Bicycle routes

Bicycle routes in Europe
Bicycling in Europe
Bicycling in Venice The Veneto by bicycle Trentino-A.Adige by bicycle Friuli by bicycle Tuscany by bicycle Lazio by bicycle
Il servizio Treno+Bici Altimetrie e tabelle di marcia

Notwithstanding the iron dictatorship of the automobile that currently dominates the Western world, it is still somehow possible to travel by bicycle, perhaps in combination with the train, using minor roads, at opportune times, and bicycle paths where they exist.

Having pedaled half of Italy and half of Europe and having gathered lots of photos, memories and documents of these trips, in this site I have made available to travelers (and pedalers) some of this information in virtual format, for example on how to find the route (bicycle path), on how to find a credible cycling map, or on how to choose the correct gears.

First, a list of short-distance routes that can be reached from Venice within a day, are summed up the page: In bicicletta da Venezia [Cycling from Venice]; for each route I dedicate a page with a map and photographs, and a page to each location of special note, in particular to several Venetian villas.

A page is also dedicated to the use of a bicycle in Venice, but more on the islands of the lagoon, especially since in Piazza S. Marco and its surrounding area one is not permitted to ride a bike within Venice.

Then routes of a broader outreach around Europe, with pages on Germany, Austria, France, and Holland.

Other websites dedicated to bicycle routes:

Itinerari in Europa edited by FIAB.
Zeppelin an association from Vicenza specializing in cycle-travel.
Piste Ciclabili: a new website dedicated to bike paths and routes in Italy; with maps and Wiki section, that allows all cyclists to contribute observations and content.
School-Bike website created to promote cycle-touring at the school level; for the summer 2010 a project to cycle-travel from Alto Adige to Sicily.
3 valli in bici website dedicated to cycling routes between Veneto and Trentino.
Europe by bike routes within central Europe, edited by Ivan and Laura Parma.
Cicloturismo edited by Paolo Adamoli: bike routes in Lombardy and in particular in Valtellina.
Ticino: terra di ciclismo part of the official website of the Canton of Ticino, Switzerland, a region full of cycle routes.
Cicloweb: website useful to cyclists: bike routes especially in Lombardy and in the mountains [Alps and Appenines].
Tre uomini in bici: In August 2001, the cartoonist F. Altan, the journalist P. Rumiz and Professor E. Rigatti made a 2,000 km [1,200 mile] bike tour from Trieste to Istanbul. Online articles posted by Paolo Rumiz in the newspaper La Repubblica.