ITINERARY Bike ITINERARY 3 TOUR 3 Pruno, Farnocchia, Pomezzana e

Length: 82,7 Km Altitude peak: 668 metres Total rise: 1511 Degree of difficulty: Ideal period: May/September Excursion time: about 5 hours Pruno

Starting from the seafront of Vi- left following road signs to Se- areggio near Galliano Café, set ravezza and immediately after turn off towards that right over an overpass before the you’ll reach after about 11,5 km hamlet of Ripa. Then our excur- on the flat. At the traffic lights in sion continues reaching Corvaia front of the pier turn right and con- and , where the road template the Fort. If you wish you curls in gentle slopes leading can quench your thirst with the through Ruosina to the fork for drinking fountain in the square. Pontestazzemese. At this point, Then go along the main road keep your right following the road following the signs to Querceta. signs. After the residential area of At the roundabout at the begin- Pontestazzemese, you can chose ning of the residential area turn your own itinerary. If you turn

Monte Forato ITINERARY 3 Bank Services Agenzie in , Lido di , Marina di , Forte dei Marmi, Querceta, Ripa, Seravezza, Ponte Stazzeme- se, Capezzano Pianore Refreshments and Breaks Ristorante Monteforato Speciality: Fried chicken and rabbit Price: 25 euro San Nicolò, Pruno Via Comunale,1 0584 777086 century, is very beautiful. Behind Ristorante Il Poveruomo Speciality: Sliced steak the Church there is a drinking Price: 25/30 euro fountain and next to it there’s Via Fontana, 1 Pruno La Canonica Restaurant with its 0584 777021 wonderful terrace. Ristorante Da Franca Speciality: Noodle in wild boar sacuce Possibility 2 Farnocchia: the Price: 25/30 euro slope in very hard and it’s about 2 Piazza IV Novembre, 2 Farnocchia 0584 777022 km long after the fork to Stazzema. Norcineria Barsanti Here turn right, and rise for other Speciality: Grilled meat 3,5 km before arriving to the love- Price: 20 euro Via Vallinventri Cardoso ly village. 0584 777058 Possibility 3 Pomezzana: de- Ristorante Luciana scending from Farnocchia, follow Speciality: Tordelli Price: 18/20 euro Marble Quarry the signs to Pomezzana with a 2,7 Via Provinciale, 33 Mulina di Stazzema km quite hard slope. In the village 0584 77788 left you’ll reach Pruno, if you turn look over the green landscape at you can visit the beautiful San Pizzeria Valè right you’ll reach Farnocchia or the foot of the Pania del Forato Sisto Church. Speciality: Little flat bread P.zza Garibaldi, 4 - Forte dei Marmi Stazzema. with its 1223 m above sea level. Possibility 4 Stazzema: at 0584 89361 Possibility 1 Pruno: you’ll reach S. Nicolò Church, built in the XI the fork of the possibility 2 turn Cardoso after a 2 km gentle slope. left and rise for 1500 metres un- Technical Assistance At the beginning of the village, if Cicli Kamà til the little village (Santuario del V.le Colombo, 330 you need it, have a break at No- Piastraio). The way back is slop- Lido di Camaiore (LU) cineria Barsanti. After the hairping ing until Corvaia where you have 0584 1841250 bend in front of the Church the to turn left following road signs Tognetti Leonello Via Carducci, 213 slope to Pruno begins, it’s about to Pietrasanta. Here you can go Marina di Pietrasanta (LU) 3 km long and it’s hard only before through this glorious city, visit- 0584 20086 the Monteforato Restaurant (here ing the Renaissance square. Then Cicli Maggi you can have an outlook over the Viale Morin, 83/a - Forte dei Marmi (LU) take the Sarzanese road, reach 0584 89529 Mount Procinto– 1039 m above Capezzano Pianore, and follow Bike Shop Coppa sea level) and after the residential road signs to Lido di Camaiore. Via Franceschi, 4/d - Forte dei Marmi (LU) area of Volegno. When you reach When you reach the seafront turn 0584 83528 Pruno, you have travelled 32 km Due ruote per tutti left towards Viareggio where your Via Meccheri, 65 - Querceta (LU) and you can have a pleasant out- Cappella Church excursion ends. 0584 742134