Special cycle hotel offers its many customers, both sports enthusiasts and non-sports enthusiasts, hotels for cyclists in Rimini, well-equipped cycle hotels in Riccione, hotels in Cattolica, hotels in Gabicce and sports holidays in Romagna. In all the towns of Emilia-Romagna, more so than in other regions of Italy, it is common to see people cycling.
It’s used to go to school, to work, to go shopping… cycling is an integral part of people’s daily routines of the people of Romagna. This is most likely due to the local area (almost all the towns are situated on flat land), the climate (which is fairly mild) and the deep-seated respect for the environment in this part of Italy.
Of course, Rimini is no exception, equipped with cycle paths and cycle parking facilities It is also equipped for the “cycle tourism“. The coast and the hills offer fascinating itineraries ideal for those who love cycling, even at a professional level.
It is not unusual explore the hills of Rimini and Romagna, from March to October, groups of cyclists – including professional teams – choose the Romagna Riviera and its hinterland as their training grounds. The roads in the hills, with little traffic, offer gentle climbs and long straights, as well as breathtaking scenery, making them ideal for those who want to train or simply cycle for their own enjoyment.
Here are a few tips and itineraries:
- Simply online : Follow the Romagna coastline – a route suitable for amateurs and as a warm-up.
- Rimini – Novafeltria : travelling through the Valmarecchia along the ancient State Road 258, from Rimini, you pass through Villa Verucchio and continue on to Petrella Guidi, arriving at Novafeltria; if you wish, you can follow a circular route leading to S. Agata Feltria before returning to Novafeltria and heading back down towards Rimini.
- Rimini – Montellicciano : a circular route that starts in Rimini, passes through Riccione, climbs up to Morciano, reaches Mercatino Conca and Montellicciano, and then returns towards Rimini, descending towards Vecciano and Riccione.
- Rimini – Mulazzano – Coriano: perhaps the most beautiful and longest route, taking in country roads, gentle climbs and stretches of dirt track, bringing you into direct contact with the colours of nature.
- Rimini and the Marecchia Valley : a flat route running alongside the River Marecchia. You follow the river’s right bank on the way out and the left bank on the way back to Rimini, starting from the centre of Rimini – specifically from the Tiberio Bridge – and passing through the whole of Marecchia Park.
- Other routes take us around the Rocche Romagnole; others to the Malatesta castles; and then there’s Marano Park, not to mention the route that leads to Gradara via Riccione.
