Why this ride
A 99 km round trip from Verona - roughly 2 h 02 in the saddle. The stops in between: Fortified city of Peschiera del Garda, Frassino, Belvedere and Castellaro Lagusello - Fondo Tacoli.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Verona afternoon · Castellaro Lagusello - Fondo Tacoli
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 99 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 2 h 02
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Scenic road chapters
Mille Miglia Historic Route Core
Expect company on a summer weekend. Early is better than fast. For about 32 km this is Mille Miglia Historic Route Core, a road with a name of its own and a reason for it.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 32 km
- Named road
- Mille Miglia Historic Route Core
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Verona
Verona is one of those Italian cities where the Romans left such a large footprint that the later centuries had to build around it. The Arena, a first-century amphitheatre, is still used for performances, and each summer the opera festival fills its stone seats with audiences who bring candles and cushions. A few streets away lies the Piazza delle Erbe, once the Roman forum, now an open-air market beneath frescoed palaces and the old watchtower. The Adige river loops around the old town in a tight S-bend, and the stone bridges and ramparts that cross it make a handsome backdrop to evening walks.
Read the complete Verona write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Verona is where the day begins. Next is Fortified city of Peschiera del Garda.
2. Fortified city of Peschiera del Garda
Water surrounds Peschiera on every side, and that was the whole idea. The town sits where the River Mincio flows out of the southern end of Lake Garda, and in the sixteenth century the Republic of Venice turned it into a star-shaped fortress with massive pentagonal walls, bastions and moats fed by the lake and the river. Later the Austrians made it one of the four corners of the Quadrilatero, the defensive square of fortresses that guarded their hold on northern Italy in the nineteenth century. In 2017 Peschiera became part of the UNESCO listing of Venetian works of defence between the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, alongside Bergamo, Palmanova and fortresses on the Adriatic.
Read the complete Fortified city of Peschiera del Garda write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Fortified city of Peschiera del Garda comes up about 32 km into the recorded legs. Next is Frassino.
3. Frassino
Just outside Peschiera del Garda, at the southern tip of the lake, the Sanctuary of the Madonna del Frassino stands among vineyards and fields. According to legend, in 1510 a farmer working in his vineyard was threatened by a snake, prayed to the Virgin and found a small statue of the Madonna in the branches of an ash tree, frassino in Italian. The snake disappeared, and the sanctuary was built on the spot. Today it is a Franciscan church and convent, with a cloister and a collection of votive offerings left by the grateful over the centuries.
Read the complete Frassino write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 36 km into the recorded legs you reach Frassino. Next is Belvedere.
4. Belvedere
South of Lake Garda the mountains step back and the land turns into a theatre of hills. Those are the moraines, left by the glacier that once filled the valley and dropped its load of gravel in a series of curved ridges as it melted. The belvedere on this stretch is part of that gentle amphitheatre, a viewpoint over vineyards and fields on the way between Peschiera del Garda and the old battlefields at San Martino and Solferino, and in clear weather you can see the Alps rising behind the lake.
Read the complete Belvedere write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Belvedere, about halfway. Next is Castellaro Lagusello - Fondo Tacoli.
5. Castellaro Lagusello - Fondo Tacoli
South of Lake Garda, the land rises into a series of low hills, the moraines left behind by the glacier that carved the lake. Among them, in a hollow, lies a small heart-shaped lake, and on a ridge above it stands the walled village of Castellaro Lagusello, one of the most charming in Lombardy. The lake and its marshes are a nature reserve, and on its shore, at Fondo Tacoli, archaeologists found the remains of a Bronze Age pile dwelling settlement, part of the UNESCO group of prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps.
Read the complete Castellaro Lagusello - Fondo Tacoli write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Castellaro Lagusello - Fondo Tacoli sits at 51 km, about halfway. Next is back through Belvedere.
6. back through Belvedere
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Belvedere write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Belvedere comes up about 63 km into the recorded legs. Next is back through Frassino.
7. back through Frassino
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Frassino write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 66 km into the recorded legs you reach back through Frassino. Next is back through Fortified city of Peschiera del Garda.
8. back through Fortified city of Peschiera del Garda
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Fortified city of Peschiera del Garda write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Fortified city of Peschiera del Garda, late in the day. Next is Verona.
9. Verona
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Verona write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
The route ends here after 99 km.
Leg by leg
Verona to Fortified city of Peschiera del Garda
Verona → Fortified city of Peschiera del Garda is 32 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Fortified city of Peschiera del Garda to Frassino
Fortified city of Peschiera del Garda → Frassino is 4 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Frassino to Belvedere
Frassino → Belvedere is 3 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Belvedere to Castellaro Lagusello - Fondo Tacoli
Belvedere → Castellaro Lagusello - Fondo Tacoli is 12 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Castellaro Lagusello - Fondo Tacoli to back through Belvedere
Castellaro Lagusello - Fondo Tacoli → back through Belvedere is 12 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Belvedere to back through Frassino
back through Belvedere → back through Frassino is 3 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Frassino to back through Fortified city of Peschiera del Garda
back through Frassino → back through Fortified city of Peschiera del Garda is 4 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Fortified city of Peschiera del Garda to Verona
back through Fortified city of Peschiera del Garda → Verona is 30 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.