Italy does not have a specfic cycling map series, however the Kompass 1:50,000 hiking maps offer excellent detail of the backroads. The Cycling Italy guide gives a good overview and has good details for the most popular rides. The Tuscany guide below is excellent for those wanting to tour the Tuscany region.
Bicycle Touring in Tuscany. By David Cleveland. Chainring Press, 2004. Tour through olive groves and vineyards, explore monasteries and castles, stop at roadside
cafes for an espresso, or step into a trattoria to sample the antipasto. Central Italy offers the perfect combination of scenery, culture, and
cuisine and quiet, sometimes challenging riding. Discover why this region is a favorite destination for cyclists.
Bicycle Touring in Tuscany contains everything you need to plan a bicycle tour of Tuscany, Umbria, and the Marches.
What to bring
Where to go
How to transport your bike
How to ride away from the airport
Eight tours for all abilities
Detailed maps of every daily route
64-8295BY
Guide.
$21.95
Italy by Bike - 105 Tours from the Alps to Sicily. Touring Club Italiano, 2004. Each itinerary fully illustrated with detailed route map, technical tips on terrain and elevation gains, plus useful local information including web addresses and phone numbers.
105 detailed itineraries including one in Switzerland and one in Austria, with several routes exclusively for mountain bikes.
46 easy day rides suitable for families and beginners along quiet country lanes and lightly-trafficked roads.
41 challenging routes for the experienced touring cyclist featuring longer rides with varying terrain and elevation gains.
18 ambitious and physically demanding itineraries geared to expert riders well prepared for the rigors of the road.
64-8295IT
Guide.
$18.95
Bikeline Cycle Guides offer detailed maps of cycling routes for many places in Europe. The guides to the long-distance cycle routes include maps overprinted with the route and its possible variants. The maps also highlight places of interest and accommodation facilities. Most of the guides also include a separate section listing selected accommodation, from hotels to campsites, youth hostels and rooms in private houses, all with addresses, telephone numbers and price range. Information on towns along each route includes a list of places of interest, with opening hours, etc.
Several of the guides also have street plans. The cycling atlases have maps with day tours in the region. The guides are typically in German only, although a few are in English (such as the Danube and San Francisco guides listed elsewhere).
Tuscany Cycle Guide. 1:100,000. Bikeline. An English-language guide/atlas depicting 23 tours in Tuscany, ranging from 12km to 146km, covering a total distance of about 1,600 km. Routes are mainly on paved roads with occasional detours on unmade tracks to avoid heavy traffic. Includes detailed maps, route descriptions, town maps, accommodation & camping information, tourist information and advice. 180 pages. In English.
Index of routes covered. Sample of the maps in the guide. Sample of the text in the guide.
Veneto Cycle Atlas. Bikeline. This booklet covers 3 main routes. The first is from Peschiera del Garda to Mestre, via Vicenza & Padova (189km). A circuit departs from this route at Abano Terme into the Colli Euganei region (114km). The next route is from Venice going south to the Delta del Po via the Litorale di Lido (162km).
The third route runs in the opposite direction - north east from Venice along the coast via Litorale de Cavallino to Latisana & Lignano (143km). Accomodation suggestions included. 119 pages. In German.
64-8296VE
Guide.
$22.95
Via Claudia Augusta Cycle Way. 1:75,000. Bikeline. A 741-km route from Donauworth on the Danube in Germany, across Austria to Venice, via Augsburg, Fussen, Nauders, Bolzano and Trento. At Trento a branch of the route extends via Verona to Ostiglia on the River Po. Accommodation suggestions are included. 180 pages. In German.
Thumbnail of a map page from the guide. Index showing the routes in the guide.
Index of routes covered.
Sample of the maps in the guide.
Sample of the text in the guide.
Thumbnail of a map page from the guide.
Index showing the routes in the guide.
Thumbnail of a map page from the guide.
Index showing the routes in the guide.
Thumbnail of a map page from the guide.
Index showing the routes in the guide.
Thumbnail of a map page from the guide.
Index showing the routes in the guide.