A short trip to the local mountains
Strade Montane is a cycling project designed to explore the Apennine region via the trails, dirt tracks and secondary tarmac roads that wind through the valleys and ridges of the mountainous area between Emilia and Tuscany.
Strade montane
- THE BOOK
Edizioni Pendragon is set to publish *Strade montane*, a guidebook that isn’t quite a guidebook, aimed at anyone wishing to explore the Tuscan-Emilian and Romagna Apennines by gravel or mountain bike. The book features eight routes to be enjoyed from spring through to October, taking readers along trails surrounded by nature and through timeless villages.
NEW ROUTES
Apennine mountain traverse
The Apennine Mountain Traverse is a weekend-long bikepacking route that winds through the vast forests of the northern Apennines along the quiet trails of Italy’s mountain heritage.
From barren, desolate ridges to ancient forest paths, this mountain bike route offers a variety of landscapes.
ROUTES
The Last Valley
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…
Silent Mountains
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,…
Campari Long Ride
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…
Landscapes of Limentre
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,…
The Jump Off
The Jump Off is a 90km route that starts in Bologna and climbs the ridges drawn by three streams: Samoggia, Lavino and the smaller Venola. The Jump Off is primarily about the military operation in this sector of the Gothic…