Easy bike tour along the Etschtal Cycle Path.
Family cycling tour through the Etschtal Valley to the city Bolzano/Bozen.
Starting at the Marling/Marlengo church square follow the main road to Lana/Lana. At the first traffic light, turn into Kellereistr./Via Cantina street and then into Lebenbergstr./Via Monte Leone street, just opposite the new winery Meran/Merano. After a few hundred meters, make a left turn on to a dirt road on the Gampenstr./Via Palade street towards Tscherms/Cermes. Just before the village church, turn left onto the cycle track through the fruit orchards. The track is mostly on dust roads leading through spectacular terrain, as far as the Sigmundskron/Firmiano intersection just before Bolzano/Bozen. Then take the road to Bolzano/Bozen (2 km away), or head towards Eppan/Appiano and Kaltern/Caldaro.
At about 25 km, this cycling route can be completed in about 2 hours without any significant variance in altitude.
Starting at the Marling/Marlengo church square, follow the road signs all the way to Lana/Lana.
On the public car parks in the center of Marlengo (next to the fire brigade and in the Traubenwirt's park) can be parked for free for 120 minutes (with parking ticket!). For a longer parking time parking tickets can be solved (0,50 € / hr), whereby two hours are always free.
The bus line 212 goes direct into the centre of Marling/Marlengo.
Good to know:
The suitable bicycle clothing including bicycle helmet, sun protection and sufficient drinking is presupposed.