Giro d'Italia Final Week

Your Giro Tour with DSE

Book with Destination Sport Experiences; Premium Giro d'Italia Tour Operator and you'll get the best service and the best stage access.

You are in safe hands

Your booking is financially protected by ABTA and is part of our Covid guarantee. From the moment you meet us in Italy, our team will look after you. Andrea has designed and planned the entire trip and he knows how to look after his guests in his home country. Hotels with breakfasts and evening meals, a daily programme for riders and spectators, transport and Giro hospitality are all included. We also offer bike rental.

Hotels

We have selected 4 hotels for this tour in great locations. Breakfasts and evening meals with drinks are included. We will spend two nights in beautiful Desenzano del Garda on the shore of the lake, two nights in Bassano del Grappa, two nights in Canazei in the Dolomites and one night in Verona.

Hospitality Experiences

Included with your tour, you will enjoy Giro hospitality experiences; Start Village in Salo on stage 16, Cross the Finish Experience on the Passo Fedaia (Stage 20), Finish Hospitality on Stage 20 and Finish Hospitality in the Arena of Verona on the final stage 21.

Official Tour

Dolomites to Verona Tour

Share the road with a Giro d'Italia stage winner for the week. We welcome riders and spectators on our 8 day/ 7 night tour that covers the final week of the 2022 Giro d'Italia. We are an Official Premium Tour Operator of the Giro d’Italia which means we get you closer to all the action. Our tour vehicles have accreditation stickers that give us access where others simply can’t go. The daily programme of our tour is designed by our head bike guide in Italy, Andrea Ferrigato. Andrea is a former Pro cyclist and Giro d’Italia stage winner. He has years of experience leading group tours to the Giro as well as many other cycling events across the world.
Ride along stunning roads and tackle some of the toughest climbs that the Italian Alps and Dolomites have to offer. When you book with Destination Sport Experiences, we take care of everything, from booking your hotels and transfers, to planning daily guided rides, arranging activities for spectators and a bike rental service. This is a small group tour with great service from our local Italian team led by Andrea, our head bike guide.

Price £1899pp shared basis. Single rooms available

Final Week Tour of the 2022 Giro d'Italia

From the Italian Dolomites to Verona. Ride along stunning roads and tackle some of the toughest climbs that the Italian Alps have to offer. When you book with Destination Sport Experiences, we take care of everything, from booking your hotels and transfers, to planning daily guided rides, arranging activities for spectators and a bike rental service. This is a small group tour with great service from our local Italian team led by Andrea, our head bike guide.

Included with our tour

Hosted by Giro d'Italia stage winner Andrea Ferrigato and our team
7 nights in excellent hotels
7 breakfasts and 6 evening meals
Hotel taxes
Bike storage
Daily programme for cyclists and spectators
Transport to and from the stages
Arrival airport transfer from Milan
Departure airport transfer to Verona

Hospitality included with your tour:

Start Village in Salo on stage 16
Cross the Finish Experience on the Passo Fedaia (Stage 20)
Finish Hospitality on Stage 20
Finish Hospitality in Verona on the final stage 21

Also available

Bike rental from £140

Bikes available are

Giant Contend SL1 Aluminium Shimano 105 - £140
Giant TCR Advanced 1 Carbon Shimano Ultegra - £190
Giant TCR Advanced 0 Carbon Shimano Ultegra Di2 - £240

No events available

Tour Itinerary

Arrival and departure days - Mon 23rd and Mon 30th May

Arrive into Milan Bergamo airport and our transfer leaves the airport at 14.00. We arrive in Desenzano del Garda at 16.00. On departure, we offer an airport transfer at 10:00 to Verona Villafranca Airport. For later departures, there are good public transport links from the city centre out to the airport. Bike rental is available for the tour starting at £140 per person with 3 options available.

Tuesday 24th May - Start Village - Salo

Our location is ideal for access to the stage start today. Wander past the team buses and see the mechanics at work, watch the riders get ready and admire the bikes. See the daily signing on before watching the start. Michelangelo is the top level Hospitality at the start and the closest to the signature podium. After this fantastic experience, we offer two guided ride options in the area plus we'll stay another night on the shores of Lake Garda.

Wednesday 25th May - Menador and finish

Transport to Riva del Garda and 60 km ride along a quiet bike path to Trento. We will climb the Menador just hours before the pros arrive before descending to Lavarone, where we will wait to watch the race pass through. We expect the atmosphere on this final climb to be electric with a party feel amongst the awaiting Italian cycling fans. Spectators will go straight to Lavarone and afterwwards we move to Bassano del Grappa.

Thursday 26th May - Prosecco stage

We are perfectly located in Bassano del Grappa to enjoy today’s stage. We will ride north out of Bossano del Grappa and into the hills. Our destination is Asolo, an amazing little medieval village in the Prosecco hills. After potentially sampling some of the region’s produce, we will continue to Valdobbiadene where you will have the option of tackling the short ‘wall’, Ca’ del Poggio, before descending back to the base, where the giro party will be sure to be in full swing awaiting the arrival of the peloton.

Friday 27th May - into the Dolomites

After breakfast we will pack our tour minibuses and head halfway to our overnight accommodation in Canazei, stopping in Borgo Valsugana. We will then cycle the remaining 85 kilometres on stunning roads into the heart of the dolomites. We are staying in Canazai tonight at the 3-star Hotel Cristallo. Upon arrival you are free to relax, make use of the hotel’s spa facilities and take in the grandeur of the surrounding area. We will later enjoy an evening meal together in the hotel’s restaurant.

Saturday 28th May - Cross the Finish Experience and Hospitality

As we make our way towards the finish line on Passo Fedaia, where we expect there to be a big arrival party thrown by cycling fans to witness the effective coronation of this year’s Giro winner, we will tackle our own mini mountain stage and three passes of our own; Passo Sella, Passo Pordoi and finally the Passo Fedaia. We will cross the finish line and have photos taken on the podium. We’ll await the peloton's arrival from the Finish Hospitality Area.

Sunday 29th May - Final Stage

We will enjoy one last ride in the beautiful dolomites along the Adige Valley bike path. We will then transfer to Verona to enjoy official Finish Line hospitality at the Arena di Verona. Here we will watch the stage finish and the coronation of this year’s Giro winner. Watch the stage finish live and in comfort with Giro Club hospitality area at the finish line. You have access to an exclusive area with drinks, snacks and large screens to follow the action. Rub shoulders with the Giro entourage of former riders and people linked with the race.

Meet Andrea - Your host for the week

Andrea Ferrigato is affectionately known by his former teammates and friends as “Ferri” for his legs of “Steel”. Andrea has recorded an estimated 650000 miles in his cycling career and he’s still not done yet! Ferri has had a professional career spanning 15 years. He competed 8 times at the Giro d’Italia and 4 times at the Tour de France. He was a stage winner of the Giro d’Italia (1994) and his best year was 1996. In that year he won the Leeds International Classic and the Grand Prix of Switzerland.

About Andrea

Andrea remains very passionate and thankful for his career and is keen to share this passion with other cyclists. Andrea has participated himself in several epic rides in Italy and other European Countries. He loves to ride the Strade Bianche in Tuscany and Dolomites during the Giro d’Italia and is eager to ride alongside other riders who share his passion. When he is not riding his bike he works on his farm and he spends time with his family. He supports the passions of his children which are motocross for Lorenzo and athletics for Nia.

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