Bike No. 1 - Among rows of imposing oaks

Information

42019 Scandiano

Route characteristics

Difference in height: plain

Route description

This road (Via Partitora) leads to the plain's country landscape along cultivated fields, vineyards and rural houses. On the right (Località I Giardini) are situated a dovecote small tower, then rows of imposing oaks. Past km 2.5, the road gets into a white road (Via Madonna della Neve); turn left, at the Madonna della Neve church turn right, then left, taking the road that, parallel to the Secchia torrent, leads to Fellegara (Via Brugnoletta). The route crosses Fellegara (km 3.7), then goes to Reggio Emilia. At a T crossing, turn left; at the next fork, turn right. At the Case Fellegara village, characterized by a tower house transformed into a small castle with pointed windows, turn right to Via Mambrazza (km 6.7). Past a small bridge on the canal, turn left to Via Molinazza (km 7.6), then left again to Reggio Emilia. Continue for 400 m. and take a quiet road (Via del Molino) flanked by high oaks. At the next two forks, turn left to Via del Diavolo (the first road on the right), that becomes a white road. Past 1 km. of white road (km 12), turn right to the busy main road, straight on for about 300 m., then turn left (km 13) to a safety-rod small road, between two sides of vineyards, that takes back to the Giardini with the dovecote small tower. Past the building and the farmyard, go back to the starting road and turn left to the Arceto centre (km 15).

How to get there

Scandiano

By car
From A1 motorway Reggio Emilia exit, take SS467 ring-road towards Scandiano-Sassuolo;
From Modena, take SS486 "Passo delle Radici" road towards Sassuolo, then at Veggia take SS467 road towards Scandiano-Reggio Emilia.

By train
There are local trains for Reggio-Sassuolo which leave from Reggio Emilia Station

By bus
From Piazzale Europa bus n. 46 line Reggio E. - Baiso (Cerredolo) - Carpineti - C. Monti