Varese issued the order!
Now it is for urban cyclists demonstrate common sense
"Visibility is important for those who are silent friend of the two wheels - Beppe said Ferrari, president of the cicloambientalista -. With this initiative we wanted to put the focus of the safety conditions of the rider. Even more so now that the new Highway Code has introduced new requirements, like the reflective jacket in the evening all along the country roads and tunnels. "
MAREMMA AND HIGH PARK UCCELLINA
Friday, October 29 - Tuesday, November 2
Depart Friday, Oct. 29 car and truck from Varese at 7:00 am with arrival in Follonica (Grosseto) to 13.00.
Estimated cost of trip including accommodation and breakfast (except for dinners) € 230.00
first stop Friday, October 29 Follonica - Massa Marittima 28 km
The ride starts in Follonica early afternoon and take us inward slightly uphill, through the oak woods of the park Montioni. The last 3 km to reach 380 m above sea level at Massa Marittima is a bit 'more challenging. Stop and hostel accommodation in Massa Marittima Sant'Anna tel.: 0566 904605 (you need to bring asciugamani)
Traccia storico culturale:
Follonica: Si ritiene che l'attività estrattiva presso isola d'Elba, sia cominciata già durante l'era del bronzo, associata ad una fiorente attività siderurgica. Nell' 800 Follonica diventa il più importante centro di lavorazione del ferro nello Stato Toscano. Il filo che lega Follonica al ferro è ben espresso dalla chiesa di San Leopoldo, eretta dei primi anni del XIX secolo e che presenta numerosi elementi decorativi in ghisa dal rosone agli arredi interni.
Massa Marittima è una città d’arte adagiata tra le Colline Metallifere, circondata dalla campagna maremmana ricca di historical, environmental and architectural. In ancient medieval alleys and steep climb to the top where it's easy to find striking and distinctive spots and vantage points overlooking the valley to the sea.
The town is renowned for its beautiful central square, Piazza Garibaldi, which is overlooked: the Gothic Cathedral in the Pisan Romanesque style, the Palazzo dei Priori and the Municipality. also Romanesque, but with a more structured, being formed by the union of three buildings: the original building, the Tower and the palace of the Counts of Bisenzio.
worth noting the historical fresco of the Tree of Fertility, located Abundance of sources on a wall that was the main public water supply of the old town of Massa (Piazza Mazzini); least in the immediate vicinity of the downtown (via Corridoni) the Mining Museum, unique in Italy, with its 700 meters of tunnels
second leg: Saturday, October 30 Massa Marittima - Civitella Paganico km 55
started downhill then 8 km of coast path slightly uphill and then up and down and down until Roccastrada to Civitella Marittima . Rest and overnight at the Inn in Civitella Marittima Cassero with dinner at the Inn - Tel 0564 900680
Track historical and cultural
Tatti: The village is surrounded by ancient and well preserved stone walls sometimes leaning against the house stands where the gateway of the fortress and the fortified complex aldobrandesca, which was further fortified in the fourteenth century by the Sienese and turned into a mold.
Roccatederighi is one of the most interesting medieval villages of the Maremma place at 538 m above sea level. Among the huge rocks of rhyolite, called "the masses", stands his profile towers and rooftops, seamlessly integrated with the surrounding nature. You enter through a door in the old village round arched, which lies between the boulders and walls, which leads into a maze of alleyways, arches and stairways. In "square Senesi" the clock tower and the remains of the keep and in the opposite direction the church of San Martino is located on a rocky outcrop located where the original castle was located. A look at the "Tufolino" with its staircase and houses carved into the rock.
Roccastrada perched on a massive platform of trachytic rock, at an altitude of 475 meters above sea level. situated on a ridge to the right of Ombrone, its location allows you to enjoy extensive views both on the side than on the Siena Grosseto. Roccastrada has ancient origins: since the fifth century BC the area was a mining center field from the nearby Etruscan town of Roselle and Vetulonia. In the oldest part is accessed through the door Borgo. Later we reach the square clock tower with the same name. At his side a staircase leads to the "castle keep." Defenses of the ancient remains today only a part of the west wall incorporated in the houses. The houses converge toward the "prisons", the center of the old castle. To the west there has never been defense works because it was exploited rocky overhang. The town of Civitella
Paganico covers an area of \u200b\u200bgreat beauty that combines features of the landscape of Siena and the Maremma. In the municipal territory alternate hills dotted with ancient villages, farms and castles surrounded by the woods and plains crossed by streams and river Ombrone. Its fractions: Civitella Marittima is perched on a hill overlooking the Maremma and the Colli Senesi. The town, about 350 residents, has ancient origins (Etruscan Roman), but the largest development dates back to medieval times.
third stage: Civitella Paganico Sunday, October 31 - 75 km Fonteblanda
Once starting us down to the station Paganico, go up to and Poggi del Sasso Sasso Ombrone 4 km climb with a average slope of 6%. So undulating but mostly downhill through fields and vineyards of the Morellino di Scansano. Rest and overnight at The Farm Marta - Marta The city, the Strada Vicinale Migliorini Fonteblanda (GR) - Tel: 0564 885 426.
Track historical and cultural
Paganico is an ancient medieval town built by the Sienese dell'Ombrone guarding the Valley, as an outpost of the hills that come to Siena. Keep the walls of Siena and the medieval-style frescoes by Biagio di Goro Ghezzi in the apse of the church of San Michele Arcangelo.
The "land side" of Paganico was commissioned by the Sienese dell'Ombrone guarding the Valley, as an outpost of the hills that come to Siena to serve the aims that the republic had the Maremma and the outlet to the sea.
Sasso Ombrone Poggi del Sasso Monte Cucco and hamlets of Cinigiano.
Sasso Ombrone stands on a rocky outcrop overlooking the course dell'Ombrone The town was known in medieval times under the name of the castle of Sasso di Maremma few traces remain.
Poggi del Sasso is a rural town: report from the Chapel of Poggi del Sasso, also known as The Chiesino perched on a hill overlooking the town road to Poggi. The church was built in the mid-eighteenth century as a chapel is a small rural religious building in a single room features walls covered in stone exterior.
fourth stage: Monday, November 1 Fonteblanda - Castiglione della Pescaia km 75
almost mostly flat stage, we review a few kilometers to the sea Fonteblnda Talamone we come to the park and skirt the Maremma Natural Park (Uccellina) to Marina di Grosseto Alberese finally back towards the interior.
Stop and overnight at Lake Lucerne Farm Prile - City Prile Castiglione della Pescaia - Tel: 0564 944 095
Track
Fonteblanda historical and cultural, on the southern edge of the Natural Park of Maremma (Uccellina) is a corner of paradise in the Maremma.
Talamone ancient and flourishing cities already in the Etruscan period, was later destroyed by Silla is mentioned in Dante's Divine Comedy - Purgatorio Canto XIII:
Tu li vedrai tra quella gente vana
che spera in Talamone, e perderagli
più di speranza ch'a trovar la Diana;
ma più vi perderanno li ammiragli.
Ma il nome della città è sicuramente legato all'impresa di Giuseppe Garibaldi e dei suoi mille che nel 1860, vi fecero scalo per rifornirsi di acqua ed armi.
Nei pressi di Talamone si trova l'entrata più meridionale del Parco Naturale della Maremma, dal quale partono alcuni sentieri naturalistici.
Il Parco ha un'estensione di 9800 ettari e si estende, lungo costa,
Nel suo territorio ricadono gli ultimi terreni paludosi nei pressi della Ombrone mouth, which, full of life and are still wild, home to important colonies of marsh birds. Further south, the area is composed of Uccellina mountains covered by dense maquis
dell'Uccellina Park, despite being a region characterized by thick vegetation, is rich in historical and artistic treasures, dating back to various eras and fruit reality and needs. The Park is currently divided between the towns of Grosseto, Magliano in Toscna and Orbetello.
Rispescia: the village has developed in the twentieth century, following the complete reclamation of the Maremma plain and contemporary land reform; up area on the eastern outskirts there is the Environmental Education Center of Legambiente, venue of the exhibition Festambiente every August.
Panorama GrossetoGrosseto: the city is one of the few provincial capitals whose old town was completely surrounded by walls, integrated whole, which has remained almost unchanged in their appearance over the centuries and despite the surface rather contained in the historical city center, it contains some valuable monuments like the cathedral of San Lorenzo, the church underwent extensive remodeling and renovations up to assume a unitary Gothic - Aldobrandeschi Palace built in medieval times, was almost entirely rebuilt in the early of the last century neo-Gothic
In the past, much of the flat was occupied by Lake Prile that extended almost to the western part of the city. The ancient lake basin characteristics coastal marsh is almost entirely disappeared as a result of falling into the drainage channel works made by eighteenth-century Lorraine, the final completion of the twenties and thirties of last century by the fascist government.
fifth leg: Tuesday, November 2 Castiglione della Pescaia - Follonica km 45
stage almost entirely along the first pedal in the natural reserve of Diaccia Botrona poi attraversiamo Castiglione della Pescaia e proseguiamo lungo il mare. Unica salita della giornata per arrivare a Punta Ala, ma sono solo 150 m di dislivello. Si ritorna a Follonica per riprendere le auto e il furgone e iniziare il viaggio di ritorno.
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Traccia storico culturale
Riserva naturale Diaccia Botrona si estende su oltre mille ettari di territorio ed è considerata la più significativa area umida italiana. Istituita nel ’96, è ciò che rimane dell’antico Lago Prile, che arrivò ad occupare 50 chilometri quadrati e fu prosciugato nel XIX secolo. Il padule occupa, allo stato attuale, circa 700 ettari, a ridosso the pine forest of Castiglione della Pescaia and stretches over the plain which connects the resort with Grosseto. It has a rare and significant ecosystem, home to an incredible variety of living microorganisms, plants and animals. It 's a real "gene bank" that gives a great contribution to the maintenance of biodiversity in the area.
Castiglione della Pescaia. The popular seaside resort is dominated by the center located on the promontory that ends with the medieval castle on the highest point. In the historical center of several buildings are kept clear medieval origins with the characteristics of stone masonry structures.
The pine forest is Roccamare large pine forest that extends for more than 8 km in the territory of Castiglione della Pescaia, along the coast between the village of Riva del Sole in the south and the north of Rocchette, pine forest characterized by the presence of pine trees and pine trees. Endemic species are also found in the Mediterranean ..
The promontory of Punta Ala is characterized by high and rocky coastlines, jagged at times and accessible only by sea.
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Milan Art Nouveau
With Friends Ciclobby we are at 10:00
in Piazzetta Reale in Milan.
With the guidance of Gianfranco Rocculi and Marialuisa Bonivento, we enter into the city to explore the city by bike, taking advantage of reduced traffic on Sunday morning.
The cultural tour ends at approximately 12:00.
After a snack we return by train.
... To make it more dificult
Who will hear after the cultural revolution still want to ride, he can return to Varese in the bike, the solutions are many. To avoid the traffic you can cycle along the canals or reach Castellanza by train and then take the new bike path up to the Valmorea Castiglione Olona.
PROGRAM
Meeting: 8:20 am Station Trenitalia of Varese to catch the train be at 8:37
Difficulty: easy, urban route with many stops
Fee € 3.00 rail fare more
Contact: Rossana Nails, tel. 0332 228633, mob. 340 7643908, e-mail: ciclorossa@yahoo.it
Booking: booking is required for the purchase of train tickets, who would decide at the last moment can make the purchase on Sunday itself.
some proposals that would promote the cycling movement. 
it by municipalities and never implemented, and two-way for bike-way streets unique, as is spreading in the city bicycle-friendly. 
recently by the Town Council, as the grant for the purchase of assisted bicycles, the establishment and development of programmed bike sharing, the ongoing study of the municipal bicycle plans and promotions for "Vainbici" (which also collaborated in many ways our association), are certainly welcome, but must be backed by a systematic project on city streets . " 
