The three rivers route

A cycle path, as well as a pedestrian path, of about 20 km in the Scandicci area, which skirts and joins the three rivers that flow through the area: Arno, Greve and Vingone.

The starting point is the new footbridge linking Badia a Settimo to San Donnino, which connects the two banks of the Arno and is the ideal connection to Florence and Lastra a Signa. Following the bank, from this point one heads towards the river park across the Arno river and on the left one can see the thousand-year-old Abbey of San Salvatore and San Lorenzo a Settimo. From this point, through the normal road network, we take the bank of the Vingone, a river of short course, but characteristic of the Scandicci area; from the silence of the countryside we find ourselves in the industriousness of the industrial area, and then again in the peace of the Acciaiolo Castle.

Having reached the centre of Scandicci, the next stop is the river Greve, which, along the embankment road, leads us to Sollicciano, and from there we cross Ugnano, a territory of ancient tradition and always linked to Badia a Settimo. Finally, we meet the Arno embankment again to return to the Nave di Badia, our starting point.

There are many points of interest touched by the route: the Tabernacle in Via del Pellicino, the Gamps palaeontological museum of earth sciences, the Pieve di San Giuliano a Settimo; the Abbey of San Salvatore and San Lorenzo a Settimo, the Church of San Colombano, which houses the painting of the Madonna and Child by Ridolfo del Ghirlandalo, the Villa of Castel Pulci, seat of the Higher School of Magistrature, the Castle and Park of Acciaiolo, the Library of Biodiversity, the Church of Santa Maria a Greve, the Library of Scandicci, the Church of San Martino, the Church of San Bartolo in Tuto, the Church of San Giusto in Signano.

The route will be enriched with digital signage, with qr codes to be framed to obtain information and historical notes on the various places.

A project of the Municipality of Scandicci, created in collaboration with Proloco San Vincenzo a Torri and Colline Scandiccesi, Proloco Piana di Settimo, Cai and Sicrea.