Welcome Riders!
Between the mountains and the sea! This is the motto of this 9-day riding tour: a perfect combination between the gentle hills of the Tuscan region, the twisty and challenging roads of Corsica, the beautiful roads that run along the slopes of the coast of Sardinia.
And there will also be time to lie down on mountain curves that pass through these two astonishing islands in the Mediterranean Sea.
One free day completes this tour created for all riders who love riding the twisties!
This fabulous tour starts and ends in the beautiful, ‘Eternal’ city of Rome.
Where We Ride – What We See – What We Hear
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By private car you will be transferred to your hotel from the airport. Hear The Road host Enrico will be waiting to give you a great Italian welcome.
Recommended times of arrival: late morning/early afternoon
Freshen up with a cool shower, leave your luggage, and come join us for a “Meet and Greet” in the hotel bar where you’ll get to know your tour partners. Now we are ready to collect the bikes and bring them back to park them in the hotel garage.
On returning to the hotel Enrico will be ready for the tour briefing where he will also answer any questions.
OVERNIGHT IS IN ROME.Highlights:
Meet your motorcycle, Meet your guides, Meet your fellow riders, Welcome Dinner.
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Heading north towards Tuscia, you will cross the areas once inhabited by the Etruscans. Here you will see some of the largest hazelnut groves in Italy, the nuts used by Ferrero to whip up the famed Nutella spread.
After stopping in in Civita Castellana for a short break, and drinking your first Italian coffee on the road, you’ll continue your ride: first along the great roads that run parallel to Lake Vico and Lake Bolsena, and then onto the scenic country roads of Val D’Orcia – an amazing UNESCO World Heritage site.
You’ll be stopping for lunch in Radicofani, under the shadow of an amazing 973 AD fortress. This small town has won an Orange Flag (The Orange Flag Award is a prize given by the Italian Touring Club since 1998 to well-kept, lesser known Italian towns).
Continuing towards you stop to visit Pienza, considered to be the incarnation of a Renaissance utopia and an ideal city. Today it continues to show off to the world its refined and sophisticated Renaissance urban plan: its spaces and perspective onto its 15th-Century “piazza and palazzo” are organized according to the era’s ideals of rationality and humanism.
Back on the bikes you ride the sweeping roads that cross the Crete Senesi, famous for its stunning moonscape that bring you to Siena.
OVERNIGHT IS IN SIENA. (The hotel has a swimming pool)
Highlights:
Tuscia Viterbese, Civita Castellana, Val D’Orcia, Radicofani, Pienza, Crete Senesi.
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This is a great day, with endless curves, one after the other, on the roads of the Motorcyclist’s Tuscan Academy!
In the first part of the morning you ride the back-roads that bring you to the Abbey of San Galgano, home of our very own “sword in the rock”.
Back on the bikes you challenge the sweeping road towards Volterra, before plunging into the scenic roads of the Colline Metallifere, a little-known, but fascinating part of Tuscany.
After a short stop in the beautiful hamlet of Bolgheri, you reach the city of Livorno where you spend your second night.
OVERNIGHT IS IN LIVORNO (The hotel has a swimming pool).Highlights:
San Galgano Abbey, Volterra, Colline Metallifere, Bolgheri.
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In early morning you board the ferry to cross the Mediterranean Sea for a 4 hour cross to Bastia on the NE coast of Corsica.
An then a big thumbs up! Yes, because from Bastia, traveling on the fabulous roads of this rugged island, you head north following the coast line around the thumb of Corsica before heading south to Ferayola.Today’s riding is always a most unforgettable motorcycle experience; a perfect mix between coastline roads with their dramatic cliffs, desolate areas like the Desert des Agriates, and twisty mountain roads.
OVERNIGHT IS IN FERAYOLA (Corsica, France)Highlights:
Cap Corse, Nonza, Desert des Agriates.
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Yes, everything is surreal: You are in Hell, or if you prefer you are in Paradise!
The coastline road from Ferayola to Cargese is something impossible to describe: narrow, challenging roads, spectacular landscapes with the mountains reflected into the sea. The scenery of Les Calanche is simply stunning!
And, once you get Cargese, the fun continues! Riding the mountain road to Bonifacio is both breath-taking and scenic…arriving in Bonifacio in plenty of time to catch the ferry to Santa Teresa di Gallura on the beautiful Italian island of Sardinia, ending another day of fabulous riding!
OVERNIGHT IS IN SANTA TERESA DI GALLURAHighlights:
Col de la Croix, Les Calanche, Bonifiacio.
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You leave Santa Teresa di Gallura heading south challenging the beautiful roads of the Gallura.
After a coffee break, you’re off to Tempio Pausania, at the foot of Monte Limbara; a charming town famous for its cork products and the production of granite.
You ride further before reaching the Roccia dell’Elefante, “The Elephant Rock”; a striking dark trachyte rock sculpted by the wind to resemble an elephant. After a good lunch with the Elephant, you are on the bikes once again towards Alghero, an ancient Catalan town on the Mediterranean Sea.
After a short visit of the town, you are challenged again by the scenic coastline from Alghero to Bosa. Leaving Bosa we climb up towards Tresnuraghes, your destination for the next 2 nights.
OVERNIGHT IS IN TRESNURAGHES.Highlights:
Tempio Pausania, Charamonti, Elephant Rock, Alghero.
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Relax, relax, relax!!! A whole day at the sea to do what the typical Italian does! Spread out on the beach and swim in the warm water!
Or, for those who prefer riding today as well, there are many roads to ride returning easily to Tresnuraghes. You definitely don’t want you to lose the riding habit!
OVERNIGHT IS IN TRESNURAGHES.Highlights:
Relax on the beach.
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You head south-east towards the rugged scenic roads of the Monti del Gennargentu, a vast wild area, crossed with deep gorges and canyons. This land that is totally unspoiled and is home to rare species of wildlife.
After the lunch in Fonni you ride south to the Gulf of Orosei, completing our “coast to coast” ride of the entire island.
It’s time for a break, and Baunei is the perfect place: “a village that clings onto a steep drop, on the chalk cliffs of Monte Santo, isolated in the isolated Ogliastra”, as the historian Vittorio Angius wrote.
Back on the bikes you ride along the beautiful 45 kms on the SS125 right up to the lavish entrance of a tunnel which, on exiting, reveals the beauty of the Orosei Gulf, where, nestled at it’s end, is Cala Gonone where you’ll spend your last night on the island.
OVERNIGHT IS IN CALA GONONE.Highlights:
Boreneddu, Fonni, Gennargentu National Park, Gulf of Orosei.
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Today the code-word is: lose yourselves!!! We’ve got the time, so we can take it easy and enjoy our last kilometers of green and blue scenery: pines, mastic trees, vineyards, ancient oaks, and the sea and the mountains that kiss on the horizon.
Once you’ve left Cala Gonone, you head inland at once. Passing through Oliena and then on to Orgosolo, where a coffee-stop is mandatory. You are in the land of canto a Tenore, yet another UNESCO site, and also home to the murales, the beautiful paintings that tell the stories of Sardinia’s life, culture and political trials.
From here you pass through the small towns of Mamoiada, holders of ancient traditions, tales of bandits and a timeless culture.
You pass round Nuoro, get onto route SS 389 and you are on the beautiful road, flanked by cork-oaks and pastures, that leads to Bitti.
Then more back roads will bring you to Olbia where the ferry to Civitavecchia is waiting for you!
OVERNIGHT IS ON THE FERRY FROM OLBIA TO CIVITAVECCHIA.
Highlights:
Barbagia and Gallura back roads.
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From Civitavecchia you ride the fantastic climb towards Tolfa. After a short stop in Tolfa, just to give you more chances to sip a good Italian Espresso, you reach the volcanic lake of Vico.
Then you wind your way back to Rome on more nice roads.In Rome you have to return the bikes with the full tank.
OVERNIGHT IS IN ROME.Highlights:
Tolfa, Lake Vico, Pic Nic, Farewell dinner.
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It’s time to pack your souvenirs and cameras into your bags, and say “Arrivederci” to your new friends. After breakfast, guests will be transferred to the airport.
Highlights:
Transfer to the airport.
Prices
- BMW F750 GS
- BMW F900 R
- Ducati Scrambler 800
- Ducati Monster 797
- Moto Guzzi V7 III Stone
- BMW F850 GS
- Moto Guzzi V85 TT
- Ducati Multistrada V2
- Ducati Supersport
- Ducati Scrambler 1100
- BMW R1250 GS
- BMW R1250 R
- BMW R1250 RS
- BMW R NINE T
- BMW R1250 GS ADV
- BMW R1250 RT
- Ducati Monster 937
- BMW S1000 XR
- BMW S1000 R
- Ducati Multistrada V4
- Ducati Diavel
- BMW K1600 GTL
Included, excluded & terms
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- motorcycle rental with side cases, top case, locks and alarm. (For rented bikes a deposit for damage theft and fire, between 1.250 and 3.000 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.
- ferry ticket: Livorno to Bastia, Bonifacio to Santa Teresa di Gallura, Cagliari to Civitavecchia.
- accomodation: 2 nights including breakfast in 4-star hotels in Rome, 7 nights including breakfast in 3/4-star hotels in
the towns where we will stop during the tour, and 1 night on the ferry from Cagliari to Civitavecchia. - transfer from and to the airport.
- courtesy van to pick up 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.
- motorcycle rental with side cases, top case, locks and alarm. (For rented bikes a deposit for damage theft and fire, between 1.250 and 3.000 euros is required depending on the chosen model).
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- fuel for your motorcycle.
- tolls on motorways.
- gratuities and tips.
- all meals and beverages.
- flights to and from Rome.
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.
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- €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.
- €800 Deposit, to be paid, on reserving a place on the tour.
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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.
Creation of the tour: Associazione Culturale Hear The Road.
Organization and marketing: Hear The Road srl.
