Tuscany by Motorcycle - Il Fienile del Vichiaccio

Discover the Tuscan roads by motorcycle: Il Fienile del Vichiaccio as ideal starting point for your ride in Tuscany with your motorcycle.

Due to Massimo’s fondness for motorcycles, Il Fienile del Vichiaccio is also the headquarter of a bikers club known as “The Twins Academy”, and it is often the venue for rallies and gatherings among bikers of any sort, whether they love sport motorcycles, touring motorcycles or off-road motorcycles.

In order to help our guests who decide to spend their holiday on a bike, Massimo offers a garage and a fully equipped workshop for those emergency repairs, on top of his own multi-year experience as a car mechanic and motorbike DIY lover.

Inside the workshop, an extensive library of the most popular Italian motorcycle magazines (like Moto Sprint, Motociclismo, Moto Tecnica, Classic Bikes and Motociclismo d’Epoca) is available to all our guests. Also in our apartments you’ll find a collection of motorbike-related titles.

The worldwide famous racetrack of Mugello Circuit is within 45 minutes from Il Fienile del Vichiaccio, and if you wish you can easily get to the passes of the Apennine Mountains, very popular among bikers from Tuscany and Emilia, such as the Muraglione, the Futa, the Raticosa and the Giogo.

We are happy to help you plan routes across the hills of Chianti, which will allow you to enjoy winding roads as well as breathtaking landscapes, or entirely off-road routes that combine the beauty of the famous Tuscan landscapes with the pleasure of riding as far as Siena and beyond.

Our formulas to help our motorcyclist guests

A 5% discount on our daily and weekly prices is available to all our motorcyclist guests.

For light travellers: if you like travelling without the hassle of carrying around your luggage, but you still want to find all the necessary (and even the unnecessary, if you like 😉) when you get here, then don’t worry! You can ship your luggage to our place and we will put it in your room, ready for when you arrive. If you wish, we can even send it back on your behalf when your holiday is over!

For light travellers 2: don’t want to bother about arriving in time to do the shopping and load a couple of six-packs on your precious superbike replica? No problem! Email us your shopping list. We’ll fill up your fridge and even let you find the beer at the right temperature.

Tuscan roads by bike

Il Fienile del Vichiaccio is situated between Florence and Siena and it is in a very good position to start a tour up on the hills of Chianti or the Apennine passes. Here you can find some of our suggestions, but of course we are at your disposal for an individual customized itinerary.

The Via Cassia SS2

One of the most important roads in Tuscany is the SS2 Via Cassia. It connects Rome to Florence, passing through Siena. It is a great road to ride: very scenic, and some parts through the Val d’Orcia have some good twisties, but it also has a lot of traffic. From Siena to Rome it’s approximately 230 km and this will take you about 4 hours. From Siena to Florence you have a dual carriageway which will bring you to Florence in 45 minutes, or you can stay on the SS2 through Poggibonsi and Barberino Val d’Elsa (watch out for speed cameras on entry). Worth it, as you lose all the heavy traffic heading to the A1 in Florence from Siena.

At any point on the SS2 you can do interesting loop rides:

Bagno Vignoni – S. Antimo – Montalcino – S. Quirico d’Orcia. An excellent ride and three very interesting places to visit: Bagno Vignoni (public bath square), the church of S. Antimo, and Montalcino (famous for its fortress and Brunello wine).

A very nice ride is the one that, off the SS2 Cassia, runs through Pienza, Montepulciano, Chianciano, Sarteano, to Radicofani on the SS478 and then rejoins the SS2. On this loop there is plenty to see and to ride for a whole day. All of the towns mentioned are worth a stroll through, especially Pienza, which has wonderful buildings and an incredible view over the Val d’Orcia. The SS478 is a fantastic ride! Watch out on the SS146 from Montepulciano to S. Quirico d’Orcia, it’s quite slippery — you’ll recognise the slippery parts because they’re a shiny bright colour.

Another exceptional loop is to leave the Cassia SS2 at Buonconvento and ride up the SS451 to the Abbazia di Monte Oliveto Maggiore, an abbey immersed in olive trees with a wonderful frescoed cloister. Then ride on to Asciano and then Siena. The scenery is breathtaking as you ride on the crest with a full view over the Crete.

Just north of Siena lies Chianti — not only one of the most famous wine-producing areas in the world, but also home to some of the finest scenery and roads. The SS222 (Siena – Florence) and SS429 (Poggibonsi – Gaiole in Chianti) are just one corner after another, and the side roads provide excellent views and riding. It’s a fantastic region to explore in every direction!

Southern Maremma

Maremma was the wild west of Italy. Now it’s hilly, fertile agricultural land with wide open spaces and few inhabitants — so very little traffic! Crossing the border from Lazio into Tuscany just west of Lake Bolsena, you’ll have a very pleasant ride towards the sea. Pitigliano is worth a stop and a walk about, and the white wine here is very good. The SS74 takes you all the way to the Argentario peninsula, a rock in the sea connected by three strips of land with a lagoon in the middle — worth a ride all around the perimeter and up to the top of Monte Telegrafo at 635 m (be prepared for some light gravel, but the views are worth it).

The SS322 from Manciano to Grosseto is a great ride and takes you to the border with the Colline Metallifere. The SS323 after Scansano, the first section to Roccalbegna, is very entertaining. Once you pass Roccalbegna you can head back to Pitigliano or head north to Monte Amiata and into Val d’Orcia.

Colline Metallifere and Isola d’Elba

The Colline Metallifere are the hills of Maremma north of Grosseto up to Volterra: plenty of forests, steeper inclines and more accentuated valleys. An excellent road is the SS73 to Roccastrada and Monticiano — a few km after the junction, signs for S. Galgano will take you to the ancient abbey. Massa Marittima is worth visiting, then backtrack and ride to Volterra on the SS439 through Larderello and Pomarance; in Larderello you can visit the National Geothermal Museum by Enel.

Elba Island, Napoleon’s first exile, is best visited with a road enduro bike such as the Aprilia Pegaso or a BMW GS, as there are many easy gravel tracks leading to stunning places such as Monte Calamita.

Apennine passes into Emilia Romagna

In the shape of a fan centred on Florence, at least a dozen 100 km passes cross the Apennines into Emilia Romagna, best ridden from May to September (during autumn and winter these passes can be closed for snow or extremely slippery).

Eastern passes: Passo della Futa and Passo della Raticosa are on the same road, the SS65, connecting Florence to Bologna over the mountains — a never-ending sequence of corners. Giogo di Scarperia is a short loop off the SS65 back to the Mugello circuit. Passo della Colla connects Borgo San Lorenzo to Faenza through Marradi (famous for its chestnuts) and Brisighella. Passo del Muraglione is arguably the most famous motorcycle pass in Italy — the climb from Dicomano is tight and technical, and the Muraglione Bar at the top is a must-stop. From Rocca San Casciano you can continue towards Galeata over the Passo Centoforche and back south on the SS310 over the Passo della Calla to Stia. From Stia, Passo Fornace (SS556) leads towards Borgo San Lorenzo; from there ride down to Pontassieve and back east on the Passo della Consuma (the Abbey of Vallombrosa is worth a detour). Once you reach Poppi, ride up to the Eremo di Camaldoli or take the SS71 over the Passo dei Mandrioli to Bagno di Romagna, a thermal station worth a stop. From there you can climb Monte Fumaiolo to the sources of the Tiber, then pick up the E45 to Pieve Santo Stefano and the SS208 Passo La Verna — a favourite among sport riders.

Western passes: the most famous is the Passo dell’Abetone (1,388 m), connecting Lucca/Pistoia to Modena — over 100 km of pure riding joy, close to Maranello, home of Ferrari. At Pievepelago you cross the SS324, leading to Sestola and the Passo Collina down to Pistoia, or west to the Passo Radici and down to Castelnuovo in Garfagnana. Two more not to miss: the Passo del Cerreto and the Passo della Cisa, both starting from Aulla — the Cisa runs parallel to the motorway to Parma and is free of heavy traffic. Minor passes worth exploring include the Passo del Pradarena, the Passo del Lagastrello and the Passo del Sillara.

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