Bike Tour Prosecco

From Conegliano to Valdobbiadene and all around. Miles of hills, combed by green rows of vines that reveal a neat, calm, reassuring nature. A nature that in its slow and silent transformation underlies fatigue, industriousness but great pride for the excellent nectar offered. Earth shaped by man which in turn has generated landscapes to be explored to the full.

Driving here is really difficult; the look is constantly captured by the show that opens on each side of the road and then we leave the car in the city and let ourselves be guided in this wonderful Bike Tour Prosecco. An emotional ride of 35 Km between the vineyards in e-bike, also suitable for cyclists with little training. The occasion is a real rendezvous with history, art, ancient traditions, homemade products (symbol of the simplicity and hospitality of the people of these places) and wine, the real common thread that makes this live and pulsating territory.

Let’s start from the center of Conegliano, a town of about 35,000 inhabitants whose fulcrum is the medieval castle located on the top of the Colle di Giano which dominates the whole city and the surrounding area. A truly extraordinary place nestled in the hills, which inspired many artists and poets and gave birth to the illustrious genius of the Italian Renaissance, Giovanni Battista Cima.

We reach the historic cellar of Carpenè Malvolti, the oldest Italian family-run sparkling wine house since 1868 which in 1924 created the first label with the term Prosecco, a wine that is now produced in this area and that bears the DOCG mark.

We set off along the Monticano river passing near Manzana and Formeniga, the latter perched on the hills of Vittorio Veneto, whose church of San Pancrazio with its pointed bell tower stands on the foundations of the ancient 12th century castle, demolished by Venetian hands in 1378.

We continue the journey towards the famous Muro di Cà del Poggio, a 1150m long cycling ascent that goes up to 140m and which saw the passage of various editions of the Giro d’Italia. A bit of effort that will be well satisfied by the majestic view that can be enjoyed once you reach the top.

But if we talk about incredible panoramas, our next stop is not less, San Pietro di Feletto, one of the oldest and most precious churches in the Treviso area dating back to the VII-VIII century and probably built on the site of a pagan temple. It is home to numerous Venetian villas, dating from the 16th to the 13th centuries, and rich in marvelous frescoes that can be admired in the chapel of the Baptistery.

For a respectable Bike Tour Prosecco, we just have to make a stop at the farm that is reached at the peak of the climb of the Mire. Hairpin bends that spiral on the shoulder of the green hill and rise without stopping. Here Prosecco di Valdobbiadene is produced.

The visit to the Prosecco lands does not end; let’s get back on the saddle and walk uphill through a wood to Arfanta, the highest fraction of the municipality of Tarzo where, near the built-up area, come the numerous streams from which the Lierza originates.

From this point we lengthen our journey and reach Rolle, a hamlet of Cison di Valmarino which in 2004 became the first Italian village protected by the Italian Environmental Fund. A small village of a few houses embraced by the hills of the foothills of the Alps, where the roots of authenticity of the true and unique Prosecco have been preserved for centuries. Just a research funded by the FAI was able to highlight how the ancient vineyards of Rolle preserve the original genetic lines of Prosecco.

And here we are in the direction of our last stop: one of the most evocative places in the Marca Trevigiana, the Molinetto della Croda. Entering an intimate ravine of the hills, this extraordinary piece of history of the XVIII century is revealed, built in the rock (hence the term Croda according to the local dialect). A water mill operated by the Lierza river. It is one of the few still functioning water mills and this makes it even more interesting to be able to witness, during the guided tour, a demonstration on grinding maize flour for polenta that respects the same ancient procedure used since 1630.

From here we take the last stretch, which, once again turning towards Conegliano, leads us to Rua di Feletto, a fraction of the Municipality of San Pietro and we walk along a naturalistic path marked by the alve of the Valbona stream, which leads sinuously into this landscape thus creating an atmosphere capable of captivating travelers with its pristine colors.

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