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Porlezza

Old Porlezza Road – Lake Piano loop from Alpe Nosarolo

Routes
Italy
Lombardy
Como
Porlezza

Old Porlezza Road – Lake Piano loop from Alpe Nosarolo

Hard

3.7

(3)

4

riders

Old Porlezza Road – Lake Piano loop from Alpe Nosarolo

03:39

41.4km

1,660m

Gravel riding

Hard gravel ride. Very good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route.

Last updated: May 17, 2026

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After 11.3 km for 68 m

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7.12 km

Old Porlezza Road

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In order to catch the entrance one must first on the sidewalk next to the road change. If you miss that, then you have to lift the wheel in front …

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2

8.36 km

Lakeside Road to Menaggio

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Beautiful cycle path, very easy, mostly asphalted, well signposted, well shaded, last km to Menaggio in contact with car traffic. Recommended!!!

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3

8.86 km

At the upper end of Lake Lugano there is a small town with a lake promenade and nice cafés as well as places to sit, linger, watch people or meditate.

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4

13.3 km

Adjacent to the parking lot is a beautiful jetty

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5

13.7 km

Lake Piano

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The small lake “Lago di Piano” is located in Val Menaggio in a nature reserve and offers an interesting opportunity to observe various water birds. The path begins in the …

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14.0 km

Former railway line Menaggio-Porlezza

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Was afraid of the steep access to the pass till I found out that you are actually biking on an old railway track. Smooth inclinations, tunnels, forests, bridges all separated …

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18.9 km

This itinerary follows the route of the old railway which from 1884 to 1939 connected Menaggio with Porlezza on Lake Lugano. The route develops in Val Menaggio, mostly on asphalted …

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8

19.3 km

Illuminated and well-paved tunnel, along the old Menaggio-Porlezza railway, now a cycle/pedestrian path

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36.2 km

Passo di Boffalora

Mountain Pass

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41.4 km

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

10.7 km

9.64 km

8.08 km

8.04 km

3.11 km

1.83 km

Surfaces

22.1 km

10.2 km

8.64 km

233 m

171 m

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Lowest point (200 m)

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Wednesday 20 May

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