Mantua and the Oglio river Cycle Route

MANTUA AND THE OGLIO RIVER CYCLE ROUTE

Mantua – Canneto s/O – Piadena - Mantua

Lombardia

4 days /3 nights

The UNESCO Heritage of Mantua combine to the River Po and its tributary Oglio, an almost unknown landscape of our province, remarkable for its wildlife. In hotels*** or B&B or holiday farm, self guided, without portage

View larger map

Day 1
Welcome in Mantua.
Settle down in the accommodation you booked, time to discover Mantua amenities that make it a Unesco heritage town; in the old town you can appreciate Piazza Sordello and its palaces, Palazzo Ducale, the Basilica of S. Andrea, S. Lorenzo church. You can ride along the urban ring and enjoy the lakes encircling Mantua.

Day 2
Mantua – Cesole
(about Km. 15 + km 10 optional to see the environment on Oglio river bank)
Transfer from Mantua to Romanore by train – bike on board permitted. You ride along a bicycle path from Romanore to Borgoforte and then you continue along EV8 riding on cycle paths, both mixed use with local vehicle traffic to get Cesole. You see Torre d’Oglio pontoon bridge, Foce Oglio, the poplar groves, San Matteo delle Chiaviche and its pumping works

Day 3
Cesole – Marcaria - Canneto sull’Oglio
(about Km. 47)
Today you ride through the Parco Naturale Oglio Sud that occupies an overall area of 12.800 hectares. Don’t miss the Riserva Naturale Le Bine (a vast wetland zone rich in canebrakes, willow, poplar and alder trees), the Riserva Naturale Torbiere di Marcaria. Your tour ends in Canneto sull’Oglio, once a military bastion to the west duchy of Mantua, now an agricultural town specialized in floricultural.

Day 4
Canneto sull’Oglio – Piadena – Mantua
(about 20 km)
You leave Canneto s/O still riding through the Parco Oglio Sud till get Piadena. Coming back to Mantua by local train, bike on board always permitted. Your tour ends in Mantua in the afternoon.
This program is subject to change if necessary

INFO:

SHERPA VIAGGI
Piazza Matteotti, 42 - 46020 Pegognaga (MN)
Tel. (0039) 0376 550618 – Fax (0039) 0376 550637
[email protected] - www.sherpaviaggi.it

Download package tour