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Cycling route between Udine and Palmanova, an area chosen by the Friulian nobility already in the seventeenth century to build villas that became summer residences.
The loop route starts in Santa Maria la Longa from the municipal office: here you can see the artworks recalling the stay of the poet Ungaretti and the revolt of the Catanzaro brigade during the First World War. During this route, you cross on your bicycle small rural villages with seventeenth and eighteenth century villas used by the Udine nobility as summer residences. Among the villas, the Agricola Strassoldo del Torso villa and the Caimo Mauroner villa in Tissano should be remembered, while in Clauiano there is the Manin Guerresco villa with frescoes by Tiepolo. Clauiano, named one of the most beautiful villages in Italy, where you can breathe the atmosphere of a typical Friulian rural village, is the last stop of the route before returning to Santa Maria la Longa, the finishing point of the loop.
Route suitable for bicycle nostalgics in winter months or for those who want to wake up their legs in spring.
Derived from the technical difficulty and the stamina requirements.
Flat route, follows asphalt roads, some sections of cycle path, good dirt road between Dogana Vecchia and Clauiano. Generally low traffic. Suitable in any season.
If you are in Udine it is an easily reachable route along the Alpe Adria cycle path (FVG1).
Bus service Udine - Grado route (no bike transport service)
Motorway A4 Turin - Trieste - Palmanova exit continue towards Udine
Motorway A23 Palmanova - Udine - Tarvisio - Udine south exit continue towards Grado
Near the municipal office of Santa Maria la Longa.
Map "Alpe Adria Cycle Path from Salzburg to Grado" published by PromoTurismoFVG in collaboration with Casa Editrice Tabacco. The map is for sale at PromoTurismoFVG Infopoints for € 2.
Use of helmet is recommended.
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Derived from the technical difficulty and the stamina requirements.
