Friuli – Venezia Giulia

While cycling along the wine roads around Prepott0 / Prapotno, where the indigenous vines, such as Friulano and Refosco dal Peduncolo rosso, grow, you can follow a terrace-formed hill with vineyards with your sight, but you must get your teeth into a slope for a few times. Start towards south in direction of the wine town Corno di Rosazzo along the road with the houses, which takes you from the centre towards meadows and fields, and enter Gagliano with the Roman and Lombard’s remains. Turn left through the typical rural landscape and then turn right from the main road for Prepotto / Prapotno, where the path continues along the high tracts of Spessa past renowned wine growers and takes you to the park Bosco Romagno. The name of the park, full of numerous tree species, is of Lombard origin. Then the route rises up to Craoreto / Kravoret and down goes down to Dolegna del Collio / Dolenje, after crossing the border river Iudrio / Idrija, which flows underneath Kolovrat. Taking a steep ascend to the group of houses with the name Restocina / Raztočno from Dolegna / Dolenje, which is located on the road of wine and flavours as well as wine and cherries. From there you continue downwards to Mernicco / Mernik and then through Albana / Ibana di Prepotto / Prapotno. On this route you come across another bridge over Iudrio / Idrija named Ponte dello Schioppettino, which got its name after equally named indigenous vine with black berries, which provide for the special elegance and gentleness of the red wines from Prepotto / Prapotno. Continue cycling from Albana / Ibana over a hill passing the hamlet Cialla / Čela and reaching the wine-growing slopes of Montebello and Fornalis at the south-eastern edge of Cividale del Friuli / Čedad. Enter Cividale / Čedad after passing by the hamlet Fornalis from the eastern part at the exit for Castelmonte / Stara Gora.