Why this ride
A 276 km round trip from Fratta Polesine - roughly 4 h 37 in the saddle. On the way it passes Diamantina, Villa Pisani, Tombola and back through Villa Pisani.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Villa Badoer and Tombola
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 276 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 4 h 37
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
The recorded total and the leg detail need reconciliation. Inspect the leg notes before using this record for timing or navigation. 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 26 km this is Mille Miglia Historic Route Core, a road with a name of its own and a reason for it.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 26 km
- Named road
- Mille Miglia Historic Route Core
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. 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 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 36 km in. 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
71 km in you reach Villa Pisani. Next is Tombola.
4. 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, 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 142 km, about halfway. Next is back through Diamantina.
6. 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 comes up 178 km in. Next is Villa Badoer.
7. 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
Villa Badoer closes the day.
Leg by leg
Villa Badoer to Diamantina
Villa Badoer → Diamantina is 26 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Diamantina to Villa Pisani
Diamantina → Villa Pisani is 52 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Villa Pisani to Tombola
Villa Pisani → Tombola is 28 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Tombola to back through Villa Pisani
Tombola → back through Villa Pisani is 28 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Villa Pisani to back through Diamantina
back through Villa Pisani → back through Diamantina is 52 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Diamantina to Villa Badoer
back through Diamantina → Villa Badoer is 26 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
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