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Runco c Ostellato S. Giuseppe S. Bartolomeo Monestirolo Arrive: Comacchio, Duomo di San Cassiano www.ferrarainfo.com di Comacchio Lido di Pomposa i Gallo in Bosco Montesanto Sandolo Marrara t Length: 55,870 km Mesola: • tel. 0533 993358 Marrara Maiero Lido degli Scacchi Codigoro: Abbazia di Pomposa • tel. 0533 719119 Comacchio a Difficulty level: suitable for everyone. Level Quartiere i Comacchio: Via Mazzini, 4 • tel. 0533 314154 S. Nicolò Oasi Anse di route mainly along minor roads. Some stretches r Spinazzino Valle Lepri along cycle paths on asphalt and some on dirt Parco Delta del Po Emilia Romagna: Portorotta Portoverrara Porto Garibaldi d track (FE219 and FE301). tel. 0533 314003 • www.parcodeltapo.it Ripapersico FE417 A Benvignante Oasi Valle Connections with other routes

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P Ospital Anse Vallive di Porto r r i Monacale Oasi 8 Ostellato - Pomposa m Bacino di Bando Valle Bicycle transport available. Please check timetables S. M. Codifiume a Lido di Spina r Zavelea a o 9 Oasi Salina di and availability. Info: 800 91 50 30 • www.fer.it 9 Argenta - Comacchio Consandolo Comacchio M Boccaleone Bando Places of Interest Oasi Oasi Vene di TraghettoTraghetto Oasi Valle Ussarola Bellocchio Mesola Castle, Pomposa Abbey. Comacchio: the Trepponti Bridge, the Roman Ship Museum, the Old 4 La Fiorana Valle Fossa 1:200.000 di Porto COMACCHIO Valli di 5 km Hospital, the Cathedral of San Cassiano, the Eel-Works, the Loggiato dei Cappuccini, the Church of ARGENTA RAVENNA Comacchio Santa Maria in Aula Regia, the trails in the Comacchio lagoons.

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The Canneviè-Porticino-Foce Volano Nature Reserve

magical place loaded with atmosphere from of the canal we finish the list of the coastal its religious role (but also economic and so- resorts with Lido degli Estensi and Lido di cial) from the 9th to the 15th Century. Visit the Spina, reached by a cycle/pedestrian ferry. church, the Chapter House, the Refectory and the Museum. Follow the cycle track from the fishing cen- On the FE301 cycle track alongside the Po di tre of Porto Garibaldi and in time you arrive Volano, we pass by the Cannevié-Porticino- at the beautiful lagoon city of Comacchio, a Foce Volano nature reserves and the Torre precious jewel softly set among the warm della Finanza tower, to arrive at last at Lido red of its bricks and the and the sparkling di Volano; from here we take the Acciaioli green of its canals. Of ancient origin, it was Gran Bosco della Mesola woodlands panoramic road which gives a view over the a ‘floating town’ (unconnected by road) until This route starts from the Destra Po cycle tour- Pedalling along through agricultural land beautiful Valle Bertuzzi and then Lago delle 1821. Even today it seems designed by the ism route at Mesola Castle, an Este country reclaimed from the sea with inter-linked Nazioni. Here we get close to the sea, visit- water, with a network of canals instead of house built for Duke Alfonso II d’Este at the drainage canals, pumping stations, and tree- ing in order the beach resorts of Lido delle streets, bridges linking up quarters of ter- end of the 1500s on the edge of a large game lined roads with typical vegetation, we ar- Nazioni, Lido di Pomposa, Lido degli Scac- raced houses with their hidden androni pas- reserve. At the castle visit the Environmental rive at the magnificent Pomposa Abbey, a chi, and Porto Garibaldi. On the other side sages leading to interior courtyards. Education Centre and the Deer Museum. Af- ter passing Bosco di Santa Giustina and the interesting Torre Abate tower, we reach the Discover Gran Bosco della Mesola woodlands, the last the flavours remaining example of the ancient forests Comacchio gastronomy achieves its fullest that were found until a few centuries ago all expression in fish dishes from both salt and along the Adriatic Coast. fresh water. The eel is king of the table, cooked in a thousand ways: grilled, in brodetto soup, For a pleasant excursion to the with Savoyy cabbage, or marinated. The anti- interior, the Gran Bosco has pasti of mussels, scallops or clams, lobsters, been equipped with a large area at canocchie (the mantis shrimp), small mixed the entrance laid out for cars and seafood, or prawns are all delicious; among camper vans (with services), a green first courses the same goes for risottos like field to picnic in, and cycle hire. Time the di mare or alla pescatora, spaghetti with to walk though: at least one hour. clams, fish soup, everything washed down with DOC wines from the Bosco Eliceo.

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