Why this ride
A 241 km round trip from Bologna - roughly 3 h 40 in the saddle. It goes by way of Diamantina, Laghetto della Costa and back through Diamantina. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Cavour and Laghetto della Costa
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 241 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 3 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. Cavour
Via Cavour and Piazza Cavour are the elegant face of Bologna, the part of the city where the nineteenth century left a more formal imprint. After Italian unification, the city's rulers cut broad, straight streets through the medieval maze, built palaces in a grander style and created squares where the aristocracy and the newly rich could stroll. Today the area around Via Cavour, close to Piazza Maggiore, is lined with shops selling jewellery, fashion and fine food, beneath the same continuous arcades that cover most of the city.
Read the complete Cavour write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Cavour is where the day begins. Next is Diamantina.
2. Diamantina
The Este dukes of Ferrara loved their countryside retreats, the delizie, and they scattered them across the flat land around the city like jewels on a cloth. The Diamantina, near Vigarano Pieve west of Ferrara, was one of them, an estate of farmland, woods and buildings named after the diamond, a symbol of the Este family. The delizie are part of the UNESCO listing of Ferrara, City of the Renaissance, and its Po Delta, which recognises the city's planned urban layout and the way the Este shaped the surrounding landscape, draining marshes and creating farms and hunting grounds.
Read the complete Diamantina write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Diamantina comes up about 57 km into the recorded legs. Next is Laghetto della Costa.
3. 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
about 122 km into the recorded legs you reach Laghetto della Costa. Next is back through Diamantina.
4. back through Diamantina
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Diamantina write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Diamantina, late in the day. Next is Cavour.
5. Cavour
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Cavour write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Cavour. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Cavour to Diamantina
Cavour → Diamantina is 57 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Diamantina to Laghetto della Costa
Diamantina → Laghetto della Costa is 65 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Laghetto della Costa to back through Diamantina
Laghetto della Costa → back through Diamantina is 64 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Diamantina to Cavour
back through Diamantina → Cavour is 56 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.