ITALY BY BIKE - THE RIVER PO DELTA FROM MESOLA TO COMACCHIO AND UP TO THE SEA!

ITALY BY BIKE - THE RIVER PO DELTA FROM MESOLA TO COMACCHIO AND UP TO THE SEA!

HERE YOU CAN SEE THE VIDEO OF THE FIRST RING-ROUTE ON THE RIVER PO DELTA, FROM THE MESOLA CASTLE TO THE LIGHTHOUSE ON THE ISOLA DELL'AMORE, THE SACCA DEGLI SCARDOVARI, THE LAVENDER FIELDS OF THE DELTA AND BACK ALONG THE FE20 CYCLE PATH TO THE MESOLA CASTLE    • ITALY BY BIKE - THE RIVER PO DELTA AN...  

TODAY I WANT TO SHOW YOU A BEAUTIFUL ROUTE THAT GOES TOWARDS POMPOSA, THE VOLANO PINES FOREST, THE BEACHES OF COMACCHIO.
JUST CROSSED THE HIGWAY I PEDAL SURROUNDED BY A PEACEFUL RURAL LANDSCAPE HEADING TO THE GRAN BOSCO DELLA MESOLA WOOD, THAT’S WHAT REMAINS OF AN ANCIENT FOREST STRETCHED ALONG THE ADRIATIC COAST FOR CENTURIES . DEERS AND FALLOW DEERS CAN BE SEEN IN THIS NATURAL RESERVE, WHILE SOME AREAS ARE ONLY ACCESSIBLE WITH A GUIDED TOUR. https://www.ferraraterraeacqua.it/en/...

ROAD BIKES ARE NOT SUITABLE FOR THIS ROUTE, WHICH CONSISTS OF MANY DIRT ROADS AND COUNTRY ROADS. MUCH BETTER A MOUNTAIN BIKE!
THE POMPOSA ABBEY IT’S VERY BEAUTIFUL! EVEN IF YOU USUALLY ARE NOT INTERESTED IN VISITING CHURCHES, THIS ONE IS REALLY STUNNING! AND ALSO BEHIND THE CHURCH THERE IS A SMALL PARK WITH A LITTLE POND, A BEAUTIFUL PLACE WHERE TO TAKE A BREAK, SIP SOMETHING FRESH AND RELAX.
THE 157 FEET-HIGH ROMANESQUE BELL TOWER WAS BUILT A THOUSAND YEARS AGO. IT’S THE PERFECT WELCOME TO THE ABBEY COMPLEX, MADE BY THE CHURCH OF SANTA MARIA, WITH LOTS OF BEAUTIFUL FRESCOES AND MOSAICS, AND THE POMPOSA MUSEUM, WITH INTERESTING FINDS FROM THE ARCHEOLOGICAL SITE. . https://www.ferraraterraeacqua.it/en/...

I REACH THE CANNAVIÈ OASIS, A NATURALISTIC PARADISE IDEAL FOR BIRD WATCHING. HERE I CANNOT RIDE MY BIKE! IT’S 1 MILE DRENCHED IN SILENT NATURE AND I EXIT BY THE PORTICINO OASIS, NEAR THE RESTAURANT CALLED "MOSQUITO"… NO EXPLANATION NEEDED! https://www.ferraraterraeacqua.it/en/...

I GET TO THE BEAUTIFUL VOLANO PINES FOREST, THAT RUNS FOR MILES BY THE SEA, BUT YOU CAN ALSO CYCLE INTO THE INNER PATH OF THE FOREST, THAT IS EASIER, AND SO GET THE CHANCE TO SEE THE WILD HORSES OF THE DELTA! THE AREA IS PRIVATE AND THEY ARE BEHIND A FENCE, IT’S A PLEASURE TO SEE THEM!
I PASS BY THE WOODEN SCULPTURE OF THE DINOSAUR AND LEAVE THE VOLANO PINES FOREST
I PEDAL FOR FEW MILES ALONG THE BEACHFRONT OF COMACCHIO, UP TO PORTO GARIBALDI AND THEN I LEAVE THE COAST AND HEAD TOWARDS THE OLD TOWN OF THE CITY, NEXT TO A HIGHWAY BUT ALWAYS ON THE DEDICATED CYCLE LANE.
I GET TO THE FAMOUS TREPPONTI BRIDGE, THE SYMBOL OF THE CITY, FOUNDED MILLENNIUMS AGO! INDEED THE ETRUSCANS FOUNDED THE NEARBY CITY OF SPINA, ON THE ADRIATIC COAST, IN THE SIXTH CENTURY BEFORE CHRIST. COMACCHIO IS A LOVELY TOWN AND IT’S CURIOUS THAT UNTIL 1821 IT WAS AN ISLAND, BUT I’M NOT GOING TO VISIT IT TODAY, BECAUSE I GOT HERE TO SEE ONE OF THE MOST KNOWN AND APPRECIATED AREAS OF THE RIVER PO DELTA: THE “VALLI DI COMACCHIO”!
THIS IS A REAL PARADISE! A DIRT ROAD RUNS FOR MILES IN A BEAUTIFUL NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND LEADS ME TO DISCOVER SOME OF THE MOST ICONIC PLACES OF THE DELTA, WHERE TIME SEEMS TO HAVE STOPPED AT AN UNKNOWN POINT IN THE PAST, WITH THE FISHERMEN AND THEIR SMALL BOATS, THE BILANCINE - THOSE PILE-DWELLING BUILDINGS USED FOR FISHING - THE COMACCHIO SALT MINES, AND ABOVE ALL, THE UNDISPUTED STARS OF THIS LAND, THE PINK FLAMINGOS! https://www.ferraraterraeacqua.it/en/...

ALONG THE WIDE TOUR OF THE VALLI DI COMACCHIO YOU CAN DISCOVER OTHER BEAUTIFUL PLACES. THE SOUTHERN BANK OF THE LAGOON IS A PLACE NOT TO BE MISSED, AND FROM THE SOUTHERN BANK THE BOSCOFORTE PENINSULA STRETCHES INTO THE LAGOON FOR FEW MILES, A VERY BEAUTIFUL PLACE WHERE YOU CAN FIND WILD HORSES. BUT THE BOSCOFORTE PENINSULA IS A PRIVATE AREA. CURRENTLY YOU CAN ONLY VISIT THE FIRST PART WITH A GUIDED TOUR. BUT FOR 2021 THEY ARE THINKING OF OPENING THE WHOLE PENINSULA TO GUIDED TOURS BY BIKE AND KAYAK. NOTE THAT THE TOUR OF THE WHOLE LAGOON IS 30 MILES LONG, SO IT COULD BECOME A LONG TRIP. ALSO IN THE EASTERN AREA, BETWEEN THE VALLI AND THE SEA, AT THE HEIGHT OF THE BELLOCCHIO INLET, IT’S POSSIBLE TO CROSS THE GOBBINO CANAL ONLY ON THE HIGHWAY, WHICH IS NOT A SAFE PLACE WHERE TO RIDE. ALSO CONSIDER THAT TO GET BACK TO THE CAR OR TO GO BACK HOME THE NEAREST TRAIN STATION IS OSTELLATO – 16 MILES FROM PORTO GARIBALDI

LINK TO THE GPX TRACK OF THE ROUTE https://www.italian-travel.it/downloa...

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