Published on: 16 March 2013 | Last updated: 17 March 2018
The Ciclabile del Mincio is a 35-kilometre cycleway along the river Mincio linking Peschiera del Garda in the Veneto and Mantova in Lombardia. The cycleway is an important link in the Ciclopista del Sole (eurovelo 7) but is also a very popular day-ride.
There’s also a video on youtube (courtesy VeronaReport). It’s worth a look even if you don’t speak Italian:
I must admit that after watching this video I was kicking myself for not having made a stop at Borghetto - although I have stopped at its close neighbour, Valeggio sul Mincio which I’d also definitely recommend
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What to see
Peschiera del Garda is lovely little place but probably it’s chief attraction is the Gardaland theme park. Borghetto on the route is a great place to make a stop, as is its larger neighbour Valeggio.
Mantova is one of those places that is easy to bypass, but it would be a shame to do so. In particular there’s Andrea Mantegna’s Camera degli Sposi - which, because it was a fresco is one of the few gems that wasn’t bought by the agent of the British king Charles II when Mantova’s ruling family fell on hard times .

Part of the ceiling of the Camera Picta (Camera degli Sposi) by Andrea Mantegna. Palazzo Ducale, Mantova. Picture from the Web Gallery of Art via Wikimedia Commons
Options and connections
If you are cycling in the area there are plenty of options. The excellent Mantova in Bici map/leaflet shows you all of the cycleways in the area, including the network of cycle routes in the Parco Regionale del Mincio - which mean you could make the journey there and back without having to retrace your steps.
As well as being part of the national ciclopista del sole route, the cycleway also connects to national east-west routes the Ciclovia del Po e delle Lagune (eurovelo 8), which follows the river Po to the coast, and the Laghi di Lombardia route (see Lakes of Lombardia and Piemonte on this site).
It also intersects with the the Ciclovia Tirrenica a national route that starts in Verona and heads via Mantova to Parma and then the coast of Toscana.

Detail from the Mantova in Bici map showing the network of cycle routes in the Parco Regionale del Mincio
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