Mantua to Venice: one of 1001 cycle rides to do in a lifetime!

Fantastic trip, as described in trip notes … and even better! This is my second bike barge holiday (after a week last Easter in N Holland incl. Texel Island) and I love bike barge formula. Highlights: small ‘family’ ambience aboard the smaller boat Vita Pugna; excellent committed, inspiring and caring tour guide, Tamara, and wonderful crew; delicious home made cuisine at breakfast, tea, dinner; cosy cabins; well planned cycle rides incl coffee stops and nice picnic breaks; night walks at our barge stop off points; interesting ‘off piste’ visits as well as guided tours. We had amazing warm sunshine every day, a bonus! How amazing to approach Venice by boat, bike and ferry from Chioggia, across the Po Wetlands, complete with flamingoes, and moor off the island south of Venice – surely one of the 1001 things to do in a lifetime! Would recommend the direction Mantua to Venice, so the sun is on your back BUT check that Tamara is the tour guide, as the Vita Pugna travels in both directions! Molte grazie, Sara