9 Day World Ducati Week 2021 - Premium Guided Motorcycle Tour in Italy

Day 1: Meeting in Milan

Individual arrival of all participants to their hotel in Milan, where you will meet Italy on Motorbike bu late afternoon. You will enjoy an Italian aperitif to break the ice and Italy on Motorbike will brief you on the tour, followed by a traditional dinner in a typical Milanese trattoria. Overnight in a four-star hotel in Milan.

Day 2: Milan - Bormio (250 kilometers / 155 miles)

A great start of the day! Leave Milan at 9:00 a.m. to attack the Alps right from the start, with a panoramic route that will give you a superb view of Lake Como. After crossing the lake, you will take a route through beautiful Swiss alpine passes to reach the foot of the Stelvio, where you will spend the night. Overnight in a four-star hotel in Bormio.

Day 3: Bormio - Corvara di Badia (220 kilometers / 137 miles)

High mountains, dense forests, and transparent lakes await you today. You will start with the legendary Stelvio Pass with its 2758 meters of altitude, its 46 hairpins, and incredible views of the Alps.

You will continue this wonderful journey through mountains and valleys, full of lakes, to the splendid Dolomites (Unesco site) where awaits a series of passes to make you drool! Overnight in a four-star hotel in Corvara di Badia.

Day 4: Corvara di Badia - Lake Garda (230 kilometers / 143 miles)

The morning is dedicated to the most beautiful passes of the Dolomites, before starting your descent, always on beautiful motorcycle roads, towards the beautiful Lake Garda where you will stop for the night. Overnight in a four-star hotel in Lake Garda.

Day 5: Lake Garda - Misano - World Ducati Week (300 kilometers / 186 miles)

It's time to dedicate yourselves to Ducati. Waiting for you on the way to the World Ducati Wee, is a fantastic stop on a UNESCO site before entering the Motor Valley where you can expect two more stops of excellence, dedicated to the motorbike, one of which is the famous Ducati museum.

On arrival at the track, free time to enjoy the World Ducati Week program. Overnight in a four-star hotel in Misano.

Day 6: Misano - World Ducati Week (50 kilometers / 31 miles)

This is a day dedicated to the enjoyment of the world of Ducati, with a few little ride outs in the surrounding area, between coastal panoramas and the playground of Valentino Rossi. Overnight in a four-star hotel in Misano.

Day 7: World Ducati Week - Florence (220 kilometers / 137 miles)

Today you will have a magnificent ride through the most beautiful passes of the Apennines, among the favorites of Italian bikers. It will lead you to the gates of the splendid Florence (Unesco site), one of the three most beautiful cities of Italy, full of charms. Overnight in a four-star hotel in Florence.

Day 8: Florence - Milan (345 kilometers / 214 miles)

You will take your bike along the Apennines to the gates of the Motor Valley, where another important museum awaits you - none other than Ferrari. You will be back in Milan at the end of the afternoon. Finish the day and the tour with a farewell dinner. Overnight in a four-star hotel in Milan.

Day 9: Milan (departure)

After breakfast everyone is free to go home or continue to discover Italy independently. Things to do and see in beautiful Italy are countless and Italy on Motorbike will be happy to help you plan the rest of your trip!

Support vehicle

For six or more motorcycles, Italy on Motorbike supply a support van in charge to carry the participants’ luggage and occasionally those passengers who don’t want to ride on a given day. The luggage van doesn’t follow the group’s route so you must take with you all that you might need for the day and this is what the paniers on the bike are provided for.

You can store in there a camera, some shoes for walking, a sweater, a beach towel and everything that you might need for your visits. During the visits you can use them to store helmets and jackets for more comfort.

Each of the tour starts and ends at the same hotel so you can leave your excess luggage (normally the van carries one suitcase per person) in their luggage room for the entire tour.

Riding your own bike

Participants taking part in a tour with their own vehicle are themselves responsible for its conforming with the law, being sufficiently insured and for its technical condition being faultless.

If non-compliance with such a condition results in the service provision being disturbed, then the traveler is obliged to reimburse Italy on Motorbike for any loss that the situation may cause, cost that may incur and damages in case other participants should complain and our corporate image should be harmed.

The traveler shall obviously also bear any additional costs arising to fix the problem (for instance for vehicle recovery, vehicle safekeeping, elimination of technical defects, etc.).

Required documents

Every participant must have a valid identity document. A tourist visa may be requested, depending on your country of origin. Please inquire at the Italian embassy of your state for the necessary documents.

In addition the rider must have a valid driver’s license suitable for the ridden motorbike. Italy on Motorbike recommends all non-EU citizens to procure an international driver’s license.

When it comes to landscapes, Italy has it all, with its magnificent forests and beautiful coastal panoramas, its vineyards and medieval villages, its snow-capped peaks and sunny islands. So whatever scenery you like, we’ve got it: cities, open country, seas, lakes, hills, and magnificent mountains.

A country blessed by the gods since the dawn of time, whose boundless natural beauty has inspired artists and entire peoples to create awesome constructions and artworks in every period and place. The cradle of the western civilization, Italy has a unique historical, cultural and artistic heritage broad enough to satisfy devotees of all styles and eras, from the most ancient and mysterious, like the nuragic civilization in Sardinia right up to Milan’s avant-garde artist nightlife, just a few kilometers from the Alps and the northern lakes.

Italy on Motorbike will take you through twists and turns in the heart of a natural world of myriad colors among archaeological sites, churches, and castles, through olive groves and pastures, along jagged shorelines and beautiful beaches, and, to bookend the day, savor as well the sunrise and sunset over the sea horizon.

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Italy on Motorbike believes that food tells a lot about a place and its population so that one cannot get to know and understand Italy if he / she doesn’t know and understand the Italian cuisine. They also believe that eating well is an important factor of a successful holiday, especially if the holiday is in Italy, whose cooking is one of the most famous, delicious and beloved in the world.

This is why Italy on Motorbike offers a clever half-board formula that comprises one complete main meal of excellent Italian cuisine per day in a typical restaurant selected for its remarkable traditional cuisine.

Since Italy on Motorbike has personally selected first class hotels that often feature quality cuisine, sometimes the included dinner will be properly at the hotel. But they know that half-board food is usually not representative of the immense culinary talent of Italy while the discovery of Italian food and wine is a fundamental characteristic of all the tours .

For this reason you will have the opportunity on one hand of having some deserving typical dishes in hand-picked restaurants for delicious specialties, and on the other hand of sampling the local gastronomy on your own, having some dinners in restaurants that you choose, eating the dishes that you choose, with the people that you choose.

As regards to not included lunches, a pause is scheduled every day in a bar or cafeteria - some nice, inviting places - where to have a sandwich, a salad or some fast food / warm dishes; and at least two shorter breaks for a cup of coffee, an ice-cream or else will be made along the day.

• Booking fees, T-shirt, photos, and videos of the tour
• Italian tour leader on his own bike who opens up the road, takes care of all the logistics and will introduce you to an authentic Italy, far from mass tourism
• Assistance, medical, and luggage basic insurance which covers both the pilot and its passenger for all medical expenses incurred in Italy and the costs incurred for repatriation in case of accident or illness during the tour, as well as the theft or loss of luggage
• 8 nights en-suite accommodation in hand-picked, first class hotels (mostly 4 stars) or prestigious locations picked up for their charms and position, with fantastic buffet breakfasts
• Typical Italian welcome aperitif
• 8 delicious dinners the which menu is specifically chosen to guide you through a voyage into the authentic Italian cuisine, in hotel or external restaurant at walking distance (drinks excluded)
• A luggage van from six motorcycles
• Entry ticket to the World Ducati Week

• Motorcycle rental (available on request)
• Meals that are not mentioned above
• Entrance tickets to monuments / archaeological / natural sites, etc. (all visits are optional)
• Extras in hotels (room upgrades available on request)
• Expenses for the use of the motorcycle and all personal expenses
• Transfer to the hotel on your arrival and from the hotel for your departure (quote on request)
• All that is not specified under "What is included"

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• A reservation requires a deposit of 30% of the total price.
• The deposit is non-refundable, if the booking is cancelled.
• The rest of the payment should be paid 30 days before arrival.