Mountain Biking 2:03:30 [2] 20.23 km (6:06 / km)
Our last ride, this time south of San Vincenzo. As always, it is sometimes hard to follow the instruction and actually finding the paths that were described.
Tuscany, very unfortunately, has lots of landowners, counts and such as we were told, who have no interest whatsoever to let any people, bikers, hikers or walkers to go through their lands or use their dirt roads or trails, and we ended up quite often in front of a locked gate. Too bad, there is so much area that could be discovered far away from any lived-in estate but it is all off-limits.
However, I think that this soft tourism is slowly catching on and the towns are putting in efforts to open areas for hiking or biking. The eco-tourism is fast cash to the people who rent out their Tuscany mansions (and there are many all around) compared to the olive oil and wine "industry" which only gives profit after much work, that is, harvesting and processing.