The best cycling routes around Bibbona

Populonia Alta: Don't miss a visit to this small village for its castle and beautiful views. It's a challenging climb, but the effort is well worth it.

Populonia Alta: Don't miss a visit to this small village for its castle and beautiful views. It's a challenging climb, but the effort is well worth it.

Stunning views and glimpses of the Gulf of Baratti and the coast.

Casale Marittimo (like Rosignano Marittimo, the name Marittimo does not indicate its proximity to the sea, but rather its membership in the Maremma subregion) represents the classic hilltop town typical of Tuscany. It is a small village of about a thousand inhabitants, located on a hill about 250 meters above sea level along the "Strada dei Tre Comuni" (https://www.komoot.com/it-it/highlight/7839527) that connects it to Guardistallo and Montescudaio. It can also be reached from Bibbona and Cecina. For those coming from Bibbona, it suddenly appears, with the fortress and historic center overlooking the more recently built town, and olive groves and cypress trees below. Casale, in addition to its peaceful and relaxing atmosphere, is certainly worth a half-day visit for its many other remarkable features. From a historical and urban perspective, it is a typical medieval village perched on a hill, with the remains of its walls, narrow, steep streets, winding alleys that wind between the houses, the "Castello" (fortress), the church, and the most important public buildings and noble residences. Their construction materials, stone and brick, give the village a characteristic red-and-gray hue. From a landscape perspective, the Casale fortress offers a wide and spectacular view of the red roofs of the village, the sea and islands, the countryside below, and the surrounding valleys and mountains. From a gastronomic-food perspective, Casale enjoys a good reputation for its typical "zero-kilometer" products and its cuisine (oil, wine, honey, bread, sweets, snails, and game). Finally, its location makes it an excellent starting point for excursions on foot or by bicycle to the neighboring towns (Guardistallo, Bibbona) or more distant and challenging locations (the Macchia della Magona, Montescudaio, Bolgheri, Marina di Cecina or Volterra).

The Della Gherardesca family had the building constructed in 1703 in memory of their ancestor Guido, a hermit who lived between the 11th and 12th centuries.

At the end turn left onto the cycle path until the railway underpass

A view that is worth the climb to get there...

The famous tree-lined road immortalized in the verses of the poet Giosuè Carducci The suggestive Viale dei Cipressi is located in the municipality of Castagneto Carducci, and is a five-kilometer-long tree-lined road that connects the Oratory of San Guido to the historic center of the village of Bolgheri. A very long straight road, flanked by two rows of very thick centuries-old cypress trees, 2540 in total, which was created in the 19th century when, by rebuilding the Via Regia, perpendicular roads were created to connect it with the inland towns and villages: one of these was precisely the Stradone di San Guido.