013 Tour around the hollow of Merano

Course: Naturno (554 m) – Tel (508 m) – Lagundo (350 m) – Marlengo (390 m) – Cermes (292 m) – castle Monteleone – restaurant “Tschigg” (950 m) – plateau “Almboden” (1.350 m) – church of S. Martino (1.267 m) – restaurant “Mühltal” (1.200 m) – restaurant “Brünnl” (875 m) – Tel – Naturno

From the town center of Naturno, we take Via Stazione / Bahnhofstraße which leads us to a bridge, the starting point of the cycle path on the Lungoadige / Etschdamm. We turn left on the cycle path towards Merano. We pass through the villages of Plaus and Rablà until we reach Tel. We cross the road and take the new cycle path to Lagundo which takes us downhill to the Lagundo swimming pool. We cross the wooden bridge and continue to the next intersection. We turn left towards the Forst brewery.Near the brewery we cross the state road and take the climb that leads to Marling. On a hilly road we finally arrive in Marling. We cross the town and descend to the wine cellar of Marlengo. We take the via Monteleone and proceed uphill following the signs to "Castel Monteleone". The street leads us past the castle to the restaurant "Tschigg". Following an other 100 meters on the street we arrive to a barrier. From now on a forest road brings us uphill to the plateau "Almboden" (1350m). We follow the street on the right to the "masi Quadrati" and "Mühltal" (signposted). At the end of the downhill we get back to Tel, `where` we cross the bridge and turn left to take the cycle path back to Naturno.