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In the Middle Ages it was the highway that connected northern Italy with the south (in particular trade with Milan and the Church with Rome)

During the summer weekends it is a land of roaring motorbikes but during the week the SS65 of Futa is a paradise of peace and beauty to be enjoyed by bicycle, it is automatic to stop at the Passo della Raticosa and enjoy the view, clean air and peace and the bar is a good excuse to delay as much as possible the departure from that mystical place...

Fascinating forest, but don't go down from Gazzarro by bike

Antico Passo dell' Osteria Bruciata, coming from Bologna on the Via degli Dei you have made the greatest difference in altitude

The pass is located in the municipality of Borgo San Lorenzo, in the province of Florence, at 913 m above sea level, along the former state road 302 Brisighellese Ravennate. It takes its name from the hamlet of Casaglia, which is the first town you come across when descending from the Romagna side. The former Alpe di Casaglia state road 477 branches off from the pass in a northerly direction and, after passing the nearby Sambuca Pass, descends the Senio valley.

Still closed (June 2024) and, I think forever, the old Bar-Restaurant. However, a bar is now open next door, on the side of the pass that leads towards Palazzuolo.

A classic for runners, cyclists and motorcyclists alike. The Bar Nido d'Allocco is the best for a stop based on flatbread, sandwiches, juices, beer, wine and so on and so forth....

done the trail in 5 days alone in July 2023, no comment can give an idea of the feeling of happiness, freedom, tension..... I met many guys (and this gives me the idea that the future will be better than what we elderly people leave).... I cried upon arriving in Piazza della Signoria..... as I have already posted "if you have someone you don't love tell them to take the path, if instead you have someone you who you love tell them to do it... in any case they will thank you".