Valico del Paretaio from Coniale – Lavender Road loop from Imola

Valico del Paretaio from Coniale – Lavender Road loop from Imola

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Valico del Paretaio from Coniale – Lavender Road loop from Imola

05:09

104km

1,560m

Road cycling

Hard road ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 22, 2026

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Parco regionale Vena del Gesso Romagnola

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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26.5 km

Alidosi Palace and Alidosi Bridge, Castel del Rio

Highlight • Historical Site

Castel del Rio is a mountain village along the Santerno Valley. The village bears traces of the dominion of the Alidosi family, who, as evidence of their power over the …

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33.1 km

Moraduccio – Emilia-Romagna and Tuscany Border

Highlight • Settlement

A mountain village located on the famous Via Montanara, here the border between Emilia Romagna and Tuscany is marked

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42.1 km

Valico del Paretaio from Coniale

Highlight (Segment) • Mountain Pass

The climb to the Paretaio pass from Coniale is long and not trivial: ten kilometers with an average gradient of 6%, making it one of the toughest climbs in the whole province of Florence.

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47.2 km

Valico del Paretaio

Highlight • Mountain Pass

nice climb and as usual in the Apennines with little traffic

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63.1 km

Border of Emilia-Romagna and Tuscany

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Emilia Romagna - Tuscany border

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72.6 km

Lavender Road

Highlight • Cycleway

The Strada della Lavanda transversally crosses the Senio valley at the height of Casola Valsenio, creating a landscape contrast that varies between chalk, gullies, the green of nature, the brooms …

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77.3 km

View From the End of Via Prugno

Highlight • Viewpoint

It reopened just yesterday after the landslide of recent months and everything was beautiful on the Bologna side, however on the Ravenna side there are still problems with the traffic lights, have a good ride everyone 🙂

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78.1 km

Corso Pass

Highlight • Mountain Pass

Also known as the lavender road, a plant that grows spontaneously along the roadside path and, particularly on the Senio side, is cultivated in small gardens along the roadside.
The …

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104 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

59.0 km

35.1 km

10.1 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

101 km

3.08 km

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Friday 16 October

22°C

11°C

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Comments

July 28, 2023,La Faggiola 🫐

Traffic update ⚠️:
-la Faggiola does not present critical particularities on either side
-the Prugno da Casolavalsenio has some lateral landslides that have already been secured, from the top up to the La Taverna farmhouse it is passable with some lateral landslides, up to the start with the Cane climb it is passable, after CLOSED due to a landslide between …

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May 15, 2022,Valico del Peretaio 🛸

Apart from the infernal heat, the Peretaio is always a certainty, 10km of life that passes before your eyes and where I managed to take one of the most beautiful photos where I look like a too serious cyclist ...

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