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San Lazzaro Di Savena

Val di Zena – Beaver Lake loop from La Pulce

San Lazzaro Di Savena

Val di Zena – Beaver Lake loop from La Pulce

Moderate

4.6

(52)

727

riders

Val di Zena – Beaver Lake loop from La Pulce

02:22

53.1km

500m

Road cycling

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

Last updated: June 19, 2026

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Your route passes through protected areas

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Gessi Bolognesi, Calanchi dell'Abbadessa

IT4050012 - SIC-ZPS - Contrafforte Pliocenico

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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5.06 km

Val di Zena

Highlight • Gorge

Interesting route for training with long stretches of gentle uphill gradient and some short stretches to force the leg uphill! Cold winter and hot summer but with many shaded areas! …

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7.22 km

Botteghino di Zocca

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The small village of Botteghino di Zocca in the Zena valley is an obligatory coffee stop for many Bolognese cyclists. From here many routes start for Zena, Monte delle Formiche, …

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8.60 km

Beaver Lake

Highlight • Lake

Ponds very popular in summer by fishermen and patrons of the bar next door

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16.5 km

Zena Junction

Highlight • Trail

You can continue straight on towards Fornace di Zena, or turn right up a climb

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25.6 km

Monte Bibele Archaeological Area

Highlight • Historical Site

After a few hundred meters of dirt road you will find the Etruscan village. This open-air museum is a reconstruction in wood, earth and vegetable fibre. In the center is …

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36.7 km

Zena Fountain

Highlight • Rest Area

Fountain not reported but functional in June 2021

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51.6 km

Church of San Lorenzo del Farneto

Highlight • Religious Site

Parish of a typically Bolognese orange color along the Val di Zena

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53.1 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

52.4 km

824 m

Surfaces

52.5 km

415 m

299 m

Elevation

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Highest point (450 m)

Lowest point (80 m)

Weather

Friday 3 July

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Comments

October 12, 2023,In val di Zena tecnici agrari al controllo maturazione spighe di grano

To break the rules in the right way (there is no way) you have to learn them very well! 🙈

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July 31, 2021,Giro in bici da corsa 31.07.2021 10:06

Done im mtb e-bike. In search of new routes I came up to Zena then to the Castle and from here on the Cai path up to the Tower of the heir. I always tried to continue on the Cai path but at a certain point it became impractical for the mtb. Then I went back up to Ca di …

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Val di Zena – Beaver Lake loop from La Pulce

Val di Zena

Botteghino di Zocca

Beaver Lake

Zena Junction

Strada dell'Albero Contorto

Monte Bibele Archaeological Area

Zena Fountain

Church of San Lorenzo del Farneto

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