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If sweating your way through la bella Italia is your idea of a good time, you're in luck: Dozens of companies offer packaged bicycle tours throughout Italy. But to pick the one that best fits your interests, you'll need to do your homework.
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Anonymous said
on 6/30/2006 Most of the local Italian trains allow bicycle transportation on board. These trains may be slow and make a lot of stops, but they will carry you and your bike across dozens of miles of uninteresting or demanding terrain (mountains).
Just search for regional trains ("Regionale", or simply "R") in each Italian station timetable and check to see if there is a bike symbol near its description. Usually the bikes should be stored in the first or in the last car of the train, which has an reserved and cleared area for them.
It is also possible to make a web research in the Italian railways site, which offers updated timetables and trains descriptions.
Usually the fastest trains and the ones which had to take long journeys do not offer a bicycle transportation service.