INDIAN BIKER LADY: MEETING NATURE AND HISTORY ON THE MOUNTAINS OF TRENTINO

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MEETING NATURE AND HISTORY ON THE MOUNTAINS OF TRENTINO - ALTO ADIGE

THE WELCOMING SIGN PUT ON THE PASS OF MONTE CROCE DI COMELICO,

ANNOUNCING THE BORDER BETWEEN THE ITALIAN PROVINCES

OF BELLUNO (REGION OF VENETO) AND BOLZANO

(CORRESPONDING TO THE COUNTY CALLED ALTO ADIGE,

WHICH HAS ALSO THE GERMAN NAME OF SÜDTIROL, WHICH IS

THE NORTHERN PART OF THE REGION TRENTINO - ALTO ADIGE).

HERE WE WERE GOING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION,

HEADED HOME, WHEN I MADE A U-TURN JUST TO TAKE THIS PICTURE.

A full circle roadtrip, running all around the

mountain chain of Dolomiti, in Norther Eastern Italy,

encompassing 3 regions and 6 provinces,

putting 620 kilometers (=385 miles)

on our motorcycles, visiting historical places

and secluded natural spots at the end of June,

during 3 sunny days and 2 starry nights.

WE RODE 620 kM IN 3 DAYS, FULLY ENJOYING 2 PROVINCES FOR EACH ONE
OF THE 3 FURTHER NORTH EAST ITALIAN REGIONS.
. THE 6 PROVINCES ARE: UDINE, PORDENOONE (REGION OF FRIULI VENEZIA GIULIA),
TREVISO AND BELLUNO (REGION OF VENETO),
TRENTO E BOLZANO (REGION OF TRENTINO - ALTO ADIGE)

DAY 1

FROM HOME TO LEVICO TERME (PROVINCE OF TRENTO) = 244 KM

FIRST STOP, IN THE LITTLE TOWN OF POLCENIGO (PROVINCE OF PORDENONE)

LITTLE CHECK NEARBY CORDIGNANO (PROVINCE OF TREVISO)

ON OUR WAY UP TO THE PIAN DEL CANSIGLIO

OXYGENATION UP IN THE REFRESHING WOODS

ARRIVAL IN ALPAGO (PROVINCE OF BELLUNO),
IN THE MAGNIFICENT PLATEAU CALLED PIAN DEL CANSIGLIO,
WHERE SILENCE AND PEACE ARE DOMINATING

A DRINK AT THE LOVELY "CAPANNA GENZIANA"

THE SCENT OF GRASS AND FLOWERS, AND
THE SCENIC VIEW OF THE MAJESTIC MOUNTAINS
MADE US WISH TO STAY THERE FOREVER!

WHILE DESCENDING FROM THE PLATEAU, WE REACHED
THE PRECIOUS LAKE OF SANTA CROCE, AND NOTICED
THAT THE WEATHER WAS CHANGING RAPIDLY.

THE CONTRAST OF COLORS AND THE FAST SHIFTING LIGHT WAS FASCINATING
TO CAPTURE... IRRESISTIBLE TO STAY THERE FOR SOME PICTURES, EVEN AT THE COST TO BE CAUGHT BY THE UPCOMING RAIN!

WE ARRIVED AT THE RESTAURANT JUST ON TIME, WHILE THE THUNDERSTORM WAS PREPARING UPON US. SO WE PARKED OUR MOTORCYCLES BELOW A NEAR SHELTER, SAT DOWN AT OUR TABLE,
AND DURING LUNCH SAW THE MOST SPECTACULAR LIGHTINGS THROUGH THE WIDE WINDOWS,
WHILE THE DARK CLOUDS WERE RUNNING FAST IN THE SKY, BLOWN AWAY BY AN IMPRESSIVE WIND WHICH SPREAD THE RAIN IN ALL DIRECTIONS.

INSIDE THE RESTAURANT, AFTER LUNCH

LEAVING THE RESTAURNT, SOME OF THE CLOUDS
WERE STILL CHARGED WITH WATER
AND WE DECIDED TO WENT ON, SO WE AND OUR BIKES
ENDED UP GETTING WET, BUT JUST FOR A FEW KILOMETERS...
SOON THE SN STARTED TO SHINE AGAIN.

AN EXCITING MEETING AT A FUEL STATION ALONG THE WAY

OUR HOTEL IN LEVICO TERME: THE B612, INSPIRED BY THE NOVEL THE LITTLE PRINCE!

WE'RE PARTICULARLY PLEASED WHEN HOTELS OFFER
A PARKING AREA DEDICATED TO MOTORCYCLES ONLY
PLUS, THE B612 IS A VERY COZY PLACE TO STAY

WALKING OUT THE HOTEL, JUST AROUND THE CORNER,
THERE IS THE ENCHANTING LAKE OF LEVICO!

THE HOTEL B612 HAS ITS OWN BREWERY,
LINKED TO THE ANCIENT BREWERY OF PEDAVENA.
BEERS PEDAVENA AND DOLOMITI ARE SOME OF THEIR BEERS.
DELICIOUS!

DAY 2

FROM LEVICO TERME TO VANDOIES (PROVINCE OF BOLZANO)

WITH A LITTLE DEVIATION IN ROVERETO = 189 KM

THE NEXT DAY, ON THE PLATEAU CALLED ALTOPIANO DELLA VIGOLANA

THE CASTLE OF ROVERETO (PROVINCE OF TRENTO)

INSIDE THE ROVERETO'S CASTLE, THERE'S THE HISTORICAL ITALIAN MUSEUM OF THE WAR,
WITH PERMANENT AND TEMPORARY EXHIBITIONS DEDICATED
TO ALL THE WARS THAT HAVE INVOLVED ITALY AND BEYOND

ROVERETO MAIN SQUARE, PIAZZA ROSMINI, WITH THE BUILDING KNOWN AS PALAZZO DEL BENE

A POINT ALONG THE ROAD SS12 LINKS TRENTO WITH BOLZANO

WHICH IS ALSO CALLED VIA NAZIONALE OR VIA ALTO ADIGE

ALONG THE ROAD VAL PUSTERIA, CALLED SS49,

AND ALSO KNOW WITH ITS EUROPEAN NAME, THAT IS "E66",

THERE IS THE SPECTACULAR RESTING AREA 'LANZ BRIXEN'

WE SLEPT IN THE HOTEL LODENWIRT, IN THE TOWN VANDOIES, IN THE PUSTERIA VALLEY

DAY 3

FROM VANDOIES TO HOME = 187 KM

ALONG THE SS49, THE ROAD OF THE PUSTERIA VALLEY

STOPPING BY IN THE LOVELY TOWN OF SAN CANDIDO (GERMAN NAME: INNCHEN)

SAN CANDIDO'S ABBEY

SAINT MICHAEL CHURCH IN SAN CANDIDO

THE MAIN SQUARE OF SAN CANDIDO, IN THE BACKGROUND THE MOUNTAINS
OF THE TRE CIME / DREI ZINNEN

THE LITTLE TOWNS OF SESTO AND MOSO

THE LAST KILOMETERS SS49

PASSO DI MONTE CROCE DI COMELICO (KREUZBERGPASS),
THAT IN THIS POINT SIGNS THE BORDERLINE BETWEEN
THE REGIONS OF TRENTINO ALTO ADIGE AND VENETO,
WITH ANOTHER VIEW OF THE "TRE CIME" MOUNTAIN