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Mountain biking vacations in Northern Italy Varese
Agra(Italy/Lombardy/Varese) | | Ref: CLB21010 | | | Property Location | | Country: | Italy | | Region: | Lombardy | | Department: | Varese | | Town: | Agra | | Near to: | Luino (5 km) | | Nearest airport: | Lugano (21 km) | | Situation: | Mountains | | Package price | | Price: | € 500
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Mountain biking vacations in Northern Italy Varese. Vacation rental overlooking the Italian Lake Maggiore. The local area is so well known for its cycling and mountain biking that the 2008 World Road Cycling Championships are being held here in nearby Varese. | |  | Our self catering vacation apartment has a separate shower room and w.c. Is fully furnished with special attention to detail, to ensure you have a comfortable and restful vacation. The flat comes fully equipped with kitchen (hob and fridge and cutlery and crockery supplied) for 2/4 people. Three very comfortable sofa beds with pillows and feather duvets. Bed linen and towels are supplied. Comfortable seating area with DVD player and screen, and a wide choice of DVDs for your entertainment, should you tire of the wonderful view from the lounge windows. Lots of books for you to enjoy when you're not cycling. Shower room/w.c/wash hand basin.
There is storage and cupboard space for your clothes and personal items, and private secure parking for your car and bikes. Use of the wonderful hill top garden, with BBQ, and lounge chairs, all overlooking the lake. |  | The terrain which surrounds Casa Lunga near Luino is ideally suited to mountain bikers. If you enjoy the challenge for your body (and your bike!) of glorious days spent cycling up and down mountains, then you will adore the cycling routes and trails in the area around your holiday flat here in the Italian Lake District. Bikes can be left in the secure garage underneath your accommodation, and there is a map with suggested itineraries in your room.
For some suggested itineraries you may wish to enjoy, click here
These are just to give you a taster. But to see the full map, you'll have to come here!
| | | | | Activities (on site and in local area) | The local area is so well known for its cycling and mountain biking that the 2008 World Road Cycling Championships are being held here in nearby Varese September 2008. Your studio flat is also surrounded by stunning walks, rich wildlife, and wonderful gastronomy. For those who enjoy food, the area is full of wonderful eating places, ranging from gelaterias with huge displays of mouth-watering home-made ice-cream, to tiny hostelries serving delicious crisp pizzas baked in the "forno al legno" (great wood-fired ovens), to a significant number of Michelin-starred restaurants in the area.
The apartment is also in the heart of a popular golfing region, with eleven golf courses within striking distance. Lake Maggiore hosts a generous variety of water sports, including windsurfing, sailing, canoeing, rowing, diving, fishing, and water ski-ing.
Other activities in the zone include horse-riding and bungee jumping (the highest bungee jump in the world - as featured in the James Bond film! - is in the area). The region is also renowned for the La Scala opera house in Milan, the international summer film and music festivals in Locarno, and the many smaller concerts in the area.
For those of you who are chocoholics there are two chocolate factories nearby.
Milan is just one hour away so really easy to visit for a day's shopping at the world's great fashion houses, or to sightsee and tour the museums. There are ferries on the Lake for sightseeing tours and access to the other side of the lake with its pretty villages and towns. This area is also world famous for its beautiful gardens accessible to the public for a small fee. Some accessible by ferry and some by road.
In the summer there are also regular fireworks displays over the lake, which can be viewed either from the comfort of the holiday studio flat here at Casa Lunga, or down by the waterside for a closer view. Local festas range from wine and beer festivals, to pumpkin and roast chestnut festivals, agricultural fairs (complete with donkey races between competing villages!), and international choir competitions.
For those who enjoy dancing, there is also an active salsa scene for all ages in Luino and in the area.
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