21. Argenta – Valli di Comacchio

The stage is also easy and winds along the tops or at the foot of the banks of the river Reno. Almost all in the open countryside. To admire the life of the wetlands.

From Argenta, starting from the parish church, you arrive at the crossing of Via Nazionale or SS16, and then you return to the bank of the river Reno, along which this and the next stage will wind. After passing the hamlet of San Biagio, in one of the rare bends of the river, you will find yourself at the Bastia bridge, the last possibility to stock up on water.

CAMPOTTO VARIANT: instead from Campotto, from the SP 38 take Via Bastia Levante and arrive at the Bastia bridge (from Campotto to the embankment it is 7 km; from the center of Argenta to the embankment it is 6 km).

You proceed on the embankment or on the underlying gravel road when this has not been cleaned, surrounded on the right and on the left by crops typical of the reclamation, interspersed with numerous canals. You pass near Palazzo Tamba or Villa Sant’Anna, a large 19th century manor house now abandoned. You then arrive at the intersection of the SP 10 with the SP 15 (which leads to Alfonsine). Nearby there is the Sanctuary of the Madonna del Bosco.

ANITA VARIANT: There is also the possibility of arriving at Anita where there is also a hostel. Continuing straight on the embankment of the Reno you arrive at the Prato Pozzo farmhouse. (note: from the embankment-variant of Anita to Prato Pozzo it is 6.6 km; from the embankment to Anita it is 2.6 km)