Ciclabili d'Italia: le migliori piste per il cicloturismo
Il cicloturismo in Italia è esploso negli ultimi anni, e non solo lungo le rotte più famose. Dalle greenway sulle ex ferrovie (come la Sile-Ostiglia in Veneto o la Val d'Agri in Basilicata) alle ciclabili fluviali (Adige, Po, Oglio) fino alle grandi ciclovie internazionali (Monaco-Venezia, Vento), l'Italia è diventata percorribile su due ruote — spesso su tracciati senza salite, adatti anche a chi non è cicloamatore. In questa guida completa raccogliamo tutte le piste che abbiamo raccontato.
Tutti gli articoli su Ciclabili e viaggi in bicicletta (30)
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.
Jul 5, 2026
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.
Jul 5, 2026
Cycling the Trulli Route: Puglia's Backroads Between Stone Walls and Ancient Olives
A 120 km cycling itinerary through the Valle d'Itria and Puglian Murge, among trulli, abandoned masserie and centuries-old olive trees with almost no traffic.
Jul 5, 2026
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.
Jul 5, 2026
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.
Jul 5, 2026
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.
Jul 5, 2026
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.
Jul 5, 2026
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.
Jul 5, 2026
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.
Jul 5, 2026
The Trabocchi Cycle Route: Riding Suspended Above the Adriatic
42 km along a disused coastal railway between Ortona and Vasto, past ancient fishing machines jutting over the sea and coves reachable only by bike.
Jul 5, 2026
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.
Jul 5, 2026
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.
Jul 5, 2026
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.
Jun 30, 2026
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.
Jun 30, 2026
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.
Jun 30, 2026
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.
Jun 30, 2026
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.
Jun 30, 2026
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.
Jun 30, 2026
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.
Jun 30, 2026
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.
Jun 30, 2026
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.
Jun 30, 2026
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.
Jun 30, 2026
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.
Jun 30, 2026
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.
Jun 30, 2026
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.
Jun 30, 2026
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.
Jun 30, 2026
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.
Jun 30, 2026
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.
Jun 30, 2026
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.
Jun 30, 2026
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.
Jun 30, 2026Consigli pratici
Bici ideale
Gravel o city bike con pneumatici da 32-40mm sono l'ideale per la maggior parte delle ciclabili italiane, che spesso alternano asfalto a sterrato compatto.
Bagaglio
Panniers su portapacchi posteriore (meglio di zaino) per distribuire il peso. Poncho antipioggia obbligatorio.
Treno + bici
Molte ciclabili sono ad anello o richiedono ritorno in treno. Trenitalia accetta bici gratuitamente su regionali e con supplemento su Intercity (verifica sempre).
App
Komoot per navigazione off-road, BicilinE per stato ciclabili italiane in tempo reale.