Day 4 on the Adige bike path: One giant climb before we end the ride in Verona

It’s no longer just downhill along the Adige bike path. Plus tips for your own DIY trip.

Remember the tunnel the train went through as we headed up to Bolzano and beyond? Now we find out how we will will get across that mountain — and it’s not with a bike tunnel.

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Day 3 on the Adige bike path in Italy: Hey, we’re on the Eurovelo 7 route

Another 60 miles of bike path in Italy as we go from Bolzano to Rovereto.

This is the day we leave the Italian province of South Tyrol and the German speakers.

We’re still going downhill, but at an ever-slower rate. On this 60ish-mile day from Bolzano to Rovereto, we will lose about 60 meters in elevation, as much as we did over the 24ish miles between Merano and Bolzano.

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