The phenomenon of Bicycle touring has exploded also in Italy.
In the wake of the return to nature and to slowness, and of a lifestyle that tends to bio- and eco-, the bike holiday, green and alternative, has got a footing.
Riccione, for years accustomed to dealing with foreign tourists and their bikes, is more than prepared for the appointment with the tourism on two wheels.
Just from the Pearl of the Adriatic 8 beautiful cycling paths, with 5 different levels of  difficulty, climb the countryside between Romagna, Republic of San Marino and Marche, within a broader network of 20 routes, carried out by the Province of Rimini. (continua…)

On August 31 2008 in the Adriatic circuit of Misano, unloads for the second time a stage of MotoGP.
The names of the best pilots: Rossi, Pedrosa, Stoner, Lorenzo, Edwards, Melandri, Capirossi….
All of them will ride the second San Marino and Rimini Coast’s motorcycle Grand Prix in the Santa Monica Misano World Circuit.
Many Italian pilots born in these grounds, will receive great welcome and enthusiasm!
For the two wheels lovers, Misano World Circuit a sort of big amusing park, where it is possible being spectators and actors at the same time. (continua…)

The tourist data of the last years testify of the new must in tourism: return to the nature and look for the psycho-physical wellness. More and more people choose to spend their free time in the green, listening to the stillness of the open spaces searching simplicity and emotions, tied to the pleasure of senses.
Among all the green tourism offers, the farm holiday, the national Parks stays and the bicycle touring proposals stand out.
More and more people need to spend their free time in a natural context and to feel in harmony with the environment around.
People look for wellness, both physical and psychological.
Nature, quite, stillness and wonderful landscapes are the new travel proposal from Italy.
More and more cycling lovers decide to plan their holidays with their bicycle.
This new trend, coming from Northern Europe, has been exploited by Riccione. There, a new tourism business around bicycle lovers
has born, in collaboration with local tourist agencies. The best Hotels of Riccione have been equipped in order to satisfy this new trend’s demand with special facilities for bicycle touring tourists. (continua…)

Since from many years, Riccione has become the true country of the cyclists.

The Green Pearl of Adriatic coast is in fact the first town to specialize - since the first ’90s - in welcome cycling lovers.

The Bike Hotels have been in fact the precursors in this specialization of the hotel activity.

Their entrepreneurial line has allowed proposing custom offers just purposed for the cyclists and their demands.

Both about spaces and facilities devoted to them and their bicycles that also about feeding, with a restaurant service careful to the diet that cyclists need.

Here are rooms devoted to bicycle or rich breakfasts with carbohydrates and proteins, proper both for brief trainings and longer.

To complete the offer, the rich proposal of the town of Riccione about cycling routes to make sport and discover the territory on bike.

Riccione hinterland is divided in three different areas of runs: the north zone with runs from Rimini to Cesena, the centre zone with runs from Riccione to the San Marin Republic and the south zone with runs between Riccione and Marche.

Each run got road signals devoted to cyclists to help them to follow the right direction of the same run.

Welcomed by Bike Hotels, each cyclist will found the most proper run to discover the territory of Riccione.

It’s for Sunday 18th May 2008’s appointment with 38th Gran Fondo Nove Colli of Cesenatico, event that from many years counts in Romagna thousands of cyclists from all Europe and over. Not only to search the win but also for the only honour to take part of it.

If you’re not trained, better not to start. Its name speaks by itself, and its nine slopes to climb wouldn’t save the legs of an impromptu rider.
Among the Gran Fondo competitive, the Nove Colli it’s with no doubt the one that on Adriatic Coast counts on the major number of starters.

Desire to participate at this event is so high to induce the organizers to set a ceiling of 11.000 starters. Limit that was taken to guarantee the best safety conditions to the participants. The 11.000 adhesions were reached this year with 3 months in advance and officially “closed” on 18th February.

The Nove Colli 2008 is also valuable as fifth stage of Italian Championship Grand Fondo and Medio Fondo of Italian Cyclist Federation and proposes two runs of 200 and 130 kilometres.
Who get desire to pedal, he will enjoy himself.
Departure in the dark at 6.15 a.m. from the Portocanale designed by Leonardo Da Vinci and arrival at Cesenatico.
In the middle, a lot of slopes to climb: Polenta, Pieve of Rivoschio, Ciola, Barbotto, Monte Tiffi, Secchiano, Passo del Grillo and Gorolo, up to 7,5%.

For cogwheels lovers, the Nove Colli presents also an “off road” version: a good occasion to plan a whole week on the Adriatic coast combining sport and sea holiday.
Fascinating Riccione waits for you in this occasion too!