Tuscany Trail 2027 · 14th edition
460 km of white gravel roads, hilltop villages and sea, at your own pace and with no clock. More than half of the riders are at the first bikepacking event of their life.
19–25 May 2027
Campiglia Marittima, Tuscany
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The routes
Four ways to experience it, and you choose which. After registering you receive all the tracks.
New in 2027
In 2027 the Detour boards a ferry and takes you riding on an island. Mines, Mediterranean scrub and sea on every side.
The Detour is an optional route you can add both to the 460 km Original route and to the 160 km Newbie route. You decide whether to ride it, even at the last moment, and you receive all the tracks anyway. Complete freedom.
A route of about 460 km drawn from 20 years of research, always updated and authentic.
You will ride through gravel roads, vineyards, forests and historic centres, with private stretches that open only for participants, once a year. Open to all levels, it is a route made to be ridden on a gravel bike or an MTB, and you decide how long you take.
Step into the world of bicycle travel with Tuscany Trail.
160 km in two days, the first together with the group on the Original route, the second on a dedicated, scenic track. A chance to experience bikepacking safely, alongside experienced cyclists and a community ready to support you.
Fourteenth edition, first time across the sea.
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460 km and 5,900 m D+ on a loop from Campiglia Marittima. Tuscany Trail as you know it, improved again in 2027. Four days on average to complete it.
The usual route plus the detour to the Island of Elba, in the final part of the journey. Distance and elevation coming in the newsletter.
160 km and 1,600 m D+ in two days, the first together with the group on the Original route. For those on their first time, or who simply have less time.
Even on the Newbie you can ride the Elba Detour. You can stretch your adventure and join the participants of the Original route again. Distance and elevation coming in the newsletter.
The 2026 survey
9.1/10is the score they would recommend it to a friend with, from 2,116 answers
At the end of every edition we ask everyone how it went. Here are some of the 2026 answers, in the language they arrived in.
«Sono pienamente soddisfatto, sono giorni che parlo con entusiasmo della mia prima esperienza al Tuscany Trail…»I'm completely satisfied, I've been talking about my first Tuscany Trail with enthusiasm for days…
«I was worried that it would be too technical for my 59 year old Dad and I, but it was perfect. A combination of challenge and enjoyment.»«…Mi è piaciuto un sacco ed è stata una delle più belle avventure della mia vita. 3 anni e mezzo fa pesavo 210 kg, ora ne peso 120 e faccio il Tuscany Trail.»…I loved it, and it was one of the best adventures of my life. Three and a half years ago I weighed 210 kg, now I weigh 120 and I ride the Tuscany Trail.
«Considering it was my first experience, I don't see any aspects to improve. Everything was absolutely great for me. An unforgettable experience!»
Campiglia Marittima, 8 am, the start on one of the three days. Six thousand people in all, and nobody is watching the clock.
What Tuscany Trail is
A GPS track, a bike loaded with what you need and a one-week window to close a 460 km loop through the best Tuscany has to offer a cyclist, on a route made to be ridden on a gravel bike.
No race. You ride at your own pace, sleep wherever you like, stop for a piazza or a sunset. On average people finish in 4 days, but you decide how long it takes.
«There are no winners or losers here, only travellers.»
Your first bikepacking event?
In 2026, 55% of participants were at their first bikepacking event ever. Tuscany Trail is where you start.
On the first day you ride together with the group on the Original route, on the second on a dedicated, panoramic track. And the 2027 Detour is open to you too.
55% of participants sleep only in hotels and B&Bs along the route. Bikepacking doesn't have to mean bivouacking. You choose your level of comfort.
6,000 cyclists on the same road. There's always someone to ride with or share a table with, and finishers gave their travel companions 4.7 out of 5.
«Come prima esperienza di Bikepacking ho trovato tutto perfetto»
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Where it comes from
Tuscany Trail was born from a simple, genuine idea, a bike trip among friends, on a track drawn to cross the real Tuscany. At the first edition there were 68 of us. Today 6,000 people from 70 countries line up at the start, with limited places, and it is the biggest bikepacking and gravel event in the world.
The only rule has never changed. No standings. Getting to the finish is the only goal, for the first as for the last.
Nothing is left to chance
Tuscany Trail isn't a start and a finish with four empty days in between. It's designed so the event stays with you all the way.
It starts at the village, with the expo, the services and thousands of travel companions. Then you set off, and from there on you notice the Trail travels with you. There are the Base Camps where you find the others in the evening, the partner accommodations that know the event and are waiting for you, the mechanics along the route ready to get you back in the saddle if something breaks.
And we are out on the road, to photograph and film you while you ride and to keep an eye that everything runs as it should. At the end of the event you receive a selection of images to relive and share.
Nothing is left to chance, because what you buy isn't a GPS track. It's an experience that exists once a year.
Where you sleep
No compulsory stops and no bookings imposed on you. Every evening you decide where to stop.
The choice of the majority. Along the route you'll find places used to welcoming Trail cyclists. In the most beautiful areas it pays to book early.
Tent spots run by the communities of the villages along the route. In the evening people gather, share dinner and tell their day to someone who has just ridden it too. This is where the Tuscany Trail becomes a community.
Mix as you like, one night in a tent, one in a village, one in an agriturismo. The tent is a choice, not an obligation.
«Every base camp was a pleasure to stay at. Each had its own charm and style that made the community of bikers truly feel at home for the night.»
How to register
The guide, free
We wrote it for people who are thinking about it and still have a few doubts. It reads well on a phone, and it tells you what people usually find out only after their first time.
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