Bologna - Casalecchio di Reno - Sasso Marconi - Badolo

Length: 21.30 km 

Difference in altitude: +817 m; -515 m 

Time: 6.50 h  

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From Bologna railway station, take Via Indipendenza and arrive in Piazza Maggiore , the real starting point (or arrival) of the Via degli Dei.

From Piazza Maggiore take Via d'Azeglio , pass the house of Lucio Dalla and then turn right into Via Farini  and then left into Via Collegio di Spagna, from which you will continue on the left to arrive at Via Saragozza, where we will meet the last shops and bars to buy the packed lunch of the first stage. Arriving at the Arco del Meloncello, you'll begin to walk along the longest portico in the world: the one that leads to the Sanctuary of the Blessed Virgin of San Luca.

 

After the Basilica, the road continues regularly. Then, after about 500 meters, you reach the Bregoli path, that descends to Parco Talon (Casalecchio di Reno).

In the lower part, however, the path is affected by some landslides, so it is not accessible. After a few hundreds of meters on the left there is the CAI path 900 which is to be taken following new indications and signs that have been placed. This will lead you to Parco Talon (marked in BLUE on the official map image1).​