Sentiero della bonifica
The Path of Reclamation of Canale Maestro della Chiana that connects Arezzo with Chiusi, is a path of about 60 kilometers equipped and protected for those who travel slowly, by bike or on foot.
The ancient road used for the maintenance of the canal and the locks constitutes in fact a natural path with no differences in height and particularly suitable for family sports tourism, ideal to integrate with the rail transport that serves this area.
Why make the path of reclamation?
The cycle and pedestrian path of the Canale Maestro della Chiana is also an opportunity to come into direct contact with places and people who tell the territory with important productions such as wine, oil and fruit. Following the path you will discover wineries, squares, oil mills, artisans who often do not fall within the traditional tourism routes. But also testimonies of the Etruscan people, such as the Labyrinth of Porsenna in Chiusi, ancient walls and necropolis such as those of Cortona and Castiglion Fiorentino.
It is a sort of preferential route to the heart of a valley that is frequented but unknown by those who cross it by car or train, towards a whole Tuscany to discover and experience.
In the section activities proposed in our online guide, we propose a bike route that starts from our structure and runs along the entire path of reclamation.
The Sentiero della Bonifica of the Canale Maestro della Chiana that connects Arezzo with Chiusi, is a route of about 60 kilometers equipped and protected for those traveling slowly, by bike or on foot.
The ancient road used for the maintenance of the canal and the locks is in fact a natural track without differences in height and particularly suitable for a family sports tourism, ideal to be integrated with the rail transport that serves this area.
This area was affected, starting from the mid-fourteenth century, by a vast reclamation work that, initiated by the Medici family, continued under the Habsburg-Lorraine using the work of illustrious scientists and skilled engineers such as Leonardo da Vinci, Galileo Galilei and Vittorio Fossombroni, an Arezzo technician to whom the route is dedicated. Today that system of locks of the Grand Ducal era, which is intertwined with the charm of nature, history and typical productions of this slice of Tuscany, has become an ideal itinerary for cyclists, also thanks to the proximity of two railway lines that facilitate the return to the starting point.
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