Girolibero - easy cycling holidays

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easy cycling holidays

What’s behind our cycling holidays? Attention to detail, all the expertise of cycling holiday designers and especially consolidated team work. We coordinate every step of the way directly from our headquarters in Vicenza and the seasonal sites in Europe.

ORIGINAL TOURS ‘READY TO GO’ AND ‘BESPOKE’

EFFICIENT LOGISTICS

Departures range from April to October, either self guided or accompanied.

If you don’t want to settle for second best, we can tailor make your itinerary, departure and services.

We carry our own bicycles directly to the major destinations and we deal directly with the bike rental process as well as the luggage transport.

INFO PACK ROUTES DESIGN Knowledge of the territory is paramount: we study and scout in advance all of our itineraries, privileging cycle paths and over regular roads.

We publish our own cycling tour guides including detailed road maps and a tour guide displaying points of interest. They will be mailed out to customers prior to departure.

DAILY SUPPORT We offer a phone number you can call every day from 8 am to 8 pm in case of emergency.

NETWORK We are authorised IATA agent and members of ATTA (Adventure Travel Trade Association) + AITR (Italian association for responsible tourism).

GIROLIBERO SITES

Loire valley 150 bicycles 5 bike & hotel tours

Paris 100 bicycles 1 bike & hotel tour

Piedmont 50 bicycles 2 bike & hotel 1 roadbike tour

Bolzano 300 bicycles 6 bike & hotel tours 2 roadbike tours Vicenza HQ 2,200 bicycles 11 bike & hotel tours 2 bike & barge tours 2 roadbike tours

Provence 150 bicycles 1 bike & hotel tour 2 bike & barge tours

Tuscany 100 bicycles 7 bike & hotel tours 2 roadbike tours

Sicily 40 bicycles 2 bike & hotel tours

Apulia 100 bicycles 5 bike & hotel tours

THE PEOPLE

1,500 m2 of offices, a 1,500 m2 bike shop, 70 moving desks, 15 potted lemon trees, plus sun terrace, a huge kitchen and chillout area for pilates and yoga sessions during lunch break... Last but not least, over 40 people happy to be here.

AT WORK

Product management, bookings, accounts, marketing and logistics staff, tour leaders, mechanics and drivers: we work in synergy to provide our clients with the very best possible holiday experience.

OUR BYCICLES

Unisex bike

Men's bike

Electric bike

Hybrid bike

Family tandem

Tandem Pino Hasebike

Racing bike

High-end racing bike

2,500 city bikes and e-bikes of the highest quality to best serve customers.

All bikes are revised and tuned up weekly by our team of professional mechanics. They all have aluminium frame and are kitted with responsive brakes and Deore/Nuvinci 27-gears or Nexus 7-gears.

AVE MARIA Up to 30/32 guests, 16/18 cabins all en-suite and air conditioned.

Restaurant/lounge with panoramic windows and 2 sundecks, free WiFi. girolibero.it/avemariavirtualtour

Italy VITA PUGNA Up to 21 guests, 10 cabins, all en-suite. Spacious airconditioned lounge/ restaurant, free WiFi. girolibero.it/vitapugnavirtualtour

OUR BARGES

We have been running Bike and Barge tours since 1998, offering the classic Netherlands. Ten years later we shipped the “Bike and Barge” formula over to Italy, sailing with Vita Pugna and Ave Maria barges.

Since 2017 we also own L'Estello and Caprice, two romantic barges in Provence-Camargue.

L’ESTELLO Up to 20 guests, 10 cabins, all en-suite and air conditioned. Sundeck with seating accommodation and fixed awning. Free WiFi.

France CAPRICE Up to 22 guests, 11 cabins, all en-suite and air conditioned. Restaurant and Lounge with an open bar, sundeck with seating accommodation. Free WiFi.

BIKE AND BARGE

WELCOME ON BOARD The barges are small sized to offer a cozier atmosphere.

Crew members are actual fellow travelers. Food on board our original tours claims the best of quality, variety and service, to the point we have created our own cook book.

“The route taken by the 'Ave Maria' exceeded our expectations, massively. So, too did the daily cycle rides, and the variety of places we we so ably shown around. My wife and I are well travelled. NO holiday has been better resourced from every angle.�

Richard, UK

BIKE AND HOTEL

SLOW MOTION Bikes let you travel at an easy pace, whether along cycling tracks or quiet roads, keeping you in touch with nature and allowing you to appreciate the people you come across as you cycle through the villages, and appreciate their way of life.

We simply believe that cycling makes for a great holiday, and that a rewarding break requires a thirst for discovery, a pinch of initiative and the right dose of comfort.

ROAD BIKE

EPIC RIDE We can make the hardest itinerary easy by offering: high-end rental road bikes, efficient on site support, quality hotels and a real professional to guide and motivate you.

Giro d’Italia, Tour de France, classic Granfondo, L'Eroica, Strade Bianche, winter training weeks: we organise bespoke tours accompanied by ex racer Andrea Ferrigato, on the footsteps of legendary races offering the best quality on and off the road.

Bike and Hotel NORTHERN ITALY

CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ITALY

NORTHERN FRANCE

Bolzano to Venice From the Dolomites to the Adriatic Sea 8 days from 630 €

Tuscany Chianti district, Pisa, Siena and Florence 8 days from 630 €

Paris to London From Notre Dame to Big Ben 8 days from 810 €

Venice Lands Palladian Villas and Prosecco vineyards 8 days from 495 €

Apulia Olive groves, crystal seas 8 days from 590 €

Loire Valley Hundreds of Castles in a luxuriant nature 8 days from 595 €

Sicily Baroque towns of the Mediterranean 7 days from 610 €

SOUTHERN FRANCE

Alpe Adria From Austria to the Adriatic Sea 7 days from 490 € Venice-Porecˇ Cycling to the Croatian coast 8 days from 520 €

Umbria The green and spiritual heart of Italy 8 days from 650 €

Provence and Camargue Roman sites and Van Gogh landscapes 8 days from 755 €

SOME TOURS

Piedmont The “Slow Food” region 8 days from 620 €

Bike and Barge ITALY

EUROPE

From Venice to Mantua Nature, culture and fine cuisine 8 days from 890 €

Thanks to several partnerships we can offer bike & barge tours also in other European countries:

Bolzano-Mantua-Venice The Bike & Barge tour with an hotel extension from the Dolomites 11 days from 1,530 €

Austria, Germany, Holland, Belgium and Croatia.

FRANCE

Road Bike Self-guided tours in Italy: Venice Lands, Dolomites, Piedmont, Tuscany.

Guided tours with the pro racer Andrea Ferrigato: Granfondo Stelvio, L’Eroica, Tour de France, Tour of Flanders and the Classics of the North, Giro d’Italia.

Bespoke tours in any other destination.

Provence and Camargue Van Gogh’s landscapes, food, wine and wilderness 8 days from 990 €

A wide selection of ‘ready to go’ holidays. Find our complete offer on www.girolibero.it Departures and services can always be customised.

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FOUNDATION

via Conforto da Costozza, 7 I-36100 Vicenza T. +39 0444 1278.430 booking@girolibero.com