low bike SVeneto by bicycle, enjoy the travel. Exe_Brossura_SlowVeneto2014_170x230_ING.indd 1 10/10/14 12:12 Veneto by bicycle. members of the club, you can receive 1-4 ITINERARIES Veneto by bicycle, enjoy Bike Club: hospitality all the useful information on routes, the travel. customized for cyclists. rental services, bike repairing 1-7 EXCURSIONS Veneto by bicycle is a holiday Tourists who live their cycling and transport. Sports enthusiasts will proposal for those who are looking holidays need a tailor-made and find also mountain bike and road bike VENETO CYCLING ROUTES for a slow, playful and light holiday. warm welcoming. For this reason, tracks, while those who prefer a more The Veneto Region has selected tourism consortiums of the Veneto leisurely holiday will receive proposals LINKING CYCLE ROUTES 4 itineraries divided into stretches Region have formed “bike clubs” suitable for their needs. It is easy to and 7 daily excursions to discover to take care of tourists and of their book a two-wheel holiday, just visit the the historic, artistic and landscape means of transport. Contacting hotels, websites of the consortiums and bike heritage of this extraordinary territory. farmhouses or campings which are products club. Each stage has in store for you unforgettable surprises such as sea and mountain natural parks and Itineraries art treasures in medieval cities and From Lake Garda to Venice towns. You will ride surrounded by 01 Verona, Vicenza, Padua, Riviera del Brenta rural countrysides where excellent wines are produced and where you 02 The Veneto Ring can enjoy typical dishes. The invite is Venice, Chioggia, Abano Terme, Vicenza, Bassano del Grappa, Treviso open to all. In fact the routes are safe, Seaside Route flat, equipped with specific signs 03 Rovigo, Chioggia, Jesolo, Caorle, Bibione and with asphalt concrete surface. From the Dolomites to Venice The routes selected are mainly 04 Cortina d’Ampezzo, Belluno, Vittorio Veneto, Treviso, Venice cycle routes and countryside roads flanking rivers down to the sea, with mountains and hills that characterize the wonderful scenery. The holiday proposals included in this brochure Excursions Long Way of the Dolomites are described with texts, images 01 Cortina d’Ampezzo, Calalzo di Cadore and maps that you can find even in a road-book with long-distance Circular Cycle Path of the Euganean Hills itineraries as well as single bike 02 Padua, Este, Terme Euganee tour cards. All the guides designed The Donzella Ring for those who want to ride along the 03 Po Delta Park best cycleways of the Veneto region The GiraSile can be applied for free at tourist 04 Treviso, Casale sul Sile information offices and are available on the website www.veneto.to where 05 The Venetian Islands Cycleway you can also download the GPS Lido di Venice, Malamocco, Pellestrina tracks and pdf maps. The Mincio River Cycle Route 06 Peschiera del Garda, Mantova Palladio’s Landscapes 07 Vicenza, Lago di Fimon 2 3 Exe_Brossura_SlowVeneto2014_170x230_ING.indd 2-3 10/10/14 12:12 Distance 185 Km Start: Garda, Bardolino I1 Signposting Info: www.veneto.to Distance 305 Km Ring route with start and finish I2 Signposting Info: www.veneto.to Legs 4 Finish: Venice Brown signposts Legs 6 recommended in Venice Brown signposts 01 02 1 1 From Lake Garda to Venice. The Veneto Ring. Verona, Vicenza, Padua, Riviera del Brenta. Venice, Chioggia, Abano Terme, Vicenza, Bassano del Grappa, Treviso. The itinerary, which extends from mainland. Following the cycle and following the Bacchiglione River, the path finally reachesAsolo (1) Lake Garda to Venice, offers a path of the Adige River, which in a landscape dotted with abbeys (2) (province of Treviso), one of the “most panoramic view of the rich history links Bolzano to Verona, the route villas and castles, you reach Vicenza beautiful villages in Italy” and then and tradition of the provinces of crosses the areas where the fine and its historical centre, classified Montebelluna (Treviso), at the foot of Verona, Vicenza, Padua and wines Bardolino and Valpolicella are as a World Heritage Site. After a the Montello. Just a bit further away Venice. Departing from Garda produced. After a visit to the city of break in the city, the path leads to you can reach Treviso, capital of the (1), historical town on the lake, Romeo and Juliet, the bicycle path the foothills towards Marostica and Red Radish and of Prosecco wine. the path connects different cycle along leads to Palladio’s city and Bassano del Grappa (province of The next day, continue along the path routes along the natural courses you can stop and visit the medieval 3 Vicenza), the former famous for chess which returns to the lagoon by means of the Adige, Bacchiglione and town of Soave. From Vicenza, the and the latter for Palladio’s Bridge of of the GiraSile bicycle path. Brenta rivers leading to the Venetian cycle route continues along the The itinerary is mainly on level ground 2 the Alpines. Among the rolling hills, Berica Riviera first and then along with the exception of two easy uphill Leaving from Venice, the bicycle path the Bacchiglione River (3) reaching stretches: from Garda to Rivoli Veronese in of the Venetian lagoon islands crosses The itinerary is easy and varied, even Padua, home of the innovative the first leg and from Brendola to Vicenza the islands to reach Chioggia (3). The if some stretches follow busy roads. artists Giotto and Mantegna, and in the second one. The road is mostly second day, you can continue cycling You will ride on unpaved cycle paths then re-departs towards Venice, paved with some sections of dirt roads among the banks of the Bacchiglione along the banks of the rivers and there crossing the well-known Riviera along the banks of the Bacchiglione river. River; passing through the Benedictine are not significant uphill stretches. del Brenta (2). It finally arrives This tour lasts a week and recommended Courts of Correzzola (province of Worth a note, the boat crossings of the in Mestre (Venice), where cyclists detours are the visit of the lake and of the Padua) you arrive at the oldest Venetian Lagoon, the sight of small rural can replace bikes with public many art cities along the way. There is thermal spas in Europe, the Euganee villages and the swimming pools of the transportation and reach Venice. also the possibility to extend the journey Thermal baths (Padua). The next day Euganean Thermal spas. Recommend following the excursions identified with the you can reach the center of Padua period from April to October. 2 signposts E2, E5, E6 and E7. 4 5 Exe_Brossura_SlowVeneto2014_170x230_ING.indd 4-5 10/10/14 12:12 Distance 250 Km Start: Rovigo I3 Signposting Info: www.veneto.to Distance 200 Km Start: Passo Cimabanche, Cortina d’Ampezzo I4 Signposting Info: www.veneto.to Legs 5 Finish: Portogruaro Brown Signposts Legs 4 Finish: Venice Brown Signposts 03 04 1 1 Seaside Route. From the Dolomites to Venice. Rovigo, Chioggia, Jesolo, Caorle, Bibione. Cortina d’Ampezzo, Belluno, Vittorio Veneto, Treviso, Venice. The seaside route makes the tourist canals reaching Chioggia, of typical From the angular landscapes of the the itinerary reaches Treviso, discover the wonders of the long Venetian style. The third leg continues Dolomites to the long stretching cultural center with precious littoral area of Veneto: the Po River on the Islands of Venice (3) views of the Venice Lagoon, the architectural wonders. The last leg Delta, the fishing valley, the mouths (Pellestrina and Lido di Venezia) panorama you encounter during this follows the banks of the Sile river of many rivers, the long beaches and ends in Cavallino Treporti (1). striking itinerary gently changes day and then along roads without traffic of golden sand and the Venetian The itinerary then reaches the by day.The itinerary departs from reaching Mestre - Venice. Lagoon. The itinerary leaves from the coastal littoral stretch of the Venetian Cortina d’Ampezzo, jewel of the historic centre of Rovigo and heads beaches of Jesolo and Eraclea, with Dolomites and World Heritage Site towards Adria, near the Delta of the many campsites and hotels along the 3 (3), following the cycle route built 3 Po River. The next day you can cross way. After having admired Caorle’s along the old railway track, among the natural Park among valleys and charming city centre featuring the The route follows a stretch of the forests and peaks. The downhill short stretch by train, the itinerary fishers island (2) and the Church of “Eurovelo 8” European cycleway that ride will take you through the many continues from Belluno towards One week of journey is suggested to the Blessed Virgin of the Angel, the continues along the Po river on one towns of the Cadore area. After a the Cansiglio Forest and Lake enjoy the many natural and artistic itinerary sets off again towards the side and along the Adriatic upper coast Santa Croce (1). Then the Faldalto beauties of the places reached along final stops, long cycling paths that on the other. There aren’t particular pass leads you to Vittorio Veneto this itinerary. The route doesn’t have cross rustic landscapes, flourishing difficulties or dangers. Beware of the (province of Treviso), among rolling significant uphill stretches. Watch pinewood forests and the lovely city second leg that is longer than the hills (2) where the Prosecco DOCG out for traffic in brief sections near centres of Concordia Sagittaria and others. There are many opportunities to is produced. The next stop of the the cities. Pleasant stretches along Portogruaro. The ancient lighthouse discover the Po Delta and the Lagoons itinerary, identified with the letter I4 unpaved cycle paths in the woods and in Bibione at the mouth of the of Venice, Carole and Bibione by boat.