Andrea Gennari
Founder / Cycling Guide
Andrea has a long, rich history on two wheels, from the very young age as a red-hot sprinter and teenage sensation for Marche’s first professional cycling team. Now, having a few Giro d’Italia behind him, he surely can call Italy’s roads and mountain passes his office workspace.
Andrea left cycling and was running his own business with his bike in the garage. One day, a friend challenged him to get back on his bike and ride 30 km. He did, and has never looked back.
For more than a decade, Andrea has been the cycling manager for Hotel Dory in Riccione. Hotel Dory is the original cycling hotel, and has been named as offering the best cycling holiday in Italy.
Andrea’s care and attention to detail ensures that every ride will be a real treat. We admire seeing him working and guarantee you will have some of your most memorable rides with him.
Livio Salvatori
Cycling guide / Mechanic
life, and he hopes that he will connect with others who have fallen in love with this amazing means of transportation. He loves to pedal and experience the outdoor world, connecting with nature and discovering its peace, quiet, and beauty. His background is in mountain biking, and being from Rome, he also knows that city like “the back of his hand,” or, the gears of his bike!
Honestly, we really do admire his southern accent. When he speaks, it’s like he is singing a happy tune, even if he is just ordering a pizza or arguing about football. Perhaps that just makes him even more Italian.
"I hope to appeal to everybody. For some, the goal is to simply enjoy the artistic, cultural, and culinary richness of Italy. For others, we can explore challenging trails and discover breath-taking views. I am sure that with my years of experience, and with your passion and desire, you will not be disappointed."
Laura Besseghini
Alpine Guide
Since Laura was very small, the immense passion for mountains has always been present in her life. She explored it on foot, on skis, on rocks or ice falls... Every season and every terrain has its own charm.
At 20 years old, the attraction for competitions took over, initially for ski mountaineering and lately for ultra-trail. Consequently, she became aware that we can do everything we dream of, and anything is possible with perseverance: the ability to have fun and the search for new challenges.
After completing her studies as an interior designer, she realized that she wanted to make her love for the mountains a lifestyle and, why not, a job. “The possibility of passing my passion to others is a privilege and I feel very lucky to be able to share it”
She recently became AMM of the Collegio Guide Alpine Lombardia, E-bike guide, Natural-running instructor and Nordik Walking instructor.
Jasmin Widmann
Hiking Guide
Jasmin is a hiking guide based in Alta Badia, in the heart of beautiful Dolomites, UNESCO World heritage site.
As a nature and mountain enthusiast she loves to practice sports and being outdoors. She admires her valley where she lives and always looking for new adventures.
When she takes her guests on hiking tours she passionately talks about the history, culture and traditions of people who live there, but most of all the importance of protecting and preserving the unique character and the eco-system of this stunning mountain range.
She speaks Ladin, Italian, German and English.
Anna
AlpineGuide / Sauris site
Anna was born by the sea but her passion for the mountains is so great that she moved to the Carnic Alps. She finds these mountains to be simple, authentic, and the forests to be a world, where you can discover trees, animals, amazing views, and also yourself. Anna is also a forest bathing guide and trainer, a professional experiences guide, and Pilates teacher (which she tries to practice outdoors). She is also a journalist, writing mainly about the environment and nature. She likes to take people to unusual places and turn every excursion into an experience, something that stays in the memory and helps you smile.
Marko
AlpineGuide / Bohinj site / Slovenia
Marko is a mountain guide and a trainee for the IFMGA licence. He has been going to the mountains for more than 25 years. The mountains have become both his passion and now, his job. He has been active as a climber since he was 14 years old, and became a mountaineer in 2004. He then became a mountaineering instructor in 2006 and a mountain rescuer in 2011. Marko sees the mountains as a way of life, a story written by life, not just a destination. He is thrilled to be your guide on your journey through “his” mountains -The Julian Alps.
