Cortina to Belluno

We had a nice breakfast (buffet) at the Hotel Royal in Cortina, then loaded our luggage in our "little yellow van", hopped on our bikes and headed down the bike path towards Belluno. The path follows the Piave River Valley. After our mid-day snack, Anna and I were enjoying our ride so much, we missed a sharp right turn, adding 1.8 miles to our bicycling adventure for the days. We managed to return to the right path using the mapping app provided by the company. Biked down back roads and bike paths through mostly deserted towns (a new four lane highway bypassed those towns) past large sand and gravel operations, steep hills and mountains on either side. Clearly this is a river that sees flash floods often. After an exchange of messages over Whatsapp, tour leader, Peter, found us and directed us past a diversion in the route that was fairly complicated where the river left the steep mountains. A few more miles, partly over what once was a road during Roman times, and then working our way thru the streets of Belluno, we found our way to our hotel,Read more