Greenway del Valle Trompia

Concesio

Concesio is the first town in the valley and the starting point of the bike path for those coming from Brescia.

Birthplace of Saint Paul VI: In the historic center, a short distance from the route, is the house where Giovanni Battista Montini, the future Pope Paul VI, was born in 1897.

Paolo VI Collection – Contemporary Art: Not far away, it is one of the most important collections of sacred and contemporary art in Italy, with over 7,000 works.

Villa Carcina

Continuing along the Mella towards the north, you come across Villa Carcina, a town with an ancient industrial tradition and elegant monumental heritage.

Villa Glisenti: Villa from the early 20th century set in a large secular park open to the public, connected to the bike path by short municipal links. It hosts exhibitions, cultural events, and the municipal library, making it an ideal stop in the greenery.

Sarezzo

Sarezzo is a central hub of the Media Valle Trompia, where the main valley meets the Val Gobbia.

Museum of the Hammers of Sarezzo: Website of the Museum System of Valle Trompia, it houses an ancient hydraulic hammer for the processing of wrought iron. It can be reached from the bike path via a dedicated connection and tells the centuries-old metallurgical tradition of the valley.

Gardone Val Trompia

Historical and cultural capital of the valley, Gardone Val Trompia is known worldwide for its centuries-old arms tradition and manufacturing excellence.

Mella Park: The bike path directly crosses this green lung overlooking the river, with pedestrian paths, playgrounds, and picnic areas.

Museum of Arms and Arms Tradition: Just a few minutes from the route, it houses a large collection of cold and firearms that narrate the technological evolution of the valley from the Middle Ages to today.

Marcheno

As you ascend the valley, the landscape becomes greener and more mountainous, and the bike path runs through particularly scenic stretches alongside the riverbed.

Rovedolo Park: A large equipped green area, directly on the Greenway route, ideal for a break in nature.

Vandeno locality: One of the most picturesque points of the bike path, where the trail runs alongside the clear waters of the streams of the namesake nature trail.

Tavernole on Mella

Tavernole marks the entrance to the Alta Valle Trompia and preserves one of the most precious historical and ethnographic testimonies of the Brescia territory.

Museum The Oven of Tavernole: 15th-century smelting complex, directly on the bike path, it is the symbol of the ancient iron road of the valley. It preserves the tower of the smelting furnace, the channels for the water wheels, and the rooms dedicated to the extraction and processing of the ore.

Pezzaze

The territory of Pezzaze holds the underground heart of the mining tradition of the valley.

Marzoli Mine: With a short uphill detour from the Greenway towards the hamlet of Stravignino, you enter the mine aboard an electric train. The guided tour traverses the tunnels and tells the hard life of miners from the past.

Bovegno

Bovegno is the historic village of the Alta Valle Trompia that marks the northern endpoint of the main route of the Greenway.

Mella Park – end of the bike path: Large equipped park surrounded by mountains, it is the terminus of the valley floor path: an ideal destination for families and cyclists and a starting point for those continuing by road bike towards Collio, San Colombano, and the Passo Maniva.