How Our Self-Guided Cycling Tours in Italy Work
Discover CyclingHero’s self-guided bike tours - Flexible routes, GPX navigation, daily support, and premium logistics across Northern Italy’s best cycling destinations.
Your Pace, Your Select Companions.
Cycling and Italy are a perfect match, and we've spent years perfecting how to help you experience it. CyclingHero is your private cycling adventure provider. With our proprietary app as your trusty companion, you’ll have all you need for your ride: detailed climb info, insider tips, and hidden gems along your route. If you ever need assistance, we’ve got your back with daily in-person vehicle support.
Pre-trip & Arrival
Rent a Bike or Bring Your Own
Road, gravel & e-bikes available for rental. If you bring your own, we store your bike box for the entire trip
Airport Transfers
Transfers to and from the airport for you and your bike to the pick-up hotel of your choice
Orientation Meeting
Starting from your arrival day, we provide daily in-person briefings on the routes and cover any questions.
Mechanical Assistance
We help you set up your bike and provide mechanical support for the entire trip.
On-trip
Dedicated app with all trip info
Full itinerary and details of each day, all major climbs, POIs. Important tourist sites and great food options for lunch and after you finish your ride.
A personal Hammerhead navigation device with app notifications
Your routes and maps are already preloaded. Notifications and updates sent directly to the bike computer from the CyclingHero app.
Highly curated itineraries with multiple options
Choose your challenge along the ride. From easier to harder we have several ride options of varying difficulty every day.
The CyclingHero support van
Sweeps your route at least 1x per day.
See where support is, support can see you
Track the support van and fellow travellers real time via the mobile app.
Get insider tips along the route
The app will give you a head’s up when there is something interesting along the way.
Safety on trip: we are a call away
Call or text us for trip support, direct link to emergency services.
Post-trip
Drop-off at the airport
We will take you and your bike to airport at the end of the trip.
"Caterina and Bob from CyclingHero removed all the potential issues that typically come with self-guided bike tours. Transfer to/from airport, checked. Top-notch rental bike, checked. GPS daily routes based on different difficulty levels, checked. Van support along the route with nutrition supplies, checked. … All I did was ride my bike and enjoy the scenery every day."
"The navigation was easy due to the amazing app they have created for customers. Each day's rides were laid out, and the destinations and hotels had in-depth descriptions… Super restaurant referrals and terrific support."
"Bob and Caterina make a fantastic team — Bob, because having been an avid cyclist himself for so many years, really understands what cyclists want and need, particularly during hard days … The daily choices of routes with varying difficulty (including doing nothing at all!) were great, given how energy and interest vary from day to day."
"The service was absolutely perfect, the transport, the bikes, the organisation, the different places we visited, the support throughout the tour."
"The support was outstanding… When unexpected situations arose, Bob of CyclingHero was a real hero in those moments."
Learn More About Biking Through Italy With CyclingHero
Let Us Help You Create the Perfect Cycling Adventure
Tell us about your dream tour, and we’ll send you customised recommendations. Let us show you why CyclingHero is one of the best cycling tour companies in Italy for avid cyclists.
Not ready to book yet? Contact us to receive detailed tour itineraries
Tell us where and how you’d like to ride, and we’ll send you full itineraries for our self-guided cycling tours in the Dolomites, Stelvio, Piedmont, Emilia-Romagna, and Tuscany — including routes, daily stages, accommodation details, and support services.