Piemonte without a car | Stage 1: Ivrea-Andrate

From Ivrea station, at the foot of the historic center, cross the Dora Baltea and head east, at the foot of the Morenic Amphitheater, in the direction of Cascinette di Ivrea and Lake Campagna, located east of Lake Sirio. Once you reach the Parafagiolo region, head north, following the western shore of the lake at a distance. After leaving the lake, follow a stretch of the road between Cascinette d'Ivrea and Chiaverano, a "slow and good living" city and of Rosmarinus officinalis, which is intensely cultivated here. Then turn left to follow a route on a little-used road, up to the height of the Torbiera di Chiaverano, where you turn right for a short stretch on the SP 75 dei Laghi Morenici. At the height of a small wood, before a grassy area, after about 300 m., the route leaves the provincial road: turn right following the signpost 860. The path passes the peat bog to the north in a westerly direction then turns to the north-east going up the hill, first on dirt roads, then on asphalted sections passing next to Casale Montresco, in the Bienca di Chiaverano area, among small fruit crops. You then pass the homonymous hill, passing not far from the remains of the Roman aqueduct of Ivrea, consisting of a covered masonry conduit that winds along a route of over 7 kilometers, starting from the Maresco di Bienca area through the Cinque Laghi area, reachable with a small detour, and then going up again towards the north reaching the hamlet of Bienca. Always following the signpost, you go up a dirt road, passing through Prà San Pietro, you cross the SP419 della Serra in the Termaina area. From here, up to the outskirts of Andrate - the balcony of the Canavese - you always go uphill along the ancient mule track, still with a cobbled surface, which connected Ivrea to Andrate reaching the end of the stage.

Ivrea can be reached by train from Turin Porta Nuova in 1h-1h,15 with the Turin-Aosta railway line www.trenitalia.com.

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Ivrea Industrial City of the 20th Century, listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2018
Historic Olivetti factories; residential and social buildings designed by famous architects; MAAM – Open-air museum of modern Olivetti architecture, Laboratory-Museum Tecnologic@mente)
Ivrea Castle (Castle of the Red Towers)Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta
Santo Stefano Tower
Historic center (Piazza Nazionale better known as Piazza di Città, Piazza Ottinetti (formerly Piazza Distretto); Porta Vercelli and the Borghetto (medieval nucleus)
Roman amphitheater and archaeological areaPier Alessandro Garda Civic Museum (in the Bishop's Palace)
The Dora Baltea and the Naviglio
The Historic Carnival (in February)
Campagna Lake and Lake Sirio and San Michele
The Castle of San GiuseppeChiaverano peat bog (La Ghée)
Remains of the Roman aqueduct of Eporedia
Andrate, its churches, the Ecomuseum of peasant civilization, Villa Rubino (Croce Serra Castle).