ItalianoHIGHLIGHTS
- An easy e-bike tour
- A private licensed cycling guide at your disposal
- The beauty of 5 Terre
- A seafront aperitif
- Amazing natural landscapes
- The charme of the historic centre of Porto Venere
Cycling tour around 5 terre-Discovering Porto Venere by e-bike
Liguria is one of the most distinctive and romantic regions in Italy. You will discover a part of the Ligurian coast riding your e-bike! The Cycling tour around 5 Terre is one of our most popular exclusive tours. Book Your Italy organizes it just for lovers of nature and breathtaking views and for those who even on vacation, do not want to give up their passion for physical activity. Enjoy an easy but panoramic bike tour, thanks to a comfortable electric-bike! A pleasant stop at the small and cute village of Porto Venere to sip an aperitif will be your “happy ending”
Departing from La Spezia, where you will meet your private qualified cycling guide for an easy half-day tour in order to discover the famous Gulf of Poets, a wide and deep inlet of the Ligurian Sea coastline, along which there are the well-known villages of Porto Venere and Lerici.
On August 30th, 1910 that nickname was given to it by the playwright Sem Benelli, who was used to stay at his own villa overlooking the Ligurian Sea of San Terenzo, with reference to the fact that, over the centuries, many other poets, writers and artists lived in the villages of the gulf, since they were struck by the beauty of that “water amphitheater”. First of all, Dante Alighieri, then the writer David Herbert Lawrence, the poets Lord Byron and Percy Bysshe Shelley, the latter drowned there during a sudden storm in 1822.
After leaving La Spezia, you will cycle towards Biassa, under the shade of centuries-old chestnut trees and you will admire the terracings where the grapes, from which Sciacchetrà, the famous wine of the Cinque Terre, is produced, are cultivated. You will continue towards Le Grazie, located in a panoramic position inside a splendid inlet, then you will get to Portovenere, well-known for the famous Church of San Pietro, in front of the large Piazza Spallanzani, the suggestive Byron Cave and the medieval street Capellini, lined with shops and restaurants.
Stop for an aperitif and a relax break; then back to La Spezia, skirting the beaches with a constant view to the Ligurian sea and the Gulf of Poets.
