Maratona dles Dolomites Enel Getaway 2024

Run by passionate cyclist Klaus Irsara, Hotel Melodia del Bosco is our base for the tour. Every day, you'll ride straight from the hotel, a member of the Italy Bike Hotel network, to conquer the mighty Dolomites passes. When you come back, leave your bike in the garage, have an plate of pasta and make good use of the spa: Finnish sauna or steam bath? Maybe both! Or stretch your muscles with a massage. Have an Aperol Spritz (our favorite) at the Lounge Bar before dinner; enjoy healthy gourmet cuisine using fresh, mostly locally grown ingredients, accompanied by selected fine wines.

Your non-riding partner and your children will also enjoy the traditional Ladin hospitality of the Irsara family as well as many activities such as hiking, via ferrata, golf, horse riding, adventure parks… In the hotel, kids can enjoy their very own playroom and in the summer have fun in the private outdoor play area or enjoy a game of ping-pong.

Set in woodland and meadows, the hotel is within walking distance from the sponsors' village, heart of the week long Maratona cycling festival. It is also just 3 km from the start of the race, an important detail as you have to be there before 6am.

• Guaranteed Maratona dles Dolomites - Enel race entry (note: Italian nationals are not eligible for race entry)
• 5 nights at Hotel Melodia del Bosco in Badia
• All breakfasts / après-ride pasta / dinners
• Energy nutrition
• Knowledgeable and experienced guide(s)
• Fully supported tour with vehicle and mechanic
• Cleaning kit and tool kit available for use
• Grand Tours Project cycling kit
• Laundry service
• Road book including all the details you need to know on your trip
• Gpx files - for Garmin device upload
• Transfers from and to a designated airport, within a predefined time window

What’s Not Included ?

• Flights / transportation to the defined pick-up/drop-off locations
• Travel insurance
• Alcoholic & non alcoholic drinks
• Bianchi Bike rental (carbon frame, Disk, Ultegra Di2) available on request

"The team looked after all of us SO WELL. They really were great and very reassuring to a relatively new rider like me. I'd never done anything like the Maratona before and on the Wednesday evening, I reconnected with that childhood fear many of us experienced in advance of any big exam or any big challenge on the sporting field. It was actually a great feeling, like rediscovering a long lost friend and I really enjoyed that sense of being truly alive again. Getting out on the bike on the Thursday morning with the GTP riders just got me calm and focused and that helped so much.

I loved the riding, loved the Bianchi bike, loved the scenery and loved all the camaraderie that went with being with the GTP team and the other wonderful guests. I met people from around the world and have already connected with many of them on Strava.

Best of all, I got around the full Maratona circuit and when I signed up (I think the back end of last year?) that was something I'd previously thought nigh on impossible. All my training over the past months kicked in half way up the Passo Giau and though I didn't set any land speed records, I finished and today I'm still flushed with the joy of that. One happy customer!"

Scott, 2019 Maratona dles Dolomites trip.

"Can I do it ?" That's the question many cyclists ask themselves about the Maratona. Yvette was one of them until she took part in the Maratona Getaway for the first time now she is hooked...

"Yes. I am doing the Maratona dles Dolomites again. And 2019 will be the fifth time. And there are a myriad of reasons and excuses. Let me tell you how I got hooked ..." Read her story here.