Burana’s great loop of water 2 Technical notes Circular route Ferrara - - Destra Po Depart: Ferrara, Piazza Savonarola

Arrive: Ferrara, Piazza Savonarola Ferrara: Length: 56,770 km Castello Estense Difficulty level: tel. 0532 299303 • www.ferrarainfo.com suitable for everyone. Level route mainly along NB. The route is particularly enjoyable on the cycle paths, with short stretches on minor roads, Burana cycle-pedestrian-path (FE 101), as it is especially when crossing urban areas in Ferrara shady, well signposted, with red asphalt at the and Bondeno. intersections and distance markers every kilo- metre. Railways /Venezia • Ferrara/Suzzara Bicycle transport available. Connections with other routes Please check timetables and availability. 1 Ferrara - Gorino Ferrarese Info: 892021 • www.trenitalia.com ra 3 Percorso circolare Ferrara - st 800 91 50 30 • www.fer.it ai M i Cycle track Burana d o P From the heart of the Estense city this circular route runs along important water- to admire the riverside landscape along a stretch of the “Destra Po” cycle-tourism ways into the countryside as far as Bondeno, on a safe cycleway throughout. At route to Francolino, from which it loops back to the Castle at Ferrara. F Po Fium iume Bondeno the journey turns onto the cyclee P path along the River Po embankment Guarda Serravalle o Ferrarese ia Albersano Po di Venez Alberone Cologna Felonica BOLZANO·TRENTO·MANTOVA PADOVA·VENEZIA GORINO Ponte Punzetti Oasi FERRARESE Ariano Fiesso Mulino del Po Ferrarese Umbertiano Zerbinate Ro Oasi Stellata Bosco di Pilastri Santa Malcantone e Po Massenzatica Giustina um Canaro Contane Fi Stienta Zocca Coccanile Ponti Oasi Isola Oasi Spagna Bonello Oasi Bosco Monticelli Pineta di Pepoli Ravalle S. Giustina di Porporana Cesta Mesola Porporana 1 Ambrogio S. Biagio FE20 Ruina Dune Fossili di Salvatonica Fossadalbero Ponte S. Pietro Mezzogoro Gavello Massenzatica Burana Oasi Isola Pescara Sabbioni FE20 Bianca Camatte P Casaglia Santa Maria Zenzalino o d P i G Maddalena Italba o no Settepolesini Francolino c d ca Oasi Isola Saletta i o d Bondeno G e Bianca Bosco o l r l Ospitale Diamantina o a Torbiera Mesola D FE203 Corlo o Scortichino n Oasi Bacini z Tamara Caprile e Correggio l C Pontelagoscuro Zuccherificio Pontelangorino l FE101 a Gradizza Oasi Valle a 3 na Boara le Brazzolo Dindona Vigarano Oasi B Barco Goro Viarovere Santa Ponte Pieve ur Malborghetto Gran Bosco an Bianca a di Boara Baura Fossalta Oasi della Mesola o o Rodoni 5 Oasi Bacini ar c Porotto Pontemaodino Boschetti i Mizzana an Sabb. Gherardi Zuccherificio Pomposa di Valle P n e o Cassana S. Vittore Giralda Sacca di Goro Viconovo MODENA m e Pontegradella e Contrapò Gorino l es iu ar Albarea Ferrarese Finale o Focomorto rr F Fe Villanova Reno p a Denore Emilia Vigarano ovi Oasi Finalese a dr Oasi Canneviè Casumaro o I Isola Tieni N Mainarda n la Porticino di Vo Codrea Reno o Mirabello Ferrara Po Cocomaro P o o Centese v di Focomorto di Volan Vaccolino Volano a Madonna Quartesana Val C Cocomaro Final Massa Alberone Boschi 1:200.000 di Rero Roncodigà Cantone Valle Chiesuol 4 di Cona Nuova Oasi Faro Buonacompra S. Carlo Oasi del Fosso Aguscello Cona 5 km Rero Boscona Migliaro Marozzo Valle di Gorino Coronella Parasacco Bertuzzi CENTO CENTO ARGENTA Ducentola Scannone di Goro Id Bivio r Cornacervina Correggi ov Dodici Pilastrello Torre Fossa Fossanova Oasi Borgo S. Anna ia Valcesura Fossanova Fer Morelli 38 San BiagioSan MarcoGorgo 39PalmiranoGualdo rarese Sant’Agostino Medelana Lago delle Oasi Bosco S. Martino Voghenza Masi S. Giacomo Rovereto Nazioni della Panfilia Chiesa Gaibanella Migliarino Nuova Alberlungo S. Egidio S. Vito Renazzo Dosso Oasi Fium Corte Centrale e Re Campolungo Malpasso Bevilacqua no Dogato Poggio RenaticoMontalbano Gaibana Gambulaga Libolla Corporeno Oasi Anse Vallive di Ostellato Runco Ostellato Volania S. Giuseppe S. Bartolomeo Monestirolo S. Giovanni di Gallo in Bosco Montesanto Sandolo Marrara Maiero Comacchio Quartiere S. Nicolò Oasi Anse di Cento Spinazzino Valle Lepri Portorotta Portoverrara Ripapersico

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The first stretch of the journey is made by The waterways leaving the historic centre of Ferrara and its along the route castle to the west and joining the Burana cycle/pedestrian path which runs alongside The Burana was dug in the early years the canal of the same name. of the 20th century after the decision to The path, in long straight sections, runs reclaim the land in the Low Lands. along lines of poplars in pleasant countryside The Cavo Napoleonico is an important through which we can pedal with effortless canal, 18km long, which connects the ease. After the village of , Reno to the Po, and was begun in the where can be seen in the distance the estate Napoleonic era in the early 19th Century of the Diamantina, one of the Este’s country as a drainage canal for the Reno. It is ev- retreats, we arrive at Bondeno, crossing the idence of the deep connection that the Cavo Napoleonico by the old railway bridge. Bondeno lands have with the water. At the end of the cycle track at Bondeno we The Panaro draws its waters all the way carry on to the left, along the road, then turn from the Apennines near Modena and right and head north on the embankment of The Diamantina, one of the Estes’ country retreats passes the villages of Vignola, Bompor- the Panaro, the FE 20 Destra Po cycle route. to and before entering After Ospitale, the riverside area between Napoleonico. Ferrarese territory at Bondeno, where it the Panaro and the road gets narrower and This is the beginning of a long straight flows into the Po. Before Bondeno the finally disappears. The road heads away from section, with the river in clear view. Soon course is narrow, but after the village it the river, to join it again at the point where the Bosco di Porporana reserve comes into becomes wide and majestic, with broad the Panaro joins the Po. We are again cycling view, the nearest thing that now survives to curves and a wooded flood plain. along the river embankment, and after little the riverside plains woodland that at one In June these woods enjoy a re- more than a kilometre we cross the Cavo time used to be typical of the Po flood-plain. ally special experience: swarms of fireflies scatter lights across the River Po, Bonello Pepoli island reserve night to make a real-life fairytale woodland.

After about 7 km, follow the diversion signs for Pontelagoscuro (we are getting near Fer- rara now) and take the embankment road near the Isola Bianca, a LIPU reserve that can be visited with a guide. At Francolino turn onto the FE 203 cycle- way and proceed the few kilometres to Fer- rara. Just before the city is the G. Bassani Urban Park, a fine green area with lakes that extends around the northern walls. Cross Via Bacchelli at the traffic lights and from there under the walls to Corso Ercole I d’Este with its grand buildings. From here we can return to the Este Castle or climb up onto the earth- works of the city walls for a pleasant circuit of the city.

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