Welcome to Hooked on Cycling holidays and our cycling holiday in Italy at the Italian Cycle Resort. Riccione on the Adriatic Coast is quickly becoming a biking vacation Mecca. Cyclist come from worldwide to spend time cycling in the wonderful landscapes and enjoy the special hospitality offered. This cycling holiday is suitable for the leisure cyclists, tourists, club cyclists and also their families. This is a guided holiday but also you are free to cycle self guided. Some weeks you can expect the hotels to be almost full just with cyclists.
Centrally located the Italian regions of Romagna, Umbria and Marche which are really great regions for cycling. These regions live and breath cycling and the locals love the cycle tourist or club cyclist taking their holiday cycling there. Apart from the crystal blue seas giving wonderful coastal rides there is the green lush hinterland behind the coastal resorts.  Here in spring you get peach blossom and wild roses and in autumn the first truffles and chestnuts. Cycling out of the peak Italian holiday months is a real pleasure with quiet lanes, ancient medieval villages to cycle through, great scenery and all with the knowledge you are with an expert guide cycling with you. Of course nearby you have San Marino and Venice for those longer days excursion if you bring partners or family. This really is a location to envy all cyclists.
Our base is a beautiful 4 star hotel fully renovated in 2005 and around 5 minutes walk from Riccione centre but only 75 metres from the beach. We have selected this hotel for their warmth of welcome and fabulous hospitality. Wonderful buffet style meals (vegetarian’s catered for) to fill the hunger of any cyclist and great wines await you. Wine and water is included in your evening dinners and in the afternoon a pasta snack is provided to replenish the energy before dinner. The hotel has a heated pool and an indoor splash pool with a wonderful wellness centres.
For families with one or two cyclists there is much to do, if both parents cycle the hotel can arrange child sitting  (maybe an extra charge ).
The garden of the hotel is a fabulous place to sit around the pool after your days cycling with a glass of wine, beer or expresso! The hotel has dedicated cyclist facilities, safe storage, workshop, energy kit to take while cycling (dietary supplements, honey, bananas), washing service, yet only a few minutes from the beach and miles of sand.  
Six ( often 7) days a week, the dedicated cycling guides will organise group rides of various lengths from 30 miles up to around 90 miles or if you wish follow one of the prepared tours around the superb countryside. The guides determine the route length based on their guests requirements. For the non-cyclist there is much to do in Riccione, beach, boutiques, shopping malls and activities organised at the hotel. Children are also well catered for with play areas and activities.
The cycling groups can be classified as follows
Easy - 30/40 miles at average 10/11 mph
Medium 50/60 miles at average 12/13 mph
Advanced >60 miles at average 14/16 mph

From Bruce and Sarah Bedford
“ This has been a Brilliant experience, the hotel, staff, facilities, sauna, bike hire and guides were absolutely brilliant, nothing went wrong! This rates as our best holiday of its sort , can we book again next year please”

Do not miss this opportunity you will want to go back time and time again!

Guided rides from March to June and September to October.

Tariff 2012 - Saturdays Only

How to get there
By Plane
To Bologna ( Forli ) , Ancona  airports with Ryanair or to Rimini airport were we can arrange transfer to the hotel. If you fly into Bologna International airport a pick up service is possible for a small cost or maybe take the train to Riccione from Bologna. Transfers are paid locally to the hotel on arrival but booked in advance.

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