Elba MTB Capoliveri: Mountain Biking at Monte Calamita
Inside the Tuscan Archipelago National Park, in the Ripalte – Capoliveri area, there is the Tenuta delle Ripalte, which has been active since 1896 as an old farm. In this natural oasis, there is our Bike Center with top-of-the-range e-bikes and MTBs. Like all Elba MTB locations, it is open to both insiders and outsiders of the facility.
Born in 2015, with the name of Costa dei Gabbiani Bike Center, it later became Bike Center Elba and was then incorporated into the world of Elba MTB. It boasts rental services, bike tours, courses, Bike Shuttle (Elba MTB) and internships with mountain bike professionals. It is also the summer headquarters of the 365mountainbike portal. From beginners to experts, everyone can have fun, thanks also to the beach party services with music and good food, after a bike ride.
Elba MTB Capoliveri is inside the magnificent Tenuta delle Ripalte Resort overlooking the sea that extends for over 400 hectares: part of the routes of the Capoliveri Bike Park, which has a maze of dirt roads and paths that extends for about 100km, is right inside the Tenuta delle Ripalte property. In short, the ideal place to set off on your MTB without ever having to touch the asphalt road, to discover Monte Calamita and the Costa dei Gabbiani.
Our facility is right in the center of the Estate, on the lawn in front of the tennis courts, the restaurant, the bar and the swimming pool, the latter services open to all, therefore also to those who are not guests of the accommodation facility. Come and visit us, even just to ask for information, and understand what paradise we are in and what we can offer you, both for those who go by bike and for those who, if they want, stay and wait… maybe on the beach! There is also an excellent Diving Center (di Michele Bovo) and the La Bosana Equestrian Center, the only one on Elba. The Tennis center is among the most exclusive at an international level thanks to important collaborations such as the Riccardo Piatti Stages which in the past brought a young Jannik Sinner for many years.
From Capoliveri we are easily reachable by bike and also by car, with the possibility of parking and use of the bar for Bike Center customers. By bike from the Bike Park, along paths and dirt roads closed to traffic, you can easily reach the beautiful coves and isolated beaches of the Costa dei Gabbiani and, with a little more effort, the top of Calamita.
