Italy trip
06-09-23, 08:36 AM
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Italy trip
I just booked tickets for a ride in Northern Italy. It is a loop starting in Trento, up through the Rechen Pass, over to Lake Como, and back. Here is my planned route: https://cycle.travel/map/journey/435988
Anyone done this before? Any suggestions?
Anyone done this before? Any suggestions?
06-09-23, 11:21 AM
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A little of it, including the bike route along the Brenta from Grigno while heading back to Borso del Grappa, which is hamlet outside of Bassano del Grappa. Pretty riding. Back in 2013 we spent nearly two weeks at the Italina Cycling Center in Borso.
I think Arsie was a big battle site during WWI. We skirted it, but others who have ridden through say it's nice.
If you don't mind larger cities and have the time, Bassano might be worth a couple of days, especially if you have never been to Venice. You can take the train from in town to Venice for a day trip. IIRC, it's about a 1.25 Hr. ride. If you like grappa, you can visit the Poli distillery, and there is a great WWI museum below a bar/cafe at one end of the old bridge in town. Lots of authentic WWI miliary stuff, including a Bianchi infantry bike with a real rifle in its rack.
In any event, you will have the opportunity to eat and drink well. Valdobbiadene, SE of Arise, is a name you will see on many brands of Prosecco. Our hotel in Borso sold so much Prosecco they had it on tap. In a small town near Valdo we stopped at a swanky villa for refreshments. There were photos of actress Sandra Bullock taken during her stay there.
I think Arsie was a big battle site during WWI. We skirted it, but others who have ridden through say it's nice.
If you don't mind larger cities and have the time, Bassano might be worth a couple of days, especially if you have never been to Venice. You can take the train from in town to Venice for a day trip. IIRC, it's about a 1.25 Hr. ride. If you like grappa, you can visit the Poli distillery, and there is a great WWI museum below a bar/cafe at one end of the old bridge in town. Lots of authentic WWI miliary stuff, including a Bianchi infantry bike with a real rifle in its rack.
In any event, you will have the opportunity to eat and drink well. Valdobbiadene, SE of Arise, is a name you will see on many brands of Prosecco. Our hotel in Borso sold so much Prosecco they had it on tap. In a small town near Valdo we stopped at a swanky villa for refreshments. There were photos of actress Sandra Bullock taken during her stay there.
06-11-23, 12:12 PM
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I've toured on part of your route. It sounds like you'll be doing the route counter-clockwise. I've biked from La Punt (downriver from St. Moritz) thru St. Moritz, then over the Maloja Pass down to Chiavenna, then along the northeast coast of Lake Como. I've ridden it in both directions. I took a short ferry between the NE coast of Lake Como to beautiful Bellagio. The valley around St. Moritz is quite high in altitude (for Europe), and westward from St. Moritz, the Maloja Pass is barely a bump. Yet it's a true pass dividing watersheds. It's a long enjoyable descent down to Lake Como. Traffic was light between St. Moritz & Chiavenna. Going the other direction, it was a long slog up the Maloja Pass, though not too steep. You gain (or drop) about 1500m in 32 km, or about 5000 ft in 20 miles. Going eastward through St. Moritz I continued north on to the Flüela Pass toward Davos.
I haven't biked in the eastern half of your route other than passing through what appears to be your starting point around Vittorio Veneto. I was biking from Lienz, Austria to Venice. The Dolomites in northeastern Italy were very pretty and traffic was light.
I haven't biked in the eastern half of your route other than passing through what appears to be your starting point around Vittorio Veneto. I was biking from Lienz, Austria to Venice. The Dolomites in northeastern Italy were very pretty and traffic was light.
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06-12-23, 07:25 AM
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I've toured on part of your route. It sounds like you'll be doing the route counter-clockwise. I've biked from La Punt (downriver from St. Moritz) thru St. Moritz, then over the Maloja Pass down to Chiavenna, then along the northeast coast of Lake Como. I've ridden it in both directions. I took a short ferry between the NE coast of Lake Como to beautiful Bellagio. The valley around St. Moritz is quite high in altitude (for Europe), and westward from St. Moritz, the Maloja Pass is barely a bump. Yet it's a true pass dividing watersheds. It's a long enjoyable descent down to Lake Como. Traffic was light between St. Moritz & Chiavenna. Going the other direction, it was a long slog up the Maloja Pass, though not too steep. You gain (or drop) about 1500m in 32 km, or about 5000 ft in 20 miles. Going eastward through St. Moritz I continued north on to the Flüela Pass toward Davos.
I haven't biked in the eastern half of your route other than passing through what appears to be your starting point around Vittorio Veneto. I was biking from Lienz, Austria to Venice. The Dolomites in northeastern Italy were very pretty and traffic was light.
I haven't biked in the eastern half of your route other than passing through what appears to be your starting point around Vittorio Veneto. I was biking from Lienz, Austria to Venice. The Dolomites in northeastern Italy were very pretty and traffic was light.
Since I don't camp, I'm looking at hotels and other sites but finding it hard to locate places to stay during a busy holiday time in a tourist/vacation place that offer the flexibility to cancel/change dates if necessary.
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06-13-23, 07:12 AM
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Not criticizing, just curious
06-15-23, 08:04 AM
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The more I thought about it, the more it made sense to be a bit cagey about disclosing my personal information. Announcing I'm not in the US might allow someone to do something that I wouldn't notice unless I was at home, not just burglary. I decided prudence was better than full disclosure. YMMV
06-15-23, 08:59 AM
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I created a touring planning page on my website that I have been using for many years. One of the columns on that is date. When I posted a link to it many years ago, people said they didn't want that information to be public for various reasons. So, I disabled the display of date on the public plan views.
The more I thought about it, the more it made sense to be a bit cagey about disclosing my personal information. Announcing I'm not in the US might allow someone to do something that I wouldn't notice unless I was at home, not just burglary. I decided prudence was better than full disclosure. YMMV
The more I thought about it, the more it made sense to be a bit cagey about disclosing my personal information. Announcing I'm not in the US might allow someone to do something that I wouldn't notice unless I was at home, not just burglary. I decided prudence was better than full disclosure. YMMV
Which reminds me of a meme I recently saw:
Hacker- I have all of your passwords
User- Thank goodness, can you send them to me?
