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Calanchi di Piana

CRT is a 500-kilometer loop bikepacking route with 8.000 meters of elevation gain mostly on asphalt that traverses the northern area of Corsica. The island has every possible landscape variable in its deck, changing at every turn from mountain ranges…

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The roads that spreads along the ridges offer distinctly Apennine vistas, but completely unusual even for those used to riding the mountain profiles of these areas. This is the last ruote that explores the ancient landscapes of the Limentre valley,…

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Well before the construction of the Porrettana road, well before its progenitor Leopoldina, the mountain territories had a rather different road network. There was in fact a complex system of roads and paths strictly controlled by the customs that regulated…

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It is June 1926 and in the small towns of the Pistoia mountains there is something novelty in the air. It begins the story of the little red and white trains that will accompany workers from the Lima and Reno…

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Campari Long Ride is a 100km loop trail that runs through the lesser-known valleys of the Bolognese and Pistoia Apennines, crossing stunning mountain villages, ancient forest paths and sectors of an old railway route now semi-unknown: the former Ferrovie Alto…

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The mountains south of Bologna and north of Florence offer landscapes that seem to have very little of the Emilian or Tuscan style. Here we do not find the rolling hills or rows of cypress trees of the Sienese out-of-town,…

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Porretta Terme is the largest town in the Bolognese Apennines famous for its thermal waters that since Roman times have made it a small oasis of well-being. The trail will start from the center of the town and climb steep…

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