The best road cycling routes around Valle Di Cadore

Always right next to the river, so the climate is great even in midsummer.

From Tai di Cadore you go down the Cavallera road to reach Perarolo di Cadore and continue along Rucorvo, Rivalgo, Ospitale di Cadore, Termine di Cadore and Longarone.

The Strada Regia di Alemagna connected, in the Middle Ages, Venice with Augusta. After crossing the Brenner Pass, the road continued through Pusteria to Dobbiaco, passed Cimabanche and, after crossing the Cadore, descended along the Piave valley to Ponte nelle Alpi. From here it reached Serravalle and Conegliano, to cross the Piave at the Lovadina ford, until reaching the city of Treviso. It then proceeded on an embankment delimited by ditches, known as Terraglio, to Mestre. Today, the stretch that goes from Tai di Cadore to Longarone, represents a stretch of road suitable for cycling tourism, as it is away from the chaotic traffic of the SS51 di Alemagna. It is pleasant to admire the Piave flowing alongside.

It is normally closed to the public. It belongs to the Parish of Perarolo di Cadore. The keys are kept by the family that lives near the church, in the former bar along the old route of the Alemagna state road.

The church replaced a sixteenth-century chapel, demolished for the construction of the old Alemagna state road that still runs alongside the building. It was consecrated in 1825 but expanded in 1850 with the addition of the pronaos. Inside there is a fresco depicting a Madonna with Child placed behind a seventeenth-century wooden altar. A small perforated door, now hanging on the side wall, completed the whole. On the fresco you can see geometric engravings probably indicating "house signs" of the merchants or raftsmen who passed through here on their way to work in Perarolo. Tradition has it that a passing raftsman hit the image of the Madonna with an angier (a tool for hooking logs) ruining her eye and that, as punishment, he died in the Piave on the raft he was sailing on, right at the height of Macchietto and that his son himself lost his eye in an accident and so did all his family members for seven generations.

Gorge and waterfall on Tovanello: it deserves a break sitting down to enjoy the relaxation of nature.

Ospitale di Cadore is a picturesque town located in the province of Belluno, along the Piave Valley. The name "Ospitale" derives from an ancient hospice of the 14th century that welcomed pilgrims and wayfarers; on the facade of the building you can still see a Gothic mullioned window. One of the main cultural attractions of the town is the Ostello Museum, which offers comfortable accommodation and a rich cultural experience. Located in Via Termine 29, the Ostello Museum features a shared kitchen and offers free Wi-Fi. The rooms are simply furnished and offer views of the surrounding mountains. The property is about 19 km from Lake Cadore and 41 km from the Dolomiti Bellunesi National Park. I highly recommend it for the great hospitality and kindness. Hostel frequented by people from different parts of the world.

A town of less than 400 inhabitants in the province of Belluno, Perarolo is located not far from the confluence of the Boite and the Piave. Of particular interest in the municipal territory is the Museum of the cìdolo and of the timber, where the first is a typical structure of the Cadore that blocked the trunks that descended by river, allowing the water to flow.