From Vaiano to Vernio – loop tour

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From Vaiano to Vernio – loop tour

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From Vaiano to Vernio – loop tour

02:19

32.0km

650m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 13, 2024

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Your route passes through protected areas

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Area naturale protetta di interesse locale Monteferrato

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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1.14 km

Badia di San Salvatore in Vaiano

Highlight • Religious Site

Vaiano, the largest town in the Bisenzio Valley, is known for its splendid Romanesque parish church of San Salvatore. It is also a popular stop on the cycle path coming from Prato, located ten kilometers from Vernio, the starting point for the climb towards the Montepiano pass.

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3.47 km

Parish Church of San Lorenzo in Usella

Highlight • Religious Site

The church of San Lorenzo is located in the locality of Usella, in the municipality of Cantagallo, in the territory of Prato. Around this church, already documented in 997, the town of Usella developed in the Middle Ages. The complex, including the church with a bell tower and a rectory, was considerably restructured in the early twentieth century according to the project of the Prato architect Giuseppe Bacci.
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11.2 km

Church of Saint Anthony of Padua in Mercatale

Highlight • Religious Site

Church from the sixties of the last century built in place of the previous seventeenth-century church. Mercatale di Vernio is located on the SR 325 which leads from Prato to Castiglione dei Pepoli and Bologna.

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11.2 km

MUMAT Museum of Textile Machines

Highlight • Monument

In the building of the former Meucci factory, this interesting museum was created by the municipality of Vernio which shows the textile reality that took hold in the area as early as the end of the 19th century.

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13.2 km

Ponte degli Altarini

Highlight • Bridge

The Ponte degli Altarini, on the provincial road that goes up from Vernio to Luicciana, is located on the Torrente Carigiola just before it enters the Bisenzio and marks the municipal boundary between Cantagallo and Vernio. In this stretch of the Bisenzio, in the hottest summer months, the locals find refreshment by bathing in the numerous "wells" found there. It was once the "sea" of the inhabitants of Mercatale di Vernio.

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32.0 km

End point

Train Station

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