Why this ride
From Padova it runs 94 km to Padova; allow about 1 h 48 of riding. The stops in between: Laghetto della Costa, Villa Saraceno and back through Laghetto della Costa.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Palazzo de la Ragione Chapel of the Carare and Villa Saraceno
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 94 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 1 h 48
- 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. Palazzo de la Ragione Chapel of the Carare
Padua's Palazzo della Ragione is the big hall that sits between the two market squares, Piazza delle Erbe and Piazza della Frutta, and it has done that job since the early thirteenth century, when the city was a self-governing commune and wanted a building big enough for its courts. The enormous upper hall, with a roof shaped like an upturned ship's keel, is said to be one of the largest medieval halls in Europe, its walls covered in astrological frescoes and a giant wooden horse standing at one end. Downstairs the arcades still house butchers, cheesemongers and cafes, which is the best sign that the building has remained a living part of town.
Read the complete Palazzo de la Ragione Chapel of the Carare write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Palazzo de la Ragione Chapel of the Carare 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 26 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 49 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 Palazzo de la Ragione Chapel of the Carare.
5. Palazzo de la Ragione Chapel of the Carare
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Palazzo de la Ragione Chapel of the Carare write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Palazzo de la Ragione Chapel of the Carare. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Palazzo de la Ragione Chapel of the Carare to Laghetto della Costa
Palazzo de la Ragione Chapel of the Carare → Laghetto della Costa is 26 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 Palazzo de la Ragione Chapel of the Carare
back through Laghetto della Costa → Palazzo de la Ragione Chapel of the Carare is 21 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.