we circumnavigate the Gruppo di Brenta to get to Andalo.
After a quick break we join the SS12 and then more back roads to get to our our hotel in Panchià.
OVERNIGHT IS IN PANCHIA’.
Highlights:
Mortirolo Pass, Tonale Pass, Madonna di Campiglio, Gruppo di Brenta, Lake Molveno, Andalo.
Next up… The incomparable Dolomites! Spectacular landscapes, roads, mountain passes, and beautiful tiny villages!
It will be a whole day of up and down the roads and passes of the Dolomites. Sella, Gardena, Furcia, Monte Croce, Tre Croci, Giau, and Fedaia, these are extraordinary mountain passes that we’ll take on, one after the other, till the end of the day.
Mamma mia… What a day it will be!
OVERNIGHT IS IN CANAZEI.
Highlights:
Lavazè Pass, Lake Carezza, Costalunga Pass, Sella Pass, Gardena Pass, Falzerego Pass, Lake Misurina, Tre Croci Pass, Cortina D’Ampezzo, Giau Pass, Fedaia Pass.
We say goodbye to the Dolomites and heading south we tackle the San Pellegrino, Valles and Rolle Passes and then through the marvelous Pale di San Martino, we reach the beautiful mountain village of San Martino di Castrozza.
Back on the bike we reach Marostica, a village so famous for its living chess event which is held in the main square of the town.
After lunch we ride the less-known dramatic road of Pian delle Fugazze, before arriving at Lake Garda.
OVERNIGHT IS IN LIMONE SUL GARDA.
Highlights:
San Pellegrino Pass, Valles Pass, Rolle Pass,
San Martino di Castrozza, Marostica, Pian delle Fugazze, Limone sul Grada.
Today we fall in love with the colors and the fragrances of the Lake Garda.
A day of pure pleasure: we ride the scenic roads of Monte Baldo with breathtaking vista on the lake, then we take the ferry for a 20’ crossing of the lake from Garda to Toscolano Maderno, then we have lunch on a beautiful terrace facing the lake, then we challenge the narrow Strada della Forra (The Gorge’s road) to Tremosine! What else?
OVERNIGHT IS IN LIMONE SUL GARDA.
Highlights:
Monte Baldo, Lake Garda, Toscolano Maderno, La Strada della Forra, Limone sul Garda.
In the first part of the day we say good bye to lake Garda riding the spectacular scenic road who runs on the east shore of the lake.
We stop for lunch before reaching Borgo Panigale, the town of Ducati, where passion on two wheels is built!
Ducati has always represented the unique motorcycle philosophy that fuses Italian genius to contemporary and avant-garde technology. They make a damn sexy bike!
OVERNIGHT IS IN BORGO PANIGALE.
Highlights:
Lake Garda, Ducati factory and Museum, Bologna.
We leave Borgo Panigale heading west to get the SS 63 (the Cerreto Pass State Road).
So after taming the Alpine passes our next challenge is to conquer the curves of the Tuscan-Emilian Apennines! These roads are a sacred territory for the Italian riders. It will be easy to meet and familiarize with them: doesn’t matter the language…we are motorcyclists and we know how to talk with who has our same passion!
After a break for a good cup of coffee and give our right hand a good rest we back on the bikes and riding the off beaten path of Tuscany we reach the Carrara marble quarries.
Yes! we finish the day in a unique way riding over narrow, dirty, dramatic roads, occasionally entering one of scary tunnels carved into the rock.
The magic of the quarries opens up like a vision. You enter the heart of the mountain to touch the raw material preferred by artists such as Michelangelo and Canova.
Places like Ponti di Vara, a unique example of a railway bridge which was used for transporting marble from the quarries to the sea and Torano, surrounded by chestnut trees, will remain impressed into your eyes for the rest of the life!
It’s now time to get to our hotel in Sarzana and have a good glass of wine to celebrate this unforgettable day!
OVERNIGHT IS SARZANA
Highlights:
Backroads of Tuscan-Emilian Apennines, Carrara marble quarries.
Today we finish in style!
As we leave the hotel we ride the mythical Passo della Cisa road, another venue for passionate rider!
Arrived in Milano we’ll return our bikes. A refreshing shower, and then off to dinner to celebrate your wonderful Italian experience.
OVERNIGHT IS IN MILAN.
Highlights:
Cisa pass, Busseto, Farewell Dinner.
Time for our “Arrivederci”: good-bye new friends! Collect your souvenirs, pack your cameras, and close your bags. One last breakfast, and it will be time to be transferred to the airport.
Highlights:
Transfer to the airport.

Prices

Motorcycle Models*

Shared Room

Single Room

Couple

Motorcycle Class 1

Ducati Scrambler 800
Ducati Monster 797

€5.180,00

€5.980,00

€8.310,00

Motorcycle Class 2

Ducati Multistrada V2
Ducati Supersport
Ducati Scrambler 1100
Ducati Desert X
Ducati Hypermotard

€5.300,00

€6.100,00

€8.430,00

Motorcycle Class 3

Ducati Monster 937

€5.610,00

€6.410,00

€8.740,00

Motorcycle Class 4

Ducati Multistrada V4
Ducati Diavel

€5.670,00

€6.470,00

€8.800,00

Included, excluded & terms

- motorcycle rental with side cases, top case, locks and alarm. (For rented bikes a deposit for damage theft and fire, between 1.500 and 2.500 euros is required depending on the chosen model).
  WHAT IS THE DAMAGE SECURITY DEPOSIT? Each motorcycle has a damage deposit. This amount will be frozen on your credit card, but not cashed. The deposit is your maximum liability for theft or damage to the vehicle. Please ensure that you have enough funds to cover the damage deposit on your cards.
- the bike rental prices include costs for public-liability insurance and insurance for any road assistance in case of break-down.
- welcome and farewell dinners in Milan and 2 dinners in Panchià.
- transfer from and to the airport.
- accomodation: 2 nights including breakfast in 4-star hotel in Milan, and 8 nights including breakfast in 3 or 4-star hotels in the towns where we will stop during the tour.
- Italian tour leader.
- courtesy van to pick up and leave the bikes.
- visit to the Ducati factory and Museum.
- support van. The van will be carrying a tool-kit for small repairs. You’ll be able to leave your cases (1 suitcase + 1 handbag per person) in the van, as well as any souvenirs you pick up along the way. The van also has a couple of seats that passengers might like to use if they feel they need a little rest from the bikes!
- a detailed Road-book with all the information you’ll need; a map with the route well marked; the “Wordless Travel Book”, and a Hear the Road T-shirt.
- insurance covering most any medical issue during the trip including, doctors, ambulance, hospital and any appropriate family travel.
- fuel for your motorcycle.
- tolls on motorways.
- entrance fees to museums or other sites except for the Ducati factory and Museum.
- gratuities and tips.
- all meals and beverages, except for the welcome and farewell dinners in Milan and 2 dinners in Panchià.
- flights to and from Milan.
We also suggest that anyone traveling abroad for one of our Tours consider purchasing a “Travel Insurance”. It can take the worry out of the unexpected situations that can arise in any travel plan.
- €800 Deposit, to be paid, on reserving a place on the tour.
  (The deposit is totally refundable in case we don’t reach the minimum number of participants).
- Balance, to be paid, 60 days before the starting date when you get confirmation from HEAR THE ROAD.
If you decide to cancel the tour for whatever reason that does not depend on HEAR THE ROAD, these are the penalties that will incur:
- up to 60 days prior to the starting date, HTR holds the deposit, that you can use for another tour in the same or in the following year.
- between 59 and 10 days prior to the starting date you lose the deposit. HTR holds the balance that you can use for another tour in the same or in the following year.
- from 9 days prior to the starting date you lose 50% of the total amount. HTR holds the remaining 50% that you can use for another tour in the same or in the following year.

Testimonials

Riding challenging Alps with Hear The Road

Our tour guide, Enrico Grassi, was born and raised in Rome. He was always sharing his knowledge of his country and teaching us a few words of the Italian language along the way. He is as Italian as they come and had a sense of humor that kept us all laughing! This was a great group of guys to travel with. They were from all over the world....Singapore, Ukraine (now living in Connecticut), Kuwait, California, and North Carolina. Split lane riding along with the hairpin turns required a lot of espresso's and Dave's many years of experience driving. Our BMW we rented was wonderful. Roads of cobblestone and so narrow made this the thrill of riding like we've never experienced! Italian food & wine at beautiful inns and restaurants along the back roads of Italy from Rome to Switzerland and back was a continuous party in our mouths!

I rode Stelvio Pass with Motorcycle Tours Italy

Terrific overnight accommodation, great roads, lots of camaraderie with fellow riders and fantastic food each day.” I didn’t know what to expect since this was my first guided tour. It turned out to be a no hassle experience. The chase van carrying luggage and Enrico took care of all the details.

A well deserved rest after a beautiful day in the Italian Alps

From the pick up at the airport until the very end of the 10-day ride I was impressed with the organization of the whole experience. The bikes were modern and in very good condition, including tyres. Accommodation was perfect at motorcycle friendly comfortable hotels. The route was well thought out which included two night stays at a couple of places to take advantage of the local roads so a out and back loop could be accomplished in a day, awesome. Our guide Giovanni who was easy going and knowledgeable on all things Italian especially food, wine and coffee – a most important part of riding in Italy! The scenery was spectacular, roads amazing and my bike was Italian. Molto Bene! Overall a great experience, I have already booked the Tuscany, Corsica and Sardinia ride with Hear the Road for May 2019. P.S.I'm the one in the middle...