Secchieta Wind Turbines – Vallombrosa Abbey loop from Saltino

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Secchieta Wind Turbines – Vallombrosa Abbey loop from Saltino

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Secchieta Wind Turbines – Vallombrosa Abbey loop from Saltino

04:18

40.3km

1,210m

Mountain biking

Hard mountain bike ride. Very good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 21, 2026

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Includes a very steep uphill segment

You may need to push your bike.

After 20.4 km for 297 m

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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1.44 km

Santa Caterina Forest Road to Monte Secchieta

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

Shortly after the Santa Caterina restaurant, a beautiful and challenging forest road about 6 km long starts which, passing through Macinaia, leads to the top of Monte Secchieta. The surface …

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6.75 km

Secchieta Wind Turbines

Highlight • Monument

Mount Secchieta is certainly a place that lends itself well to various mountain bike rides, with gravel only being the main road on the ridge. Be careful because it is …

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8.42 km

Panoramic View of the Valdarno

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After a steep downhill single track immersed in the woods, you arrive at a natural terrace that opens onto the Valdarno.
Below us, the protected area called: "Forest of Sant’Antonio. …

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8.79 km

Water source near the Capanna delle Guardie

Highlight • Rest Area

Source of water at the Capanna delle Guardie

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34.2 km

Fratelli d'Italia Trees – Among the Tallest in Italy

Highlight • Natural Monument

easy-flowing path with views of two imposing trees among the highest in Italy

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34.2 km

The Giants of Italy – Douglas Fir Giants of Vallombrosa

Highlight • Natural Monument

In the Biogenetic Reserve of Vallombrosa (Fi), in the Florentine Mountains, on the northern slopes of the Pratomagno Massif, there are the tallest plants of the whole Italian peninsula; Monumental …

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34.6 km

Metato di Vallombrosa

Highlight • Mountain Hut

Former chestnut drying room, now a meeting place for charitable and volunteer communities with the sole purpose of helping others and breathing fresh air.
(Source: facebook.com/Metato-di-Vallombrosa)

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36.3 km

Riserva naturale Vallombrosa

Nature Reserve

37.6 km

Arboreto Cellini

Forest

38.1 km

Benedictine abbey surrounded by beech and fir forests. Valombrossa was founded in 1038 by the Florentine nobleman Giovanni Gualberto and became the motherhouse of the Vallumbrosan Order. The church can …

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