Ridingaroundthe thermal center of ComanoTheroute starts at the car park (opposite the bar Al Pont, main road,bridge) where you go south towards the spring. At the main road [3]you turn to the left and follow it uphill to Campo Lomaso. After the2ndleft hairpin bend [4] you leave the main road and you join thetarmaced secondary road on the right hand side to Campo Lomaso. Atthe crossing near the cemetery [5] you turn to the left to the centreof the town. You follow the main road [6] for about 300 m in thedirection of Vigo Lomaso. Then you turn to the left, dir Poia [7].You follow the cart-track to Poia, leave the Albergo Fiore [10]behind, cross the main road [11] and take the tarmaced cart-track onthe right at the Co-op [Famiglia Cooperativa,[12], dir Ponte Balandinand Villa Banale. When you reach the highly frequented country road[14] you turn to the right, follow the road and turn to the leftafter 700 m [15]. Now you take the sign posted hiking trail toBalandin bridge (attention please: you have to cross the road!) Youcross the new pedestrian bridge which is the lowest point of the tour[17], turn to the left and climb the serpentine bends. A few metresbefore the road hits the main road [18] there is a very steepcart-track on the right which leads directly through the wood toVilla Banale. This track becomes better and less steep at the end.Near Villa Banale you reach the main road again [19] and you turn tothe left and immediately to the right [20] towards the village andthe church on the hill. Afterwards you turn to the right [21], passthe church and cycle uphill parallel to the main road. After exactly1 km you reach a junction with three paths [22] where you choose theleft one. It is now when you meet up with the DBB-track for 2 km dirPremione [23], you cross the main road and the cart-track near thechurch leads you straight ahead down the hill to Ponte Arche. Youreach the main road [25], you turn to the left and you continuedownhill to the starting point. Short of the bridge you cross theSarca river [26], you turn to the left to the park, you cross theroofed wooden pedestrian bridge [27], you pass an ice cream parlour[28] and the town hall [29], and you cycle back to the start.
Start:PonteArche – the car park opposite the bar Al PontCharacter:Shorttour to get to know the Sarca valley. Well-constructed paths willlead you from Ponte Arche via Poia and the Sarca gorge to VillaBanale and back.