The best cycling routes around Lainate

The main historic bridge over the Villoresi Canal in Garbagnate Milanese is located on Via Peloritana. Dating back to 1877, it is a fundamental infrastructure for city traffic and is situated near the local station, the starting point of the famous Villoresi Canal Cycle Path.

Parco del Roccolo (Metropolitan City of Milan) It is a large, flat protected area located in the Altomilanese region, created to safeguard the agricultural landscape and curb urban expansion. Municipalities included: Arluno, Busto Garolfo, Canegrate, Casorezzo (park headquarters), Nerviano, and Parabiago. Features: The territory is composed of 80% agricultural land (corn, wheat, and sunflower crops) intersected by a dense irrigation network derived from the Villoresi Canal. There are native wooded areas (acacias, oaks) and quarry lakes. Activities: Flat cycle paths ideal for walking, jogging, and cycle touring. The name derives from the "roccolo", an ancient plant structure with a central turret used in the past for bird trapping (hunting with nets), which is now forbidden.

Villa Arconati, located in Castellazzo di Bollate and nicknamed the "little Lombard Versailles", is one of the most majestic examples of a Baroque villa di delizia in Italy. The residence is entirely nestled in the green heart of the Parco delle Groane and the Brughiera Briantea, perfectly integrating art, monumental architecture, and nature.

The Villa Visconti Borromeo Arese Litta, located in Lainate (on the outskirts of Milan), is one of the most famous and spectacular "delight villas" in Northern Italy. Conceived at the end of the 16th century by Count Pirro I Visconti Borromeo, the residence is universally famous for its extraordinary Nymphaeum with water features, a masterpiece of hydraulic engineering and artistic decoration unique in Europe, designed to amaze, refresh, and entertain the nobles of the time.

Views from the Olona River Bridge🌊

The Parco della Rosa Camuna in Lainate (MI) is a green area of 52,000㎡ known for its artificial pond in the shape of a Rosa Camuna, the symbol of Lombardy. Fed by the Villoresi canal, the park offers cycle and pedestrian paths, wooden walkways, and wooded areas, consolidating the relationship between the Lura stream and the Villoresi canal. The Rosa Camuna is one of the most famous rock carvings in Valcamonica, dating back to the Iron Age (7th-6th century BC). It represents a four-armed whirligig with 9 cupels (dots) and often symbolizes a star, and has been adopted by the Lombardy Region as its own emblem.

Canale Villoresi🌊excellent for bikes 🚴and pedestrians🚶

From the Arconati family to the Busca family, around the mid-1900s the Villa was inherited by Donna Beatrice Crivelli, who is responsible for its preservation today. In 1907, the Villa still had some intact rooms, including the music room, the library, the yellow bedroom, and the reception room. After a series of decorative interventions during the early 1900s, the small portion still inhabited was renovated in the 1970s, until 1989, when all the valuable items still housed within were sold at auction.