Back on tarmac and came near a village called 'The Cross', we decide for a first detour to the nearby famous monastery Praglia. Suggestive even this part of travel.
We are again on the right path, with the asphalt that follows us for another 500-600 meters to the next detour along a dirt road (with a base made of crushed stone little too compact for normal bike), which leads us to work around another hill.
About a mile and we are bouncing back to the normal roads, with another hill in front of us around it and then find, after a couple of "snippets" of cycle, for Abano Terme . We are deviating from the path for the second time to forward us in this famous spa town. The goal is square of the Sun and Peace at the Cathedral of San Lorenzo, where there is a sundial clock horizontal solar among the largest in Europe ... beautiful, made of polychrome marble, is surely unique. But Abano is characteristic for the whole context, if only to through the streets of center, where there are numerous luxurious hotels ... a thought to a week of relaxing spa (or not) immediately springs to mind.
retrace our steps to rejoin the original route and proceed in the direction of yet another hill, which graze and then turn south. cross the outskirts of an industrial area and then entered into a dirt road along a canal. A few hundred meters and we are again riding on a paved bottom . The East takes us for a while, until you reach that Montegrotto cross of smear and then resume the route south.
border on a small hill per poi imboccare un viale alberato; da qui seguiamo la viabilità ordinaria per più di 3 chilometri, mantenendo costantemente sulla nostra destra un gruppo di verdi colli. Troviamo la strada chiusa e una bella sorpresa: sta passando il giro d’Italia… che curiosa coincidenza. Fortunatamente la viabilità non si interrompe per i ciclisti, in quanto, in corrispondenza della chiusura stradale, parte la ciclabile che segue il canale di Battaglia e la SS16… la imbocchiamo mentre a lato vediamo passare le ultime vetture di scorta al giro.
Un chilometro e siamo a Battaglia Terme. C’è molta confusione post giro d’Italia… deviamo verso una strada laterale del paese to a park that seems to be a former spa. Here we enjoy a well deserved break lunch.
Back to rejoin the bike path and resume south direction, we find a comfortable fountain for water supplies ... and a nice path of health ... We do not have time. The fund is now dirt and for the next five kilometers takes us a long straight, while to our right you can admire the spectacle offered by Hills Hills. We
Monselice , a country characteristic rising in this part of the province of Padua. The period of a few clicks of remember and then off to ride back to the end gravel . Now is the channel Bisatto that makes us company for the next nine miles, or up to our arrival in the center of Este. Time is running out and gives us less and less space tourist to the photos ... what a pity, we must continue.
still find a channel that Bisatto follow this time heading north. The bottom is excavated for a couple of miles, then go and find a road embankment on asphalt. We are immersed in the beautiful landscape ... (see photo below). Once in
Lozzo Atesino, we leave the channel focus on the country in search of fresh water ... it takes with this beautiful spring day windy but warm. We follow the normal traffic making the last lap of the day around a hill (for the record, the upstream Lozzo). We cross the village of Valbona , after which we find ourselves to be reunited with the channel Bisatto that we follow to the village of Old Vo. Here we begin to follow a new channel called 'Drain Nina'. A mile and we leave the asphalt for a dirt road ... the fund is not really too compacted crushed stone ideal for bike touring. Resist for about two miles and then change course dirigendoci lungo una laterale asfaltata. Ci ritroviamo a Carbonara e ci immettiamo nella viabilità ordinaria. Mancano pochissimi chilometri al termine del tour. Il tempo di rivedere lo Scolo Nina alla nostra sinistra e il cartello ‘ Bastia ’ ci dice che siamo arrivati alla fine… il parcheggio è oramai a pochi metri… siamo arrivati.
Conclusioni : davvero una bella pedalata, in un contesto ricco di vegetazione, ma anche di storia, cultura e tradizioni. Il tracciato finale (vedi profilo altimetrico in calce) è il risultato di una ricerca su internet, ma anche di fantasia e improvvisazione of the moment. The sites lend themselves to very alternative tracks, in fact, vis
you the amount of things to see, some diversion is a must. The end result is often so fatigue and dirt, on the whole of 85km, was heard. But the road there is an alternative and it is therefore possible to adapt the course to their needs ... also because the ordinary road has never been too busy. In my opinion the most beautiful part of the district Hills Hills turned out to be the east side, both in terms of man-made, and from that nature. Overall, however, is a tour that I recommend to all lovers of cycling, because you can spend a pleasant day in one of the most charming districts of the peninsula.
R UMMARY :
Geographical area: Hills Hills
Place of departure-arrival : Bastia to Rovolon (PD)
Distance: 85 km (including errors)
Difference max : about 20 m
Total hours hike : about 7am (including lunch)
Judgement: Very nice