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We are able to offer maps for the routes which detail how much of the ride will be on cycle ways and how much on road. Some of the routes are completely on cycle ways so are ideal for families. Bikes can be hired locally. We do have a couple of bikes at the B&B which can be borrowed. We will be only too happy to give advice on local places for you to enjoy lunch or a refreshing drink along the way, or we can provide you with the refreshments you require, at a small additional cost. |
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Around the lagoons km 33.6 This route leaves from Comacchio and goes as far as the embankment of the river Reno. It is particularly good for those who want to link a seaside holiday with the discovery of the extraordinary natural environment of Comacchio and its lagoons. |
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Around the city walls of Ferrara km 9 Ferrara retains its historic walls almost complete, encircling the city in an embrace of red brick and tree-lined earthworks: one of the most impressive historic defensive systems in all Italy, showing all the most significant periods of military architecture. Studied by no less an engineer than Michaelangelo, these walls demonstrate all the defensive techniques of the 15th and 16th Centuries: historic gates, bastions, embrasures for guns and cannon. They also display the rich history of the Estense period, which brought an organised system of gardens around the city, linked to the Castle and embroidered with fishponds, plants, hedges, flower beds, fountains. Time has transformed the walls into a meeting place, a place for sport and leisure, a place to relax and to admire inside the walls the panorama of the city with its palaces, churches and gardens, and on the outside the view over the countryside towards the Po. |
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The Countryside of the Great Land Reclamation km 18.7 From Ro our course unwinds through little villages with churches, minor roads and watercourses outlining irregular patches of countryside, an introduction to the landscape of the Great Ferrarese Land Reclamation. This route follows the cycle path that links Ro to Copparo, where it joins the Destra Po cycleway. |
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