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Long Distance Cycling recommended route Long Distance Cycling  · Biella

WOOLSCAPE - CERVO VALLEY LOOP

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    Bike route that aims to enhance the connection between the textile industry and the Biella area, highlighting the wool landscape and its cultural and historical influence.

    moderate
    Distance 56.3 km
    4:25 h
    745 m
    741 m
    759 m
    239 m

    A bike journey into the heart of the Biella textile area, along a loop that weaves nature, industrial archaeology, and contemporary creativity. The Woolscape Cervo route crosses ancient wool mills, workers’ villages, hat factories, chimneys, and mansions transformed into cultural centers. The route runs through Biella, Tollegno, Miagliano, Sagliano Micca, Pettinengo, and Vigliano Biellese, touching iconic sites of the "wool landscape."

    You pedal within a geography of memory, among work architectures and hill landscapes, following an open-air narrative that connects the manufacturing past with present-day art. Must-see stops include Michelangelo Pistoletto’s Cittadellarte, the Sella Foundation, Villa Piazzo, and the Botto Wool Mill, now places of community, culture, and regeneration.

    An accessible loop route full of suggestions, ideal for those seeking an authentic cycle touring experience, immersed in the social history and beauty of Biella.

    Author’s recommendation

    In autumn, the Cervo loop lights up with warm colors: among the woods of Pettinengo and Miagliano, the foliage wraps wool mills and workers’ villages in a landscape where nature and industrial memory merge. 

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    moderate
    Overall difficulty
    moderate

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    759 m
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    239 m
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    Country House Villa Piazzo Elephant Fritz
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    LAGO DELLA VECCHIA
    ALFREDO RIVETTI
    Oratorio di Sant'Antonio
    Cittàdellarte Fondazione Michelangelo Pistoletto
    Country House Villa Piazzo Elephant Fritz
    Castello di Cerreto
    Santuario della Madonna delle Grazie di Banchette

    Public transport

    Public-transport-friendly

    The starting point is easily reachable by train

    Parking

    Parking Biella Station, Piazza San Paolo 2

    Coordinates

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    45.571351, 8.055749
    DMS
    45°34'16.9"N 8°03'20.7"E
    UTM
    32T 426321 5046857
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    Difficulty
    moderate
    Overall difficulty
    moderate

    Derived from the technical difficulty and the stamina requirements.

    Distance
    56.3 km
    Duration
    4:25 h
    Ascent
    745 m
    Descent
    741 m
    Highest point
    759 m
    Lowest point
    239 m
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