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Munich to Venice by Bicycle: the Italian Stretch From Dobbiaco to Treviso

The Italian leg of the Munich–Venice cycleway: 220 km from Dobbiaco to Treviso through the Dolomites, Valsugana and the Venetian foothills.

Etna National Park, Sicily

Cycling Around Etna: Europe's Highest Volcano by Bicycle

A 160 km loop around Etna through lava flows, birch forests, black-stone borghi and volcanic vineyards in one of Sicily's wildest landscapes.

Valle d'Itria and Murge, Puglia

Cycling Puglia's Trulli Route: 120km of Backroads

A 120km cycling itinerary through Valle d'Itria and the Murge, past trulli, abandoned masserie and ancient olive groves, with almost no traffic.

Barbagia, Sardinia

Cycling Sardinia's Interior: Into the Heart of the Barbagia

Discover the Barbagia by bicycle: a 150 km route across highland plateaus, holm-oak forests, forgotten nuraghi and borghi frozen in time.

Peschiera del Garda – Mantua, Veneto / Lombardy

Cycling the Mincio: From Lake Garda to Mantua Through Castles and Wetlands

Pedal the Mincio from Peschiera del Garda to Mantua: 45 flat kilometres through nature reserves, hilltop borghi and the rice fields of the Mantuan plain.

Valsugana, Trentino-Alto Adige / Veneto

Cycling the Valsugana: From Trento to Bassano del Grappa Through Lakes and Orchards

The Valsugana cycleway links Trento to Bassano del Grappa across 80 flat kilometres through Lake Caldonazzo, neat orchards and sleepy rural borghi.

Brenner – Bologna, Trentino-Alto Adige / Veneto / Emilia-Romagna

Cycling Italy's Sun Route: From the Brenner Pass to Bologna

The Ciclovia del Sole links the Brenner to Bologna across 360 km of cycle paths through alpine valleys, Trentino orchards and the Emilian countryside.

Val Camonica and Po Plain, Lombardy

Cycling the Oglio River: From Alpine Glaciers to the Po Plain

Ride 280 km along the Oglio River cycleway, from the Adamello peaks through hidden valleys and quiet Lombard borghi to the Po plain.

Val Trebbia, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Cycling the Trebbia: From the Po to the Apennines Along Italy's Most Beautiful River

Hemingway called it the most beautiful river in the world. The cycle route tracing it from Piacenza to Bobbio is a journey through an Italy that never changes.

From Treviso to the Lagoon, Veneto, Italy

Cycling the Sile Greenway: From Treviso to the Lagoon Without a Single Hill

50 flat kilometres along the Sile river, from Treviso's centre to Venice's northern lagoon: nature, mills and silence just an hour from the crowds.

Val Camonica and Po Valley, Lombardy, Italy

Cycling the Oglio: Pedalling Through Rice Fields and Poplars of the Lombard Plain

From Edolo to the Po along the Oglio river — 280 km of flatlands and gentle hills through Lombardy and Emilia: a cycle route tourism has overlooked.

Outer Hebrides, Scotland

Hebridean Way: ten islands in the Scottish Atlantic by bike

A route that crosses the Outer Hebrides archipelago, linking ten islands via ferries and causeways. Deserted white beaches, flowering machair and Atlantic wind: one of Britain's most remote and least travelled routes, far from the tourist circuits of mainland Scotland.

Grecanica area, Aspromonte, Calabria

The Ciclovia dei Saraceni in the Greek Aspromonte

In the far south of Calabria, the Greek-speaking Grecanica area of the Aspromonte is an almost deserted land of ancient Hellenic roots: gravel climbs to abandoned villages and wide dry riverbeds trace out a harsh, silent journey, far from any tourist circuit.

Sibillini Mountains, Marche

Sibillini cycling route along the river Tenna

In the Marche, at the foot of the Sibillini Mountains, the foothill roads along the river Tenna link villages, sanctuaries and Lake San Ruffino in a mountain slowly reborn: an inland area still little visited, far from the flows of the Adriatic coast.

Valle Stura, Cuneo

Cycling route through the Valle Stura di Demonte

In the Cuneo province, the Valle Stura di Demonte is a valley on the way to France, often overlooked by cyclists: an ancient salt road among military forts and wild lavender, it stays quiet and off the main flows even in summer.

Val Rendena, Trentino

The Val Rendena cycle path along the Sarca

In Trentino, the Val Rendena at the foot of the Adamello-Presanella and the Brenta Dolomites remains a snug Alpine valley: the Sarca cycle path runs along the valley floor among mountain farmsteads and waterfalls, far from the traffic of the better-known Lake Garda or Valsugana routes.

Sulcis-Iglesiente, Sardinia

Sulcis cycling route among mines and lagoons

In the Sulcis-Iglesiente, at the far south-west of Sardinia, quiet roads link the abandoned mining heritage to the wetlands teeming with flamingos. A raw, little-known corner of the island, rideable for much of the year and almost always crowd-free.

Marmilla, south-central Sardinia

Cycling route through Marmilla and the Giara di Gesturi

In south-central Sardinia, Marmilla is a landscape of cultivated hills, domus de janas and nuraghi, crowned by the basalt plateau of the Giara di Gesturi with its wild little horses. An agricultural, ancient Sardinia, far from the coastal routes and almost tourist-free.

South-eastern Sicily, Siracusa-Ragusa

The Val di Noto Cycle Route towards Pantalica

In south-eastern Sicily, between Siracusa and Ragusa, secondary roads cut through a countryside of dry-stone walls all the way to the rock-cut necropolis of Pantalica. A rural Baroque landscape rideable even in winter, far from the crowded beaches and the mass tours.

Nebrodi Mountains, Sicily

The Nebrodi Cycle Route among beech woods and little lakes

On the Nebrodi Mountains, in Sicily, the island's most extensive forest is ignored beside the pull of Etna. Almost deserted pastoral roads among beech woods, horses and black pigs grazing freely: a slow mountain landscape where you meet almost no one.

Sila Plateau, Calabria

The Sila Parks Cycle Route among the lakes

On the Sila plateau, in Calabria, you pedal among giant pines and high-altitude mountain lakes. A cool, wooded Calabria almost no one imagines, far from the crowded beaches and travelled by very few cyclists.

Val d'Agri, Basilicata

The Val d'Agri greenway among parks and olive groves

The Val d'Agri, in Basilicata, is a green valley floor between Lake Pertusillo and the mountains of the Appennino Lucano National Park. An authentic inland Basilicata, made of olive trees and quiet villages, where mass tourism simply does not reach.

Dolomiti Lucane, Basilicata

The Dolomiti Lucane cycleway among the flying villages

In the heart of Basilicata, the Dolomiti Lucane are sandstone spires onto which villages like Castelmezzano and Pietrapertosa cling. A mountain landscape off every tourist route, where you can pedal amid spectacular views almost always in solitude.

Gargano Promontory, Apulia

The Gargano Cycle Route and the Foresta Umbra: the silent promontory

On the Gargano, in Apulia, there is another world far from the crowded beaches: the wooded interior of the Foresta Umbra, made of shady beech woods and karst sinkholes. Pedalling here you meet very few cyclists, because almost everyone stays on the coast.

Murge, Apulia

The Apulian Aqueduct Cycle Route Across the Murge

On the Alta Murgia, a lunar, near-uninhabited plateau in Apulia, the gravel track follows the main channel of the Apulian Aqueduct among steppe, masserie and sheepfolds. A vast, silent landscape, far from the overrun destinations.

Irpinia, Campania

The Avellino-Rocchetta Disused Railway Cycle Route in Irpinia

Along the disused route of the Avellino-Rocchetta railway, inland Irpinia reveals itself among Aglianico vineyards, forgotten bridges and rural villages. A Campania a world away from the crowded coast, where tourism barely arrives.

Upper Molise

The Transhumance Drovers' Roads Cycle Route in Upper Molise

In Upper Molise, Italy's least visited region, you ride the ancient grassy transhumance trails across highlands and near-deserted villages. No queues, no crowds: just silence, pastures and a forgotten Apennine world.

Costa dei Trabocchi, Chieti

The Trabocchi Cycle Route Along the Abruzzo Coast

In the province of Chieti, the Ciclovia dei Trabocchi runs along the former Adriatic railway among coves, cliffs and the old stilt fishing machines. An authentic coast off the mass beach circuit, where you ride right at the water's edge, far from the crowds.

Vallesina, Marche

The Esino River Greenway, from the Apennines to the Sea

In the Marche region, the Esino valley links the Frasassi Gorge to the Adriatic along riverbanks and gravel lanes. This is a Marche hinterland the tourist crowds overlook, rushing off to the famous caves or the beaches without ever pausing to cycle along the river.

Valnerina, Umbria

The Spoleto-Norcia Cycle Route on the Old Railway of Tunnels

In the Valnerina, Umbria, the old Spoleto-Norcia railway is today a spectacular greenway of tunnels and viaducts in the mountains. A masterpiece of early 20th-century engineering, it stays little visited even after the 2016 earthquake: those seeking the famous Umbria go to Assisi and Perugia.

Garfagnana, Lucca

The Garfagnana Cycle Route Along the Serchio

In the province of Lucca, the Garfagnana is a green valley floor squeezed between the Apuan Alps and the Apennines, authentic Tuscan mountain country a few kilometres from the crowded Versilia. Few pedal here: those seeking postcard Tuscany go elsewhere, and this valley stays quiet.

Faenza-Imola Apennines, Emilia-Romagna

The Gessi Cycle Route Along the Vena del Gesso Romagnola

In the Apennines between Faenza and Imola hides the Vena del Gesso, a long ridge of white gypsum cliffs riddled with sinkholes and caves. Quiet secondary roads cross a karst landscape unique in Italy, still ignored by tourism.

Val Trebbia, Piacenza

The Val Trebbia Cycle Route, in Hemingway's Footsteps

Between Piacenza and the Ligurian Apennines, the Val Trebbia traces the meanders of the river that tradition claims Hemingway called the most beautiful valley in the world. Off the beaten track of Emilian tourism, it remains a green, silent valley of Apennine villages.

Friulian lowlands, Marano Lagunare

The Stella Cycle Route and the Marano Lagoon

In the Friulian lowlands, between Palmanova and Marano Lagunare, the embankments of a spring-fed river lead to a wild lagoon of herons and reed beds. They remain in the shadow of Grado and Lignano, and for this reason here you cycle almost alone.

Veneto plain, Treviso-Ostiglia (Mantua)

The Treviso-Ostiglia Greenway on the Old Wartime Railway

The Treviso-Ostiglia greenway follows a long former military railway that cuts a straight line across the Veneto plain between fields and hedgerows. Born for wartime reasons and never fully brought into regular service, today it is an almost ignored green corridor, outside every tourist circuit.

Sile Park, Treviso

The Sile Cycle Route from the Springs to the Lagoon

The Sile, Europe's longest spring-fed river, flows through the Sile Park past mills and salt marshes to the northern lagoon of Venice. This is a silent, watery Veneto, ignored by the flows that besiege Venice: a flat, ever-so-slow cycle route just outside Treviso.

Val di Fiemme, Trentino

The Val di Fiemme Cycle Path Along the Avisio

In the Val di Fiemme, Trentino, a cycle path follows the Avisio stream through the spruce forests that supply the wood for violins. It's the quiet alternative to the far more crowded cycle paths of the Val di Fassa and the Val Pusteria: the same Alpine quality, but without the crush.

Valle Brembana, Bergamo

Valle Brembana Greenway: Cycling an Hour from Milan

A quiet greenway along the old railway beside the river Brembo, in a pre-Alpine valley an hour from Milan that almost no one chooses for cycling.

Val Camonica and lower Brescia countryside, Lombardy

The Oglio Cycle Route from Passo del Tonale to the Po

Following a single river from the Alps to the plains, the Oglio Cycle Route descends from Passo del Tonale through the Val Camonica and the lower Brescia countryside all the way to the Po, past rock carvings and peat bogs. A long, downhill journey far from Lombardy's overrun lakes.

Bormida Valley, Savona-Acqui Terme

The Val Bormida cycle route between Liguria and Piedmont

Between Savona and Acqui Terme, the Val Bormida is the Ligurian hinterland no one associates with the sea: border Apennine valleys with abandoned industrial villages, chestnut woods and silent towns. An itinerary for those seeking an unexpected, little-visited face of Liguria.

The Vercelli and Novara plain, Piedmont

The Cavour Canal cycle route through the paddy fields of the Vercelli plain

On the plain between Vercelli and Novara, the gravel embankments of the Cavour Canal cross flooded paddy fields that in spring become a vast mirror of water. A flat, silent landscape almost ignored by cycle tourism, where the effort is little and the wonder great.