Top 5 Lakes around Castagnole Piemonte

Can easily be tackled with a gravel bike 🚴🏽

And a beautiful trail in the middle of the lakes, too bad that with so much vegetation you can't see the lakes much

A recently created wetland (late 2025) on what was once the Parpaglia farm's hemp maceration plant. A sign (unfortunately already defaced by a few deaf people) explains that the purpose is to provide a natural-like habitat for the amphibians, reptiles, and aquatic birds that once swarmed the park. Aside from its eco-educational purposes, it's a lovely pond, with benches and a bike park, nestled among fields and pastures, shaded by trees, and offering a beautiful view of Parpaglia Castle. A lovely place for a break, a great destination for a day trip.

One of the springs (also called "resurgences") that give the Airasca-Moretta bike path its name (the "road of the resurgences"). You can get there by taking a small detour from the bike path in Cercenasco, near the bridge over the Lemina: follow the Lemina along the left bank, first on asphalt and then on a moderate dirt road. Following the signs, you leave the river bank and follow a dirt road that's mostly grassy, reaching the spring in about a hundred meters. The spring appears as a pond with two channels branching off; depending on the water table, it may even be empty. The pond is home to a few ducks, but they aren't very trusting and quickly flee—just be aware that walking to the spring will disturb the ducks. Near the spring, there's a stone table and benches in the shade of a beautiful oak; around it, other notable oaks provide shade and a spectacular view. You can then continue along the dirt road along the banks of the Lemina River, reaching Cascina Canali and the hamlet of Appendini. The location is very beautiful and worth the detour; even the roughest dirt road isn't overly potholed, and with a little caution, you can reach it on almost any bicycle.

Very nice circular route

A short walk from the historic center of Carmagnola lies a protected area of great natural interest: La Lanca di San Michele, an ancient riverbed, now abandoned, which has transformed into a beautiful wetland rich in flora and fauna typical of the river environment, and the Bosco del Gerbasso where, thanks to valuable scientific work, a strip of the original Po Valley floodplain forest has been recreated. Inside, there is a beach, picnic area, observation points, and many other points of interest.

Nice compact path that passes between the two quarry lakes at the Po Morto. Pay attention to the roots.

Path that joins two stretches of dirt roads passing through the lakes of the Po Morto oxbow. It is a former agricultural track, and in many places the two tracks can still be seen. The surface is compact and quite good, just with a lot of protruding roots: all in all, it is better than many urban cycle paths. A racing bike might have some problems, but any other bike can get through it.