With Guided Day-Rides „Fork and Bike“ on Touring and racingbikes around Siena we like to introduce active experiences: scrolling the soft landscapes on lightweighted bikes, feeling vividly the unique landscapes „off“ the wellknown Senese. Smells of local products, Colours of old architecture, extraordinary breaks in spezial places and much more....
Your are guided by Lucio a devoted cyclist and travelbook author, based right in the Colli Senese, the senese hills.

We visit fabulous sights near Montalcino, the splendid Val d´Orcia, the Unesco World Heritage town Pienza and hidden Monte Amiata villages with stopovers in fantastic local restaurants and winecellars. Partculary the various and not by car accessable sights and countrysides around Siena are our target.

Usually we start in rather small groups (minimum though 4 Pers.) in the early morning and explore in day-rides with long breaks around midday.

Different Meeting Point:

- D.F. Bike near piazza Gramsci

- south from Nannini-Cafè at the Massetana,

- Via Massetana Romana 54

- Central Train station.

1. A flavour of countryside: From Ville di Corsano to Torri

This is a laid back tour in the nearby hills of the Colli Senesi. In Ville di Corsano we visit Graziano Macchetti, a Wine producing artist who has been collecting items of daily use and many wired objects in his Fattoria-Museum. Certainly he also likes to sell his exellent DOCG Colli Senesi, grown on his 3 ha Wineyard without any chemical ingrediants for very reasonable prices.
In the nearby Osteria we have lunch and pass to Orgia and Torri with very spezial medioval architectur and housing. In Bagnaia we visit a biologicly working comunity which sell also fresh products. In Torri is occasionally access to a very beautifull Villa with a chapell and a nice romanesque courtyard. On the way back to Siena we pass at S. Rocco a Pili (prox. 30 km).

2. A hot thermal spring: Bagni di Petriolo

We go on splendid Backroads to the Nature Reserve of the Merse River passing medioval villages and old footpaths (prox. 33 km).
On the way we visit 2 Wineproducers in Ville di Corsano and surroundings (Wine can be delivered to Siena).

From here on we cross on tiny backroads some small unknown villages and beautiful Oaktree-Forests .

Then we reach the thermal Baths of Petriolo with Picknick or Lunch and a joyfull bath in the hot water spring and – some like it cold – in the river below the 38 degree warm natural pools of thermal water.

From here back by Bus or an extended Variation over panoramic white road to Buonconvento (plus 25 km).

3. Hidden ways to the Etruscans: Mines of etruscan Murlo

On panoramic Backroads we arrive after a relaxing morning ride (prox. 25 km) to the etruscan village of Murlo. A facultative visit of the museum will be folllowed by Picknick near the renaissance church of San Fortunato.

In the afternoon we will take a ride on a completly by nature reconquered old railway-path once used to transport excaved stones to the nearby Miniere di Murlo. This particular path high over an ombrone sideriver leads to a former village of the miners and from there we reach Buonconvento a famous medioval town with astonishing wellrestored architecture.

Here we visit a few wineproducers and have a break and have a look one of the best regional icecream-production with a daily support of fresh fruits and other ingredients.

4. Astonishing Views: the heartland of the Colli Senesi

The beauty of the Colli Senesi can be only experienced by walking said the famious senese author Alberto Tozzi. We do agree to this comment, though we believe to have a better overview by watching the greatest sights of the Senese by bike!

We start at 7.30 at the train station and arrive at 8.20 at Buonconvento from where we go on a winding backroad to San Giovanni d´Asso, famous for its white truffel. After a facultative visit of the old monastery Monte Oliveto we keep on going on the peaks of the colli to Asciano, at roman times a center of grain production (prox. 28 km)

A good lunch in a local trattoria and a visit of Bio-Farm with various local products we continue to Vescona with spectaculair views and back to Siena (prox. 20 km).

5. Winetour for Bikers: All around Montalcino

We meet in Buonconvento from where take the Backroad to Castiglione del Bosco and Nacciarello. Then we visit the Azienda Romitorio and the Azienda Loacker two fantastic producers which work in small quantities far away from industriel wineproduction (prox. 20 km).In Montalcino we visit the Enoteca dell Castello to have an introduction to local knowledge and wine-affairs.
After lunch in a small trattoria of the local people we keep on visiting different small producers.
In the evening we take the last bus back to Siena.

6. Medioval towns in Val dÒrcia: From S.Quirico to Pienza

We reach with the first Bus from Siena S.Quirico. After a good Capucchino and delicious local pastries in S.Quirico we move from here on Backroads near the Orcia-River to the Natural Reserve of Lucciola Bella to the fantastic Renaissance Castle Castelluccio. From there we we go to one of the best restored villages of 14th century, Monticchiello. There we have lunch in a small trattoria with fantastic views on the Val d´Orcia (prox. 22 km).
In the afternoon we continue to the ideal city of Renaissance-Philosophy, Pienza (8 km) and enjoy an introduction to its history with facultative visit of the Palazzo Piccolomini.
At the Enoteca di Ghino we will have the possibility to try local wines and a pleasant conversation on the latest news on tuscan wines by the maitre Ghino; many places also offer the local cheese, pecorino, produced in the Val d ´Orcia.

Later on we take the last bus back to Siena.

7. Discovering the finest beaches: 2-Daytour to the Golf of Follonica

This tour reveals secret backroads – former travelling routes used by the monks of the old abbey of S.Galgano to get to Siena. After passing some beautifull spots of the Merse Valley and mighty oakforests we arrive for a visit of the abbey and the nearby foresteria with homemade specialities and natural remedies.
Also lunch can be enjoyed in a nearby nice Osteria.
In the afternoon we continue for hidden medioval villages on the way to the fantastic Roccotederighi, overloking the Alta Maremma up to the sea. Here we stay overnight in the splendid setting of local housing of our friend Rocco, a local bikeguide who will provide us with good advice for local specialities and for the next day (prox. 70 km).
In the morning we continue in direction to the etruscan town of Vetulonia which can be visited after passing the fertile backland of the Maremma. The afternoon we esplore some little known beaches and relax the muscles swimming in the clearest sea until the evening taking the last train back to Siena (prox. 55 km).
This ride can even be organized as a 3-Daytour going the unique natural reserve of the Parco di Alberese, were some fantasctic trekkingpaths lead to one of the finest beaches of tuscany (prox. 45 km plus 2-3 hour trekking ).