The best cycling routes around Mercato Saraceno

Definitely eat a Piadina at Francesco's at Ristorante Barbotto

Service column for bicycles and e-bikes: free charging, pump and tools for repairing breakdowns. Free charging and self-repair station for bicycles and e-bikes.

The Insigne Collegiata Church was built in the 10th century by Raniero Cavalca, Count of Bertinoro and lord of the place, who had it erected on the ruins of the chapel dedicated to the Virgin martyr Saint Agatha. The original construction was of Romanesque architecture. It was subsequently expanded in 1520 under the lordship of Ottaviano Fregoso by will of the people. With subsequent expansions it lost its original characteristics to transform itself into a typical 18th century church, especially after the radical restoration of 1776 in Baroque style. ... On the left of the church stands a mighty 35-meter-high bell tower rebuilt in 1885 based on a design by the architect from Santagata Santi Botticelli. The current round bell tower with a spire takes the place of the older one with a square base in Romanesque style which collapsed in 1865 due to lack of maintenance. Under the Collegiate Church Presbytery you can visit the very ancient octagonal Crypt from the 8th century; this was created with the recycled materials of the primitive Church and was recently restored by the parish priest Don Erminio Gatti. ... (Source: https://www.lavalmarecchia.it/visita/poggio-torriana/insigne-chiesa-collegiata.html )

Cesena is an excellent old town

when you see the bench stop and enjoy this wonder

It is the oldest bridge in Cesena, built in Roman times to connect the Via Emilia with the Savio and damaged several times by the flooding of the river and the bombings of the Second World War, definitively restored in 1946

Monte Sorbo rises at 441 meters above sea level. and is 8 km from the center of Mercato Saraceno. A beautiful signposted panoramic road leads to the extraordinary Parish Church, dedicated to S. Maria Annunziata, a beacon of Christianity and a historical destination for pilgrims. Dating back to the 8th century, the Parish assumed great importance since the 10th century, when Florentius, bishop of Sarsina, was buried there in 995. For the centuries of the Middle Ages, the parish church was frequented by pilgrims who, on their way to Rome, found safe refuge in an annexed "hospital"... (Source: https://www.mercatosaracenoturismo.it/-/pieve-monte-sorbo)

The historic center of Mercato, built on a 12th century settlement, stands on the left bank of the Savio river and is distributed over three alluvial terraces. ... Mercato Saraceno was founded in the mid-1100s by a certain Saraceno, a member of the noble Onesti family from Ravenna. Near the water mill that already existed in 1153, Saraceno degli Onesti wanted to create a market, on the open space near the river with the only bridge over the Savio between Cesena and Bagno di Romagna. The Saraceno market began on May 4th and lasted ten days and was so popular that it remained the only one in the valley even in the following centuries. Remaining the dominion of the Papal State until the Napoleonic age, in the 19th century it became an important resource for sulfur extraction... (Source: https://emiliaromagnaturismo.it/it/localita/mercato-saraceno) The center of the town consists of Piazza Mazzini, overlooked by the town hall and the church of Santa Maria Nuova. Just before there is Palazzo Dolcini, the former home of the Fascist movement and today a multi-purpose cultural centre. In the area, the parish churches of Santi Cosma e Damiano and Monte Sorbo are worth mentioning. (Source: https://www.comune.mercatosaraceno.fc.it/il-comune)