A route from Padova [Padua] to Vicenza in large part on a dedicated bike path or on roads with little traffic, that crosses through the southern section of the Colli Euganei [Euganean Hills]. Only the section just before Treponti is on a busy road with no bike lane.
Point of departure is the train station at Padova. To the right of the station take Via Paolo Sarpi and then follow the ring road south until you come to Via Sorio to the right, which marks the beginning of the Colli Euganei route. Another option is to leave from the center of Padova taking Via Vescovado/Via Euganea.
Via dei Colli is a very long straight road which consistently has a bike path sometimes on the right side, sometimes on the left; it crosses through Selvazzano Dentro, a large suburb of Padova, where once you are through the village, you will find on the right Via Montecchia from which you can see, set on a hill, Villa Capodilista, one of the more unusual of the Venetian villas.
The bike path ends in the locality of San Biagio just before Treponti; now comes the worst section of this trip, traffic can be very intense and there no longer is even a bike lane. Once through Treponti traffic decreases and shortly after begins the climb towards Teolo; although there are four hairpin turns, the grades are not too severe and you arrive at the center of the village without too much difficulty.
After Teolo take the descending road towards Vò Vecchio, where there is the imposing Villa Venier, and then continue towards Agugliaro. From here it would be possible, extending your trip a few km/miles, to reach Finale [a neighborhood of Agugliaro] and Villa Saraceno.
After Agugliaro there is another long straight road that takes one to the provincial road through the Colli Berici [Berici Hills] and shortly after we will come to the Vicenza-Noventa Vicentina bike path. From here to Vicenza it is 27 km/17 miles of paved bike path in excellent condition, on paper the easiest section of the entire route. On paper only, because if the wind blows from the northeast one can get slowed down through the long stretches that run through open fields.
You will brush by the villages of Barbarano Vicentino, Ponte di Nanto, and Castegnero and then come to Longare where you skirt by a US military base shortly before crossing the highway and finding yourself on the other side as far as Longara and then Vicenza.
At the point where the bike path rejoins the provincial road you will be in front of the hill of Villa la Rotonda, the most famous Palladio masterpiece. The bike path switches again to the left side and continues until it ends below the Arco delle Scalette [Arch of the Stairs]; from here Viale del Risorgimento takes you to the FS train station at Vicenza.
