Cycling holidays: when cycling tourism is feminine
Routes from Tuscany to Friuli
Nature and cultural routes that allow visits to villages, exhibitions, and historical sites, especially if they are characterised by moderate slopes, simplified logistics, and stretches protected from traffic: this is the description of the destinations that are most attractive to female cycle tourism enthusiasts, and the 'Traveling by Bike 2025 Report' realised by Isnart with Legambiente reveals the itineraries most frequented by women. The Castelli Cycle Route in Tuscany, for example, records 63% female attendance, preceding in this special classification the Arenzano-Varazze Cycle Route in Liguria (with 43%) and the Parks in Calabria (41%). On Friuli-Venezia Giulia's Ciclovia Pedemontana FVG3, on the other hand, one out of every three cycle tourists is a woman, and it is a route that winds for about 190 km along the Friulian Alps, largely following the Sacile-Gemona railway line (bikes can be loaded onto the train at all stations) and linking historic villages and valuable natural areas. In addition to Sacile, nicknamed the 'Garden of the Serenissima' for its Venetian palaces reflected in the Livenza river and Gorizia, European Capital of Culture 2025, the itinerary touches Maniago (the city of knives), Gemona (which on 1 June 2026 will host the protagonists of the Giro Women) and Cividale del Friuli, already a Unesco World Heritage Site.
