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If you have an older gps with a maximum track length of 500 trackpoints you will need to cut the tracks files in half using Garmin Basecamp or a similar program. Alternatively, if prefer to simplify the files, you can use the convert page on www.gpsies.com - click on the options button then move the slider to set the maximum number of trackpoints to 500 (don’t forget to set the output option to gpx track).

Please use the contact form on the website if you find any errors, or changes (eg road closures) or good or bad things you’d want other cyclists to know about.

GPS tracks

The download package includes gps tracks for the sections of the route that I’ve ridden. For other sections I think it’s better, and more honest, to send you to the place where you can find the gps tracks and download them for yourself. Obviously as I haven’t ridden these bits I can’t vouch for the quality of the route or the quality of the track although I would regard all of these sources as reliable.

In Friuli Venezia-Giulia

The Open Street Map maps show the eurovelo 8 as it arrives into Italy and then the Val Rosandra/Giordano Cottur cycleway out of Trieste to Draga Sant’Elia where it connects to the regional FV2. The FVG2 takes you to Grado where it joins the Ciclovia Alpe-Adria Radweg (also shown on the OSM maps) which takes you to Aquileia.

The download package includes my tracks between Muggia and Duino, as well as my suggested connection with the Trieste cycleway. I have also included tracks for the route from here to Porto Tolle at the mouth of the Po.

In the Veneto

All the variants of the route through the Veneto are shown on the OSM maps. I have included tracks of the route I took.

The polesineterratraduefiumi.it includes a Google map of the Sinistra Po (north bank) route between Porto Tolle and Ostiglia (click on ‘ Visualizza Sinistra Po in una mappa di dimensioni maggiori’ then download the kml file from Google Maps).

In Emilia-Romagna

The Sinistra Po cycleway is shown on the OSM maps as far as Ostiglia on the border with Lombardia. The Destra Po cycleway is shown as far as Bondeno. The ferraraterraeacqua.it includes tracks for the Destra Po from Ferrara to the coast and the route between Ferrara and Bondeno.

The cycle-r.it website has gpx tracks for these routes:

In Lombardia

The detour via Mantova is shown on the OSM maps as well as some stretches of the main route.

The Po cycleways website (lecicloviedelpo.movimentolento.it) has lots of useful downloads

In Piemonte

The Po cycleway is shown on the OSM maps from Casale Monferrato as far as Sanfront. The Via Pedemontana is shown from the intersection with the Po cycleway as far as Cuneo - this is also included in the download pack including my suggestion for a quiet route out of Cuneo.

Waypoints

I have included waypoints for drinking water, campsites and hostels, train stations, bike shops etc. This isn't a comprehensive selection, but hopefully will be useful. Note that some of these waypoints are drawn from the Open Street Map maps and are © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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