Why this ride
A 298 km round trip from Cavriana - roughly 4 h 40 in the saddle. On the way it passes Tombola, Villa Almerico Capra and back through Tombola. It suits an unhurried touring pace.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Castellaro Lagusello - Fondo Tacoli and Villa Almerico Capra
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 298 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 4 h 40
- 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. 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
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Castellaro Lagusello - Fondo Tacoli is where the day begins. Next is Tombola.
2. Tombola
In the flat, fertile plain south of Verona, near the town of Cerea, a low rise in the fields called Tombola hides the remains of a Bronze Age settlement. The site is listed among the prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and it belongs to a group of wetland villages that once stood among the marshes of the Valli Grandi Veronesi, a large area of wetland that was drained and reclaimed over the centuries.
Read the complete Tombola write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Tombola comes up about 80 km into the recorded legs. Next is Villa Almerico Capra.
3. Villa Almerico Capra
The Villa Almerico Capra, known as La Rotonda, stands on a small hill above Vicenza, and it is one of the most copied buildings in the history of architecture. Andrea Palladio began it in the 1560s for a retired papal official, Paolo Almerico, who wanted a place for entertaining and for looking at the view rather than for farming. The plan is a perfect square, with a round hall under a dome at the centre, and each of the four sides has an identical portico with Ionic columns and a flight of steps, so that the house presents the same face to every direction. The idea was that the building should be an ornament to the landscape, and the landscape an ornament to the house.
Read the complete Villa Almerico Capra write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 146 km into the recorded legs you reach Villa Almerico Capra. Next is back through Tombola.
4. back through Tombola
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Tombola write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Tombola, late in the day. Next is Castellaro Lagusello - Fondo Tacoli.
5. Castellaro Lagusello - Fondo Tacoli
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Castellaro Lagusello - Fondo Tacoli write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Castellaro Lagusello - Fondo Tacoli. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Castellaro Lagusello - Fondo Tacoli to Tombola
Castellaro Lagusello - Fondo Tacoli → Tombola is 80 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Tombola to Villa Almerico Capra
Tombola → Villa Almerico Capra is 66 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Villa Almerico Capra to back through Tombola
Villa Almerico Capra → back through Tombola is 72 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Tombola to Castellaro Lagusello - Fondo Tacoli
back through Tombola → Castellaro Lagusello - Fondo Tacoli is 81 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.