Vacchelli Canal entrance – Adda River loop from Melegnano

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Vacchelli Canal entrance – Adda River loop from Melegnano

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Vacchelli Canal entrance – Adda River loop from Melegnano

04:36

62.5km

140m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 1, 2026

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SIC Garzaia del Mortone

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Start point

Train Station

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17.2 km

Lanca della Cascinetta

Lake

19.7 km

Vacchelli Canal entrance

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The Vacchelli Canal is a 34-kilometer engineering project commissioned by Garibaldi's Pietro Vacchelli in the late 19th century. Here we are at the beginning of the canal, where a monumental …

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22.4 km

Gravel Path Along the Adda River

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Cool, mostly shaded, a mix between wild and well-kept: this is how the stretch of trail in the Adda Sud Park appears, which goes from Rivolta d'Adda to the Canale Vacchelli.

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25.7 km

Trail Marker Stone: Directions to Lodi and Rivolta

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With these boulder waymarkers, you are always sure not to lose the track, and they are also beautiful

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27.5 km

Adda River

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The name of the river Adda derives from the Celtic "Abdua" and means "running water". With a route that runs for 313 km (entirely in Lombardy), it is the fourth …

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28.7 km

Rivolta Gravel Road

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dirt / paved height Rivolta

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31.5 km

Lodi - Rivolta d'Adda route

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Very suggestive single track dirt section that allows you to connect the hamlet of Cascine San Pietro with Rivolta d'Adda (and Lodi). To be addressed carefully

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44.8 km

Gravel path along the Adda between Lodi and Rivolta

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beautiful completely dirt stretch that runs alongside the Adda.
At times the trail seems to get lost in the tall grass (watch out for brambles and nettles).

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