This challenging tour starts in the centre of Villa Basilica and after a seven-kilometre climb immersed in the nature and silence of the Tuscan-Emilian Apennines, it reaches the top of the Pizzorne plateau. The climb is spectacular but tough and once at the bottom, we can stop to enjoy some well-deserved rest knowing that the most difficult part of this tour is now behind us. From the top of the Pizzorne, we begin to pedal down the steep descent that leads us first to Matraia and then to the Villa Reale of Marlia where a stop is a must. The next ten kilometres to Leccio take us pedalling along a pleasant up-and-downhill stretch through the green surrounding hills and discovering some of the most beautiful historic and monumental villas in the Lucca area. Before returning, a pleasant three-kilometre climb to Il Colle and a light uphill from Collodi to Villa Basilica await us.

Starting in the centre of Villa Basilica, this challenging tour leads us up to the Pizzorne plateau. From the church of Santa Maria Assunta, after a three-kilometre warm-up, we easily reach the hamlet of Biecina, from where the long, tough ten-kilometre climb to the Pizzorne begins. Having passed the Recard on our right, we begin to climb along the narrow Torbola road that, immersed in the woods all around, climbs into the heart of the Tuscan-Emilian Apennines, passing through Pariana, the only village we come across up to the summit. At the fired sign, we take via San Bartolomeo, which leads us through the dense forest of chestnut and fir trees typical of this area to the Pizzorne Park fountain. After a well-deserved and much-needed break, we descend towards the soft hills lying on the slopes of the Apennines, reaching Matraia first and the village of Collodi after about ten kilometres. Reaching the village of Pinocchio, the last 7 kilometres of slight slope await us, taking us back to Villa Basilica.