Cycling Itineraries
The Oropa Cycle Paths
The routes on the Oropa Cycle Paths connect the agricultural plain to the Piedmontese Alps, crossing a beautiful and diverse landscape.
These itineraries are also suitable for less experienced cyclists, who can tackle them in two or more days with an e-bike, and they are also very fun for the most trained cyclists who use muscle bikes.
These are not bike paths, but routes on roads that can also be traveled by car; therefore, not suitable for families with children.
The Serra route, from Santhià to Oropa, and the Canavese route, which connects Ivrea to the Sanctuaries of Belmonte and Oropa, are fully traced, signposted and equipped with accomodations.
Oropa Cycle Path - Serra Route
The cycle path from Santhià to Oropa
The route connects the Santhià train station to the Oropa Sanctuary on a route that after crossing the agricultural plain and the forests of the Serra Morenica, reaches the Alps. On the way back, the loop is closed by passing through Biella and the Bessa Natural Reserve.
119 km - Loop route
Oropa Cycle Path - Canavese Route
The cycle path from Cuorgnè to Oropa
The Cycling itinerary - Canavese route is a path consisting of two large loops that start from the Ivrea train station and head west to the Sacro Monte di Belmonte, to Valle Sacra and to Valchiusella, and reaches the Serra Morenica and the Sanctuary of Oropa: it is therefore possible to ride a single loop or to concatenate the two routes.
145 Km - Loop route
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ROUTES ON THE OROPA CYCLE PATHS
The Oropa Way can be traveled on foot or by bike along routes that differ in difficulty, travel time, and points of interest. Currently active are the Serra route, from Santhià to Oropa, the Canavese route, from Valperga to Oropa, the Oriental route between Vallemosso and Oropa, and the cycling itinerary - Serra route, which from Santhià reaches Oropa on a different route than the walking itinerary, mostly on paved secondary roads.
Orient yourself along the Way is super easy: all routes have signposts.
OFFICIAL APP
You can download the SlowBi App for free: you will find the Way of Oropa in the Itineraries in stages and you can orient yourself with the GPS of your smartphone. If you have a GPS you can download GPX tracks from our website.
Thanks to the collaboration with the Friends of the Via Francigena and the Trail Angels, the Oropa Trail is well maintained: walkers, thanks to the SlowBi App send us in real time any reports of problems with GPS coordinates and the Trail Angels intervene for maintenance. The bike routes are a project of the Slow Movement Network.
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