Stage 4 · Bassano → Praglia
- Distance
- 74 km
- Elevation gain
- 170 m D+
- Difficulty
- Easy-Medium
- Surface
- 86% asphalt, 14% gravel · 50% on cycle routes
- Terrain
- Euganean Hills
- Cycle path
- Brenta Cycle Path
- Hospitality
- Guesthouse
GPX 1.1 file with the track, elevation and the abbeys as waypoints. Tracks are calculated on real roads and cycle routes (OpenStreetMap): check them on the ground before you set off.
Stage map
Map of the stage Bassano → Praglia: track, start, finish, places to stay and abbeys
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Tracks calculated on real roads and cycle paths (OpenStreetMap); elevations from SRTM data — to be checked on the ground
This stage on Komoot
The same track is on the project's Komoot profile: save it in the app and ride it with voice navigation.
Overview
From the Venetian foothills to the Euganean Hills: the route leaves Bassano along the Brenta cycle path, crosses a plain dotted with villas and walled towns, and finally climbs into the volcanic woods that shelter the Abbey of Praglia.
Notes from the road
Bassano gives way to the Veneto plain, dotted with villas and slow bicycles. The Colli Euganei arrive with a few sharp ramps in the final kilometres. In the woods around Praglia ticks are on the rise, better to check your skin in the evening. The guesthouse welcomes those arriving for vespers, calmly, with a glass of cool water.
What to see
Ponte degli Alpini in Bassano, elliptical walls of Cittadella, Venetian villas of the plain, Euganean Hills, Abbey of Praglia with its Renaissance cloisters
Where to sleep
Foresteria Abbazia di Praglia; Euganean Hills agriturismo (55-80€); B&Bs in Abano and Teolo (60-85€)
Where to eat
Bigoli with duck, Veneto Berico-Euganeo DOP prosciutto, Euganean Hills wines (Serprino, Fior d'Arancio), mountain-hut cheeses
Tips
An easy stage until the foot of the Hills: the last kilometres to Praglia climb in short ramps. Cittadella deserves a walk round its walls. Book the guesthouse and arrive for vespers.
Water & supplies
Bars and fountains in Cittadella at mid-stage and in the villages of the Padua plain; continuous services. Watch the traffic at urban crossings; the final Euganean Hills offer quiet roads and water in Teolo. Fountain at Praglia Abbey.
Places to stay on this stage
- Foresteria esterna dell'Abbazia di Pragliaguesthouse
Teolo (PD), Via Abbazia di Praglia 16- Price:
- Donation / agreed rate; book by phone at least 10 days ahead
- Open:
- Year-round, booking required (tel. 049 9999322, foresteria@praglia.it)
- Facilities:
- External guesthouse with 20 beds, kitchen, dining/meeting room and large outdoor grounds (suited to groups and scouts); internal guesthouse for spiritual retreats
- Source:
- https://praglia.it/foresteria-2/
The Benedictine abbey at the foot of the Euganean Hills, hub of three stages (arrival from Bassano, arrival on the Treviso variant, departure towards Ferrara). Religious hospitality, not a hotel.
Abbeys on this stage
- Finish abbey: Abbazia di Praglia
An amateur, non-profit project. The tracks are indicative: everyone rides independently, at their own risk.