Verona to San Candido, Sept 15-16

On September 15, 2025, Anna and I walked from our hotel to the train station then boarded a regional train north to Bolzano, IT. The 2 1/2 hour trip traveled up the valley of the Adige River, through many, many orchards and vineyards as the mountains became higher and steeper.. In Bolzano, our tour guides for the next ten days, Peter from Austria and Amy from a nearby town (Amy is American by upbringing), had just arrived. Soon our friends from the previous bike tour in Portugal, Tom and Jan, and then Dan and Sally arrived and then we were off in the yellow Discovery Bicycle Tours van for the 90 minute trip higher and higher into the Alps to the village of San Candido/Innekuchen where we checked into out hotel, the Villa Stephania, a very nice spa hotel as well as meeting our friends from Leavenworth. Dan and Tammy, and Jim and Joanne. . The first order of business was to set up our electric bikes, then bicycle five miles through the gorgeous countryside of the South Tyrol. And last, a six course dinner at the hotel, including Prosecco provided by Dan and Sally.Read more