SERMIDE 4 Bike point, Rest area, Infopoint 1 Rest Area Cà Rossa Farm Holidays Gruccione Park Information Strada Provinciale Est, 6 Revere drainage system plant T 0376 559072 Gruccione Park Sermidese Nautical Association QUISTELLO Gruccione Park Consult the cycle routes map, showing the services Digagnola Reserve 2 Infopoint available on the Parks Cycle Route and the best The Mantuan Oltrepò Parks Cycle Route is a network of Quistello Youth Information Centre 2 Infopoint 270 kilometres of routes connecting all the wilderness at the Town Library Sermide Youth Information Centre natural and cultural experiences along the way. T 0376 619974 Piazzetta Gonzaga, 1 areas in the Oltrepò: the Paludi di Ostiglia, Isola Boscone T 0386 960477 3 Mechanics Download the app “The Mantuan Oltrepò Parks e Isola Boschina nature reserves, San Lorenzo, San V.F.King Speedy, Via Nazario 3 Mechanics Cycle Route Network”, with more than Colombano, Golene Foce Secchia and “Golenale del Sauro, 4 – T 0376 625181 Gobatti Valerio by: reviewed - lalumaca.org) graphics Consorzio Concerto (achabgroup.it 380 things to do and see. Gruccione” parks, and the “Viadana, Portiolo, San 4 Bike point, Rest area, Via Indipendenza, 71 - T 0386 61959 Benedetto Po, Ostiglia” Special Protection Area. A voyage Infopoint 4 Bike point, Rest area, Nuvolato Rest and Infopoint N Download the whole network to of discovery reserved for bike lovers, to find out about Refreshment Area Corte Gardinala Farm Holidays GPS in GPX format the nature at the heart of the Po Plain – marginal, residual Via Semeghini, 88 - T 0376 627252 Via Gardinala, 2 loc. Moglia T 0386 969853 or to Google Maps in KML format. nature, which has miraculously survived agricultural REVERE exploitation and been lovingly restored. Its value is increased 1 Rest Area SERRAVALLE A PO exponentially by the presence of the most extraordinary Ship Mill Area 1 Rest Area Mafalda Island ecosystem on the Po Plain – the Po river and its flood plains. SAN BENEDEttO PO www.sipom.eu [email protected] Over 9,000 hectares of protected territory, enclosing a 1 Rest Area SUSTINENTE • River Docks 1 Rest Area cross section of the most significant environments of the • Village of Fortino • Rodi Island Mantuan Oltrepò, such as sandy riverside areas, oxbow lakes, • Groyne 2 Infopoint expanses of water known as “bugni”, willow groves, marshes, San Benedetto Po and Mantuan Copy by: Daniele Cuizzi - EURECO Oltrepò Tourist Welcome SUZZARA Edited by: EURECO and elm, oak and poplar woods. Information (IAT) 2 Infopoint Photos: Mantuan Oltrepò Parks System Archive, G. Pivatelli, Piazza Folengo, 22 Suzzara Youth Information Centre D. Longfils - Mantuan Farm Holidays Association Archive The cycle paths, both mixed use with low vehicle traffic and T 0376 623036 Viale Zonta, 6 – T 0376 513293 Welcome dedicated, wind along the extraordinary terraces formed by 3 Mechanics 3 Mechanics to the Mantuan Oltrepò the embankments of the Po and Secchia rivers, the old Zara Free ride, Via Chiarellotto, 26 (Zona Bike Suzzara, Via Gramsci, 2/A The Parks Cycle Route comes under Parks System river bed and beside the main drainage channels. artigianale) – T 0376 615599 T 0376 534753 the Mantuan Oltrepò Parks System Manfredini Claudio, Via Cantoni tourist strategy, certified by EUROPARC 4 Bike point, Rest area, Marca, 5/B/C – T 0376 531667 An exceptional variety of ecosystems Infopoint Federation with the European Charter Staffa Marco, Via Manzoni, 6/D for Sustainable Tourism in Protected Corte Medaglie d’Oro Farm Holidays T 0376 535354 which are host to around 300 species. Via Argine Secchia, 63 Areas. T 0376 618802 4 Bike point, Rest area, Corte Bertoia Farm Holidays Infopoint In collaboration with: Strada Bertoia, 4 loc. San Siro Osteria Argento Vivo tavern Parks Cycle Route Network T 0376 612012 Strada Cavallara, 33 Cà del Vento Farm Holidays T 0376 535333 Via Schiappa, 24 – T 0376 615633 Bioriva Farm Loghino Giada Farm Holidays Via Becagli, 39 Riva di Suzzara Strada Menadizza, 31 loc. San Siro T 333 9330855 – 340 9632926 T 0376 327391 Mantuan Oltrepò Park System bikes are available at the INFO AND SERVICES Bike Points Parks Cycle Route Network I ride in the Oltrepò, Much more than I ride in Europe a cycle path 1 Rest Area 2 Infopoint 3 Mechanics 4 Bike point, Rest area, Infopoint The Parks Cycle Route is integrated with the network The Parks Cycle Route is more than a simple itinerary, it is of cycle-touring routes in the Mantuan Oltrepò and a complete system of cycle paths. Thanks to collaboration CARBONARA DI PO MOttEGGIANA 1 Rest Area 1 Rest Area with the Mantuan Truffle Route cycle routes: over 400 between private operators and local bodies, coordinated • Isola Boscone Nature Reserve Manico di Paiolo kilometres of cycle paths of varying length and difficulty, services are offered along the route – infopoints, bike • Eridano tourist welcome and 4 Bike point, Rest area, to create your own journey of discovery in the Oltrepò. mechanics and rest areas – guaranteeing cyclists a worry- services centre Infopoint Via Garibaldi – T 0386 41549 free ride. Corte Fabbrica Farm Holidays 4 Bike point, Rest area, Via Dante Alighieri, 21 The Oltrepò cycle network is in turn connected to the Infopoint T 0376 520118 cycle routes of the provinces of Mantua, Ferrara, For those arriving by car or train who wish to then discover Hotel Passacor, Strada Provinciale Ferrarese, 4 – T 0386 41461 OSTIGLIA Modena and Reggio Emilia and to the international the area on two wheels, it is possible to borrow a bike from 1 Rest Area Eurovelo cycle routes (EV7 - Middle Europe Route and the Mantuan Oltrepò Parks' “fleet” – a hundred bright- Cyclists Welcome FELONICA • Isola Boschina Nature Reserve • Santuario Madonna della EV8 - Mediterranean Route) and the via Claudia Augusta yellow bikes, customised for men, women and children, 1 Rest Area River Dock Comuna (which connects the Po and Danube rivers). spread across twenty “bike points” located at farm holiday Facilities belonging to the Parks Cycle Route network, • Rowers Area 4 Bike point, Rest area, centres, farms, hotels and taverns. by signing up to the cyclists' services charter, have • Paludi di Ostiglia Nature Reserve Infopoint visitors’ centre volunteered to provide certain essential services to Corte Nigella Farm Holidays T 338 1271898 Every turn of the pedals is a moment Via Argine Valle, 75 cyclists for free: in the Mantuan Oltrepò which tells the T 0386 66222 2 Infopoint • Water Ostiglia Youth Information Centre Piazza Cornelio, 2 – T 0386 803200 thousand-year story of a land ripped • Emergency repair equipment MAGNACAVALLO 4 Bike point, Rest area, 4 Bike point, Rest area, out from the waters, which its people • Daily weather bulletin Infopoint Infopoint • Rest areas for people and bike parking Loghino Vallazza Farm Holidays Arginino Piccolo Farm Holidays have made incredibly fertile thanks to Via Vallazza, 6 – T 0386 55 430/113 • Information material Via Arginino, 9 – T 0386 31475 Le Calandre Farm Holidays their tenacity, ingenuity and the water • Information on the Mantuan Oltrepò from the MOGLIA Strada Calandre, 4 1 Rest Area T 0386 803027 itself. managers of the facility Drainage works museum Moglia rest area PIEVE DI CORIANO Drainage works museum 1 Rest Area Bondanello rest area River Dock A few simple gestures which testify to Drainage works museum Mondine rest area PEGOGNAGA the traditional hospitality of this area, 1 Rest Area 4 Bike point, Rest area, in recognition of those who wish to Infopoint San Lorenzo Park Corte Valle San Martino Farm 2 Infopoint get to know it while respecting it. Holidays, Via Valle S. Martino, 30/C Pegognaga Youth Information T 0376 557943 Centre Bondanello Drainage System Piazza Vittorio Veneto, 14 Bondanello di Moglia (at the Cultural Centre) T 0376 511411 T 0376 554605/06.