{"id":1493,"date":"2022-02-10T08:14:45","date_gmt":"2022-02-10T08:14:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cicloviadelsanterno.net\/experience-nature\/"},"modified":"2022-06-21T09:15:41","modified_gmt":"2022-06-21T09:15:41","slug":"experience-nature","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cicloviadelsanterno.net\/en\/experience-nature\/","title":{"rendered":"Experience nature"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

From Mordano to Castel del Rio, the real star of the Santerno Cycle Route is nature.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

Download<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>

Download the map (PDF)<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/div><\/div>

Along the River Santerno<\/h4><\/div>

The<\/span> Cycle Route<\/span><\/i>follows the<\/span> River Santerno<\/b> and crosses it at several fording points. As the river descends from the Apennines, its fast-flowing rapids give way to a wider river bed and calmer waters as the terrain flattens.<\/span><\/p>\n

From the plains, the route takes in the Bubano Nature Reserve (Oasi Naturalistica di Bubano)<\/span>and the apricot orchards of<\/span> Mordano<\/b><\/span> before passing through Imola\u2019s green belt<\/b>and heading into the hills with their vineyards and olive groves.<\/span><\/p>\n

Further up the Santerno Valley in the area between<\/span> Casalfiumanese<\/b> and<\/span> Borgo Tossignano<\/b>Here, the craggy ridge of the Vena del Gesso Romagnola appears, its gypsum crystals sparkling in the sun. The geology of the Regional Park offers a window into past eons, when rock strata emerged from a prehistoric sea to form imposing cliffs like those at Riva dei Cavalli. <\/span>in<\/span>Fontanelice<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

<\/div><\/div>
<\/div><\/div>
<\/span><\/div>

Ansa di Campola, Fontanelice. Photo by Marco Maccarelli<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

<\/div><\/div>
<\/div><\/div>

Castel del Rio<\/b> has<\/span> a typically Apennine landscape: dense woods cover the mountains that loom over the River Santerno and the climate is perfect for the many centuries-old chestnut groves. In this area it is easy to venture into centuries-old trees and chestnut groves. Indeed, cultivation of the organically-grown Marrone di Castel del Rio IGP chestnut has been practiced here for hundreds of years.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Santerno River has a<\/span> fascinating geology<\/b> that was first studied and explored in depth by Giuseppe Scarabelli from Imola.<\/span><\/p>\n

Check out the Geologist\u2019s Travel Guide<\/a> and go geo-exploring in the footsteps of Giuseppe Scarabelli.<\/span><\/p>\n

Download the App and take part in the \u2018Santerno Geo-Treasure Hunt\u2019.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Discover nature in the Santerno Valley<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>
<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/div>
<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/div>
<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":869,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"100-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1493","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cicloviadelsanterno.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cicloviadelsanterno.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cicloviadelsanterno.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cicloviadelsanterno.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cicloviadelsanterno.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1493"}],"version-history":[{"count":45,"href":"https:\/\/www.cicloviadelsanterno.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1493\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2128,"href":"https:\/\/www.cicloviadelsanterno.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1493\/revisions\/2128"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cicloviadelsanterno.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cicloviadelsanterno.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}