Why this ride
A 211 km round trip from Vigarano Pieve - roughly 3 h 35 in the saddle. On the way it passes Villa Badoer, Villa Pisani, Laghetto della Costa and back through Villa Pisani. The line favours views over speed.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Diamantina and Laghetto della Costa
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 211 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 3 h 35
- 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 39 km this is Mille Miglia Historic Route Core, a road with a name of its own and a reason for it.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 39 km
- Named road
- Mille Miglia Historic Route Core
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. 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 is where the day begins. Next is Villa Badoer.
2. Villa Badoer
Fratta Polesine is a quiet village in the Polesine, the flat, fertile land between the Adige and the Po in the south of the Veneto, and its pride is a villa by Andrea Palladio. Villa Badoer, built in the 1550s for Francesco Badoer, a Venetian nobleman, stands on a raised platform above the surrounding fields, with a temple-front portico, curved colonnades sweeping out on either side to farm buildings, and a grand staircase. It was the first of Palladio's villas to use the curved barchesse, and it is part of the UNESCO-listed City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto. Inside, the walls carry frescoes, and the villa houses a museum about the Polesine and its history.
Read the complete Villa Badoer write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Villa Badoer comes up about 39 km into the recorded legs. Next is Villa Pisani.
3. Villa Pisani
Montagnana is one of the best-preserved walled towns in Europe, with its entire ring of medieval brick walls, towers and gates still standing around the old centre, and just outside the eastern gate stands a villa by Andrea Palladio. Villa Pisani at Montagnana, built for Francesco Pisani in the 1550s, is a two-storey palace with a classical façade facing the road, part of the UNESCO listing of the City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto. Unlike most of Palladio's country villas, it sits right at the edge of town, more urban palazzo than farmhouse, and its elegant columns make a striking contrast with the rugged walls nearby.
Read the complete Villa Pisani write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 77 km into the recorded legs you reach Villa Pisani. Next is Laghetto della Costa.
4. 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, about halfway. Next is back through Villa Pisani.
5. back through Villa Pisani
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Villa Pisani write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Villa Pisani sits at 121 km, about halfway. Next is back through Villa Badoer.
6. back through Villa Badoer
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Villa Badoer write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Villa Badoer comes up about 169 km into the recorded legs. Next is Diamantina.
7. 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
Diamantina closes the day.
Leg by leg
Diamantina to Villa Badoer
Diamantina → Villa Badoer is 39 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Villa Badoer to Villa Pisani
Villa Badoer → Villa Pisani is 38 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Villa Pisani to Laghetto della Costa
Villa Pisani → Laghetto della Costa is 27 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Laghetto della Costa to back through Villa Pisani
Laghetto della Costa → back through Villa Pisani is 27 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Villa Pisani to back through Villa Badoer
back through Villa Pisani → back through Villa Badoer is 38 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Villa Badoer to Diamantina
back through Villa Badoer → Diamantina is 41 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.