Riding time: 1:08 h
Total ascent: 62 m
Avg speed: 10.1 km/h
Max speed: 22.3 km/h
Route: One ride around the idroscalo
Weather: Sunny, 26 C
We came to Milan over the weekend to visit a bunch of relatives, but mainly our appointments with relatives are in the evening, as eating is obviously one of the main activities. Yesterday afternoon we went to an exhibition in the centre and afterwards kind of both thought that for today something more in the countryside would be nice. But real countryside is too far and we don't have a car anyway. So my husband thought of the idroscalo because of this song:
So we went to the idroscalo, originally built as a waterairport cum water sport lake, now only used for water sports and relaxing on the shore and in the small wood.
After relaxing and having a - not so good - quick lunch at one of the bars at the lake, we hired some bicycles ...
... and set of for a round trip around the entire lake - ex-airport.
It might be an ex-airport, but it is just besides the current airport of Linate. So lying in the grass one can see the airplanes taking off. Luckily they don't fly overhead so it is reasonably quiet in the park. In the far distance one could even see the Alps.
Nowadays the lake is used for many different types of water sports, from swimming, playing in water, kanoeing etc, but the one that looked most fun was a waterski "lift" without a motorboat:
Midway through we stopped at one of the bars, got a granita, relaxed a bit and then continued, only to find the last few meters before closing the loop blocked off by the park policy, as there was an emergency helicopter that had just landed. So instead of riding just a little bit out of the park back to our starting point, my husband preferred to ride back the entire way, and I would obviously never protest against a few extra meters on a bicycle.
In Milano city one sees a lot of bicycle shares, mainly from 3 different operators:
After relaxing and having a - not so good - quick lunch at one of the bars at the lake, we hired some bicycles ...
... and set of for a round trip around the entire lake - ex-airport.
It might be an ex-airport, but it is just besides the current airport of Linate. So lying in the grass one can see the airplanes taking off. Luckily they don't fly overhead so it is reasonably quiet in the park. In the far distance one could even see the Alps.
Nowadays the lake is used for many different types of water sports, from swimming, playing in water, kanoeing etc, but the one that looked most fun was a waterski "lift" without a motorboat:
Midway through we stopped at one of the bars, got a granita, relaxed a bit and then continued, only to find the last few meters before closing the loop blocked off by the park policy, as there was an emergency helicopter that had just landed. So instead of riding just a little bit out of the park back to our starting point, my husband preferred to ride back the entire way, and I would obviously never protest against a few extra meters on a bicycle.
In Milano city one sees a lot of bicycle shares, mainly from 3 different operators:
BikeMi is for sure the oldest of these bike sharing offers. I remember having seen it a few years ago when I last came to Milan. It is apparently quite similar to Bicing (in Barcelona) and uses fixed docking stations. Not really sure if it is only open to residents as is Bicing and if you need a subscription.
The other two, Ofo and Mobike, are both Chinese companies that started quite recently and are flooding now the European markets. I haven't tried any of these, but in Milan both bicycle types seem to be quite ubiquitous.
But we got very old style park bicycles for our ride.
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