Routes
MORAINIC HILLS AND CAROLINGIAN
Starting point: Marengo
Difficulty: medium
Elevation gain: 290 m
Length: approx. 56 km (round trip)
Time: we recommend a full day
Surface: Asphalt 54 km and unpaved 2 km
Bike path: no
Highlights: The villages along the route: Volta Mantovana, Cavriana, Solferino, Castellaro Lagusello, Monzambano, Borghetto.
The area extending between the southern shore of Lake Garda and the Mantuan plain, enclosed between the Mincio River to the east and the Chiese River to the west, offers visitors a captivating habitat with natural and scenic features of great value and originality.
These are the MORAINIC HILLS OF GARDA: an area with unique and distinctive features that includes several characteristic villages, each dominated by a castle or its remains, rising majestically from the highest hill around which the village has grown
FROM THE CANOSSA TO THE GONZAGA THROUGH THE PERMANENT MEADOWS
Starting point: Marengo
Difficulty: easy
Elevation gain: negligible
Length: approx. 35 km (round trip)
Time: we recommend a full day
Surface: Asphalt
Bike path: yes
Highlights: the permanent meadows, the Mantova Peschiera bike path, Bosco Fontana, Mantova.
Starting from Marengo, one of the Canossa summer residences, and following the Mantova Peschiera bike path, you reach Mantova. Time: the route is flexible; the direct route is 16 km and about 2 hours of cycling, but you can add a detour to Bosco Fontana (the distance remains the same, but visiting Bosco Fontana on foot takes an hour) or you can add the Periurban Park (8 km more).
FROM THE CANOSSA TO THE GONZAGA THROUGH GRAZIE AND GOITO
Starting point: Marengo
Difficulty: medium
Elevation gain: negligible
Length: approx. 55 km (round trip)
Time: we recommend a full day
Surface: Asphalt and unpaved
Bike path: yes (35 km)
Highlights: the permanent meadows, the Mantova Peschiera bike path, Bosco Fontana, Mantova, Grazie, Goito, the Mincio.
FROM PESCHIERA TO GARDA
Length: 10 km to Lazise, 15 km to Bardolino, 20 km to Garda
A beautiful cycling and walking path that follows the lakeshore and leads to the discovery of Lazise, a splendid medieval village, Bardolino and its beautiful lakefront, ending in Garda, nestled in one of the lake’s most beautiful coves.
FROM PESCHIERA TO SIRMIONE
A bike path of about 10 km that leads to the discovery of one of the lake’s most charming villages. Known as the “pearl of Garda,” Sirmione is famous for its medieval old town, the Grotte di Catullo, the Scaligero Castle, and its thermal baths.
FROM PESCHIERA TO BORGHETTO
Length: 17 km
Following one of Italy’s most beautiful bike paths, the Peschiera Mantova, you reach Borghetto, a splendid village of mills nestled on the Mincio River, passing through Monzambano
