The one hotel was very helpful though, and they phoned around nearby accomodations for us and found us a bed and breakfast in nearby Bibbiena. Off we set for Bibbiena following our directions to the b&b. What the woman at the b&b neglected to tell us was that her establishment was in fact several kilometres beyond Bibbiena, and that one had to pass through the centre of the (hill-top) town, then carry on ascending up a fairly steep hill. As Nicole had blown already in Poppi, this was not a pleasant experience. She ended up walking the last kilometre to the accomodation, and I rode both bikes up.
We eventually did get there. A very fancy place with big BMWs parked outside. We felt rather out of place - the rate we'd been quoted for the room was 90eur for the room, but the pricelist on the back of the door indicated the regular rate of 180eur per night - very expensive!! And a bit of a rip-off frankly, even at 90eur it wasn't anything special. They didn't serve dinner so we had to ride into town to find food. The closest place was a small pizza joint on the outskirts of the town where we had, you guessed it, pizza, and ice cold beer.