A birdwatching experience in the nature reserves north of Ravenna
Crossing wonderful landscapes suspended between earth and water, a pleasant boat trip, a chance to go birdwatching and spot the flamingos that live on this coast.
That's BikeinBO's bike tour to the Pialassa della Baiona, north of Ravenna!
• Green tour • On bike • Private tour
7 hs / 33 km on flat land
Medium
Watch out: In order to join one of our bike tours you need to be confident in your use of a bicycle
Pialassa della Baiona is situated 10 km north of Ravenna. It comprises around 1100 hectares of wetlands connected to the Adriatic Sea. This haven for sea-water wildlife made of lagoons, sea arms, artificial water canals and embankments, gets completely covered by sea water with the arrival of the high tide. Its embankments, rich with vegetation, are the main nutrition area for some of the nesting birds who inhabit it. The river banks display typical fishing huts (called “bilancioni” or “padelloni”) which illustrate part of our history and our present. Giuseppe Garibaldi, when escaping from Rome, stayed in fact in one of these huts, nowadays open to the public.
The tour goes across this paradise far away from the city’s traffic and chaos. Our environmental guide, both on a bike and on a comfortable boat, will guide you through this oasis in search of the beautiful pink flamingos that live here, along with many other species such as oystercatchers, kestrels, sea swallows, hawks, shelducks and herons. The tour will not end before offering you a delicious piadina (traditional flatbread) in a restaurant near the sea in the charming Marina Romea and a relaxing hour to do some shopping or gather your strength back. We will return following an alluring bike lane that crossing through small sea villages will take us back to Ravenna.
Road base: 10% on tarmac and 90% on gravel and bike paths.
Dress code:
Sportswear
Tecnical advices:
1 lt of water. Energizing bars. Repellent spray
Before the tour please nourish yourself with light and energizing products.
The sequence and the number of visited highlights may be subject of last -minute changes
Natural area
Natural area
Via dell'Indipendenza 69/a
40120 Bologna
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