Day Trips by Bike: Discovering Italy's Regions. Landscape, and Hidden Treasure

Explore Italy on two whelle! From short day trips scenic countryside route, historic towns, lake, and hidden trasuure, these ciclyng adventures reveal th ebeauty, cilture, and charm of Italy's regions. Here are some of th routes I founf most afascinating.


And this is just the beginning: the wheels of my bicycle will keep turning, adding more adventures, itinineraries, and discoveries to these pages.

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Cycling the Navigli: Along the Historic Canals of Milan, Lombardy, Italy

Cycle rides along the Navigli offer several itineraries, starting from the heart of Milan’s lively streets and continuing onto quiet canal-side roads. These routes form a network of cycling paths that extend beyond the city into the countryside, blending on-street cycling with peaceful trails and landscapes that once inspired Leonardo da Vinci.


The Milanese canals, or Navigli, are an artificial system of navigable waterways built between the 12th and 16th centuries. They were designed to transport goods in both directions, connecting Lake...


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Through Parks, Canals, and Historic Villas: Cycling from Milan to Monza, Lombardy Italy


A bike ride from the vibrant city of Milan to Parco Nord Milano, a large metropolitan park within the city and its hinterland, along the Villoresi Canal, an artificial canal mainly used for irrigation, leading to Monza Park, one of the largest enclosed parks in Europe.


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My bike ride began in Novate Milanese, crossing Bresso and entering Parco Nord, a green escape from the city’s chaos. Inside the..