Why this ride
A 90 km round trip from Padova - roughly 1 h 47 in the saddle. The stops in between: Laghetto della Costa, Villa Saraceno and back through Laghetto della Costa.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Basilica and Monastery of St. Anthony Orat and Villa Saraceno
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 90 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 1 h 47
- 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.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Basilica and Monastery of St. Anthony Orat
Padua, in the Veneto, has one of the great pilgrimage churches of Europe, and it is the grave of a Portuguese friar. Anthony of Padua was born in Lisbon, joined the Franciscans and became a famous preacher, and he died near Padua in 1231 at the age of thirty-six. He was made a saint within a year, one of the fastest canonisations in history, and construction of the great basilica began soon after. The Basilica of Saint Anthony, which the people of Padua simply call il Santo, is a church of many domes, partly Romanesque and partly Gothic with a hint of Byzantine, and it holds the saint's tomb in a side chapel, where pilgrims press their hands against the marble.
Read the complete Basilica and Monastery of St. Anthony Orat write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Basilica and Monastery of St. Anthony Orat is where the day begins. Next is Laghetto della Costa.
2. Laghetto della Costa
The Euganean Hills rise abruptly from the flat plain south-west of Padua, a cluster of volcanic cones covered in vineyards, chestnut woods and olive groves. Arquà Petrarca, a medieval village on the southern slopes, is where the poet Petrarch spent his last years and died in 1374; his house can still be visited. Close by, in a small hollow between the hills, lies the Laghetto della Costa, a tiny lake that hides a big secret.
Read the complete Laghetto della Costa write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Laghetto della Costa comes up about 23 km into the recorded legs. Next is Villa Saraceno.
3. Villa Saraceno
In the countryside south of the Berici Hills, near the village of Agugliaro, Villa Saraceno is one of the simplest and most elegant of Andrea Palladio's villas, built in the mid-sixteenth century for Biagio Saraceno, a Vicentine nobleman. It is a compact building with a classical portico of arches and a triangular pediment, set among farmland, and it is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto.
Read the complete Villa Saraceno write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 46 km into the recorded legs you reach Villa Saraceno. Next is back through Laghetto della Costa.
4. back through Laghetto della Costa
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Laghetto della Costa write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Laghetto della Costa, late in the day. Next is Basilica and Monastery of St. Anthony Orat, 22 km on.
5. Basilica and Monastery of St. Anthony Orat
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Basilica and Monastery of St. Anthony Orat write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Basilica and Monastery of St. Anthony Orat. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Basilica and Monastery of St. Anthony Orat to Laghetto della Costa
Basilica and Monastery of St. Anthony Orat → Laghetto della Costa is 23 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Laghetto della Costa to Villa Saraceno
Laghetto della Costa → Villa Saraceno is 23 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Villa Saraceno to back through Laghetto della Costa
Villa Saraceno → back through Laghetto della Costa is 23 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Laghetto della Costa to Basilica and Monastery of St. Anthony Orat
back through Laghetto della Costa → Basilica and Monastery of St. Anthony Orat is 21 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.