A nordic walking easy route in San Zeno di Montagna and Prada

District Le Cà and Tenuta Cervi: the views, the woods and the districts

Text

Giorgia Consolini

Trekking, bike and ski touring

Photo

Angela Trawoeger

Creator, photographer and content manager

This is a loop trail, easy in the beginning but it gets more difficult in the second part when you leave the off-road track for the mule-track.

For Nordic Walking beginners and for those who like easy flat paths, just stay on the track on the way back.

Map and GPS-Track

Details

• Technical characteristics

  • Starting point
    San Zeno di Montagna
  • Endpoint
    San Zeno di Montagna
  • Route
    San Zeno – Ponte del Diavolo – Tenuta Cervi – San Bartolomeo – Tenuta Cervi – Ponte del Diavolo – San Zeno
  • Starting height
    680m
  • Highest point
    940m
  • Altitude – ascent/descent
    551m/524m
  • Distance
    8,7 km
  • Duration
    2 hrs

• Difficulty

  • Difficulty
    medium
  • Technical difficulty (1 to 5)
    3
  • Physical training (1 to 5)
    2

• Scenic appeal

  • Experience (1 to 5)
    4
  • Landscape (1 to 5)
    4

• Type of route

  • Round tour
  • Suitable for families and children

• Best time of year

  • All year over

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Points of interest along this nordic walking trail

This walk crosses Contrada La Cà (District La Cà) which is today the entrance of “Tenuta Cervi” (link into italian) donated from Lord Bonoris to the Verona Don Provolo Institute. Here you will find an ancient little Church dedicated to San Pietro and some houses which belong to the Tenuta Cervi workers.
Contrada La Cà is located just after the “Ponte del Diavolo” (Devil’s Bridge) which, according to folk tradition, had a bandit hideout nearby.

In Prada you will find the simple and typically Romanic style San Bartolomeo Church which is worth seeing.

Route description

From San Zeno you walk north and just past Contrada Laguna stay right and follow the signs for “Ponte del Diavolo”. Stay on the main street and past the “Ponte del Diavolo” (after a short climb) you arrive at Contrada La Cà where the easy off-road track begins. For the next 2,5 km you will walk on the level with some slight uphills until you find on your right side an uphill path indicating “Prada” .

Here the path gets steeper than those suggested for Nordic Walking. Keep walking on the mule-track straight ahead for 1Km till you reach a fork in the road: you will be ascending 233m.

Here we suggest you take some minutes to visit San Bartolomeo Church located uphill on your left side.
Back at the fork in the road, keep left going downhill, remaining on path no.36 along the woods, till you get back to Contrada La Cà. The path is a mix of mule-track, stones and woodland. The downhill path will sometimes be steeper than the ideal for Nordic Walking.

You will descent around 2km with a drop of 280m.

Arriving at Contrada La Cà, take a left to go back to where you started.

Variant

This is a loop walk so you can do it both ways.

Shelters, huts or bivouacs along the trail

Along this trail there are no shelters, huts or bivouacs

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The walk during the winter

This itinerary can be done all year round

Our suggestions

• It’s a lovely walk and an easy trek
• The easy off-road track at the beginning is also nice for a family bicycle trip or running trail
• In autumn it’s a beautiful walk just to admire all the changing colours that nature offers
• Do not enter Tenuta Cervi with your car as it’s a restricted traffic zone
• It’s a chestnut tree area, but be careful: in autumn, during the chestnut season, in some areas you are not allowed to collect them!

How to reach the starting point of the trail

The trail starts from Contrada Laguna, the last one north on the main road to San Zeno di Montagna, before turning right along the road to Tenuta Cervi.

Parking

On the main street of San Zeno di Montagna.

Public transport

ATV public transport

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