Zone: Tremosine
Map: Kompass K102
Access: along the Gardesana occidentale n. 45 bis road
Departure: Campione, near the soccer field
Length: 23.20 km
Maximum altitude: 810 m
Difference in altitude: 744 m
Time: 3 hr 30 min - 4 hr 30 min
Bikeability: total
Beauty (1-5*): ****
Difficulty: average difficulty
Base: Pro Loco info office, in the Pieve square
Note: right from the start, the itinerary is full of striking scenery.
Starting out from Campione, before you get to the soccer field near the tunnel for Riva, take the abandoned carriageable road the climbs up along the rocky cliffs overlooking the lake. Bearing left, the old road enters the province road. You値l reach a dark tunnel, which you値l avoid and keep to the right. Several curves indicate that you池e about to enter the beautiful, cool Brasa ravine. Once you致e passed the ravine, you値l head to the village of
1) Pieve, where you値l turn right and follow signs for Vesio. At Priezzo, turn right on the Via Levante road, where you値l reach an old church. At this point, you値l turn left on the Via Pionese road, then immediately turn right, under a portico, riding downhill to the
2) Brasa Valley. Bearing left in the next two junctions, you値l end up on an unpaved road where you値l see century-old windmills and ancient barns, some of which have been renovated. When you reach the asphalted road, you値l meet up with the provincial road and turn right. After 300 meters, you値l turn left on the unpaved Via Era road. The road climbs uphill to the hamlet of
3) Voiandes. At the curve, do not take the road on the left, but go straight on the Via S. Carlo Borromeo road, where you値l meet up again with the provincial road. Turn left and after 50 meters, turn left again, following the signs for Secastello. The asphalt road travels through lush green cattle pastures. At the next junction, turn right. The road climbs uphill to
4) Bocca di Nevese, near a home with vegetable patch. Turn right, and go through the wire gate (make sure you close it carefully!). After traveling 100 meters, turn left on the hill. Turn left where the road widens and, further on at the elbow curve, turn left again. The road travels downhill to the village of Sermerio. Turn left onto the asphalted city road, which descends to the cemetery, where you値l take the small road that flanks the cemetery entrance and is unpaved in sections. Traveling downhill you値l pass a road on your right. About 50 meters ahead, turn left: the road descends sharply and borders a vineyard. The striking route in this untamed natural setting travels along a road on the edge of a cliff that leads to the valley. You値l turn left at the next intersection. The road rises slightly and passes the hamlet of Cadignano. You値l end up on the municipal road, enter the village of Pregasio and, from the center of Pieve, return to Campione along the Brasa ravine..