Touring CSI (6 April - 23 April 2023), Day 14 - Padua to Vicenza

 

Appreciation Dinner as we will be going our separate ways in another 2 days' time

Near Tencarola, embarking on Via Lombardia @ https://maps.app.goo.gl/n7GLirvacEWj76gu7

Blue bridge is part of SS250's Strada Statale

Via Lombardia is mainly gravel and dirt tracks

The bike route runs behind houses and next to farms

Fields are prepped for farming 

Onto another connecting path @ https://maps.app.goo.gl/xMsDHie3FFERdLmW7

Approaching the boom gate

After the boom gate @ https://maps.app.goo.gl/jGLB1A81ZnzDvutk9

Spring flowers in bloom

Passing by the industrial zone, Zona Industriale @ https://maps.app.goo.gl/Wh37Vc3gMGhYvq1y8

Saccolongo

Chiesa Parrocchiale di Santa Maria Assunta in Saccolongo @ https://maps.app.goo.gl/Wh37Vc3gMGhYvq1y8

Toilet break below the bridge for some! @ https://maps.app.goo.gl/q2323cneL57Ln7Sd7

Apple break for others

San Martino Castle @ https://maps.app.goo.gl/XVb4tR9fSfZivVJX8

Trattoria Stella D'Italia for lunch @ https://maps.app.goo.gl/hCrNFefQLoNsF7zBA

Long driveway to park our bikes

Overall a great experience

Cosy place with inside and outside dining

Canola fields in full bloom on Viale Riviera Berica @ https://maps.app.goo.gl/ruqT4zMT73MYKgnU6

We arrived in Vicenza early and began our city tour

Loggia del Capitaniato in Piazza dei Signori

Church of St Vincent in Piazza dei Signori

Palladian Basilica in Piazza dei Signori

Piazza dei Signori

Church of St Mary of servants in Piazza della Biade

Cathedral Santa Maria Annunciata @ https://maps.app.goo.gl/phUpyHWqBMcSHhoh9

Cathedral Santa Maria Annunciata

Palazzo delle Opere Sociali with its 12th century bell tower

Monumento di Vittorio Emanuele II in Piazza del Duomo

Statue of Fedele Lampertico

Ponte degli Angeli

Torrione di Porta Castello

Torrione di Porta Castello

Campo Marzo, a big park near the train station and EuroSpar, where we stopped to get our groceries before ending the tour

Thank you for the memories

Photo credits :

Mindy

Gerard

Kenny

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Ostello Olimpico Vicenza, Viale Antonio Giuriolo, 7/9, 36100 Vicenza VI, Italy @ https://maps.app.goo.gl/6xcALRMyzwksEMZ48 

Photos downloaded from the internet based on memory of the room.