{"id":17285,"date":"2024-04-02T10:56:15","date_gmt":"2024-04-02T08:56:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valdinievoleturismo.it\/itinerario\/esplorandola-valdinievole-in-bici-da-pistoia\/"},"modified":"2025-05-15T15:21:56","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T13:21:56","slug":"esplorandola-valdinievole-in-bici-da-pistoia","status":"publish","type":"itinerario","link":"https:\/\/valdinievoleturismo.it\/en\/itinerario\/esplorandola-valdinievole-in-bici-da-pistoia\/","title":{"rendered":"Exploring Valdinievole by bike from Pistoia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>From Pistoia, it is possible to visit the most significant spots of Valdinievole by bicycle. The route combines beautiful art cities with the typical villages of the Valleriana, passing along river and marshland stretches. From the <strong>\u201cSantiago of Italy&#8221;,<\/strong> the loop runs along the Cammino di San Jacopo, crossing the <strong>Montalbano<\/strong> and circling the southern part of the <strong>Padule di Fucecchio<\/strong> <strong>(Fucecchio Marshland).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Itinerar<\/strong>y<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Start pedalling from <strong>Piazza Duomo in Pistoia<\/strong>, where inside the<strong> Cathedral of San Zeno<\/strong> you can find the only relic of Saint James in the world outside Santiago de Compostela. Among the city\u2019s architectural gems, follow the<strong> Cammino di San Jacopo<\/strong>, leaving the city and passing through some nurseries. The Montalbano mountain range lies on the horizon, and after passing the holm oak woods and olive groves that adorn the mountain, you descend to <strong>Larciano,<\/strong> soon reaching the <strong>Padule di Fucecchio<\/strong>, a protected area rich in biodiversity. The route offers vibrant aquatic landscapes, following the banks of the Pescia River up to the town of the same name. The loop continues through low mountain terrain and runs along the Alta Via della Valdinievole. After passing the village of Montecatini Alto, descend to the valley, rejoining the Cammino di San Jacopo, which, followed in reverse, leads back to Pistoia in about 16 kilometres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Nearby<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Monsummano Terme <\/strong>Grotta Giusti, MAC,n \u2013 Museum of Contemporary and 20th Century Art, City and Territory Museum<br><strong>Larciano <\/strong>Archaeological Civic Museum of Larciano Castle, Museum of Rural Life Casa Dei<br><strong>Padule di Fucecchio<\/strong><br><strong>Strada dell&#8217;olio e del vino del Montalbano<\/strong><br><strong>Lamporecchio <\/strong>San Giorgio Church in Porciano, Museum of Sacred Art<br><strong>Pescia<\/strong>Cathedral, Civic Museums, Paper Museum, Historic Garden of Villa Garzoni, Pinocchio Park<br><strong>Borgo a Buggiano<\/strong><br><strong>Montecatini Terme<\/strong> Terme UNESCO heritage, MO.C.A \u2013 Montecatini Contemporary Art, funicular, Montecatini Alto<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Distance<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>97,2 km<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Elevation gain<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>2006 m<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Diffic<\/strong>ulty<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Muscle bike: high (due to elevation)<br>E-bike: high (due to distance)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Photo credit: Alice Russolo<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the \u201cSantiago of Italy,\u201d the loop follows the Cammino di San Jacopo, crossing the Montalbano and circling around the southern part of the Padule di Fucecchio.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":8189,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","categoria-itinerari":[],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/valdinievoleturismo.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/itinerario\/17285"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/valdinievoleturismo.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/itinerario"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/valdinievoleturismo.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/itinerario"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/valdinievoleturismo.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/itinerario\/17285\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17288,"href":"https:\/\/valdinievoleturismo.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/itinerario\/17285\/revisions\/17288"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valdinievoleturismo.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/valdinievoleturismo.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"categoria-itinerari","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valdinievoleturismo.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categoria-itinerari?post=17285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}