012 With the road bike in Val d'Ultimo

Course: Naturno (554 m) - Lagundo (350 m) - Marlengo (363 m) - Lana (290 m) - Merano (324 m) - Naturno (554 m)

From the town center of Naturno, we take Via Stazione / Bahnhofstraße to the bridge, the starting point of the cycle path on the Lungoadige / Etschdamm. We turn left onto the cycle path towards Merano. We pass through the villages Plaus and Rablà until we reach Tel. There, we cross the state road and take the new cycle path to Lagundo which takes us downhill to the town's open air swimming pool. We cross the wooden bridge and continue to the next intersection, where we turn left to the Forst brewery. Near the brewery we cross the state road again and take the climb leading to Marlengo. Via a hilly road we arrive in Marlengo. We pass through the town and descend to Cermes and then Lana (signposted). Arrived at the first roundabout, we turn right and take the climb that leads to Val d’Ultimo. The road winds in serpentines along the mountain. Upon reaching the crossroads for Pavicolo, we continue towards S. Pancrazio (780 m). We ride on, passing Santa Valburga (1130 m), until we reach the lake of Zoccolo. Riding alongside the lake, we reach Pracupola and then S. Nicolò (1271 m). Finally we arrive at S. Gertrude (1500 m) the highest point of this itinerary. From there, we continue downhill the same road we covered coming from Lana. We turn right at the roundabout and continue along the road towards Postal. We pass Lana di Mezzo and the open air swimming pool of Lana to Postal. We keep left at the roundabout and continue to Merano. We pass through the city of Merano and continue towards Lagundo and Val Venosta. In Lagundo the last climb to Tel awaits us. From Tel, we continue along the Val Venosta cycle path to Naturno.