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Lake Piano – Old Porlezza Road loop from Laino

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Lake Piano – Old Porlezza Road loop from Laino

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Lake Piano – Old Porlezza Road loop from Laino

03:57

54.3km

1,060m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: June 13, 2026

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After 13.1 km for 68 m

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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6.87 km

Osteno Village and Lakeside View

Highlight • Settlement

Nice place with small localities and direct view of the lake.

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15.3 km

Lake Piano

Highlight • Lake

The small lake “Lago di Piano” is located in Val Menaggio in a nature reserve and offers an interesting opportunity to observe various water birds. The path begins in the …

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15.7 km

Former railway line Menaggio-Porlezza

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

Was afraid of the steep access to the pass till I found out that you are actually biking on an old railway track. Smooth inclinations, tunnels, forests, bridges all separated …

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20.5 km

Menaggio–Porlezza Cycle Path Tunnel

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This itinerary follows the route of the old railway which from 1884 to 1939 connected Menaggio with Porlezza on Lake Lugano. The route develops in Val Menaggio, mostly on asphalted …

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26.1 km

Lakeside Dock at Lago di Piano

Highlight • Lake

Adjacent to the parking lot is a beautiful jetty

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30.2 km

Lakeside Road to Menaggio

Highlight • Cycleway

Beautiful cycle path, very easy, mostly asphalted, well signposted, well shaded, last km to Menaggio in contact with car traffic. Recommended!!!

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35.4 km

Old Porlezza Road

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

In order to catch the entrance one must first on the sidewalk next to the road change. If you miss that, then you have to lift the wheel in front …

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54.3 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

34.6 km

12.7 km

4.44 km

1.99 km

340 m

227 m

Surfaces

38.3 km

12.8 km

1.97 km

661 m

606 m

Elevation

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Weather

Wednesday 1 July

29°C

16°C

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Comments

September 4, 2021,Von Menaggio Comer See zum Lugano See und zurück

This tour is now very well signposted and partly leads on a disused railway line 😊👍

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October 2, 2023,Lago di Lugano

A short detour to Lake Lugano, which is also very attractive. There were crowds of people out and about today, which isn't really our thing. Nice tour, new perspectives, well-developed bike path with a few dropouts.

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June 11, 2025,pedal and peroni

Bloody bobby sausage fingers bonked up the start of the trip from menaggio to porlezza and it was nothing to do with peach schnapps

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Lake Piano – Old Porlezza Road loop from Laino

Osteno Village and Lakeside View

Lake Piano

Former railway line Menaggio-Porlezza

Menaggio–Porlezza Cycle Path Tunnel

Lakeside Dock at Lago di Piano

Lakeside Road to Menaggio

View of Mount San Salvatore

Old Porlezza Road

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