Verdi route
- Travelling time: One day
- Difficulty: Easy
- Why we love it: Cycle path to discover the land of Verdi
- Length: 43 km
- Total Elevation Gain: 5 m
- Way to travel: By bike
- Cost: 0 €
- Our Advice: Open year-round except in adverse weather conditions
The route is flat and circular for a total of approximately 43 km, partly on bike path or on country roads with little traffic.
Starting directly from Busseto for example via Ziliani (the road leading to the Verdi's museum ) after 9 km you will arrive Sant'Agata, you can tour the residence of Giuseppe Verdi. It is a nineteenth century villa with swimming pool, it contains original furnishings and memorabilia of the master Giuseppe Verdi.
After a brief stop at the house, we leave in direction to Polesine and from here to Zibello following along the Embankment Master Po. Sant'Agata-Zibello 10 Km.
After stopping in the square of Zibello we leave for Samboseto along streets lined with crops and barren parts and you can also encounter hawks, herons, ducks and so on.
Then we reach the farm "Le Piacentine", where during the 70s were shot many scenes of the film "Novecento" by Bernardo Bertolucci. To visit the court you must ask for permission in advance. Zibello - Piacentine 12.0 Km.
On the way back you will meet with the small village Roncole, Giuseppe Verdi’s birthplace o. 3 Km.
And then back to Busseto. 9 Km.
In Busseto you can visit "Casa Barezzi". Antonio Barezzi was the patron of the young Verdi, who married his daughter with whom he had two sons.
An ecofriendly stay near the trek:
A farmhouse from the 900, dipped in the green and beautiful farms of La Bassa, the lowland of Po river. A few minutes from the shores of the Great River, the farmhouse has been renovated internally without losing traditional flavours and suggestions.