{"id":38605,"date":"2026-04-10T15:28:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T13:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/la-bella-vita.club\/?p=38605"},"modified":"2026-04-10T15:50:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T13:50:28","slug":"italias-disused-railway-lines-become-dream-routes-for-cyclists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/la-bella-vita.club\/en\/italiens-stillgelegte-bahnstrecken-werden-zu-traumrouten-fuer-radfahrer\/","title":{"rendered":"Italy's disused railway lines: Today dream routes for cyclists"},"content":{"rendered":"

From Levanto to Bonassola<\/strong>\u00a0<\/sub>Photo: stock.adobe.com\/Frankix<\/sub><\/sup><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The insider tip for cyclists in Italy - the \"greenways\". Disused railway lines that have been converted into fantastic cycle paths.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Italy with a difference: according to the latest figures, over 2 million cyclists use Italy's cycle paths every year - and the trend is rising. The former railway lines are particularly popular, the so-called Greenways<\/em>which mostly lead car-free through breathtaking landscapes - from the Ligurian coast to the Dolomites<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Pontebbana cycle path in Friuli-Venezia Giulia<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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In the north-east of Italy, in the border triangle between Austria, Italy and Slovenia, you will find one of the most beautiful railway cycle paths in Italy: this 67-kilometre cycle path runs along the former railway line from Tarvisio to Moggio Udinese along the Fella river through the impressive mountains of Friuli-Venezia Giulia.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The route is very well developed and asphalted, with a few bypasses. You cycle 43 kilometres on the railway line, on which the 500 metres in altitude can be managed without much effort. There are only a few short ascents and descents on the bypasses. The route includes 28 railway tunnels. The Pontebbana, or Pontafel railway, was opened in 1879. The line was closed in 2000 and opened to cyclists in sections from 2005.<\/p>\n\n\n\n