Holiday apartment in Ponte Nuovo: hiking, cycling project and history

Between the Torrente Bure, varied hiking trails and the historic area around Paterno, Ponte Nuovo reveals several sides. If you are looking for a holiday apartment in Ponte Nuovo, you can shape your stay around walks, cycling ideas and cultural discoveries. Nature, mobility and history come together in themes that can easily be combined into different kinds of holiday days.

Hiking along the Torrente Bure

CAI hiking trail 202 leads from Pontenuovo via San Quirico and Pian del Cerro to the connection with trail 32. It is 6.35 kilometres long; the walking time indicated for the route is 2 hours and 30 minutes. This gives you concrete guidance for planning an active day without committing you to a particular itinerary.

Another hike is “L'argine della Bure”. It runs along the Bure embankment between Chiesina Montalese and Pontenuovo and is considered easy and suitable for everyone. The Torrente Bure offers special panoramas waiting to be discovered, as well as a habitat for many different animal species. This landscape therefore combines exercise with nature observation and appeals to different interests within a travel group.

Cycling with the planned Ciclovia del Sole

For cyclists, the planned Ciclovia del Sole is another important topic. The proposed section in Pistoia is intended to be almost 10 kilometres long and run from Pistoia railway station to the border with Montale. The Ciclovia del Sole will run along Via Pontenuovo Croce and Via dei Guadi and cross the Torrente Bure via a new pedestrian and cycle bridge.

At Sei Arcole, the planned route is intended to have a branch leading to Pistoia railway station, from where cyclists can continue by train. It will then continue through Pontenuovo and Forramoro in the municipality of Pistoia to Montale, Prato and Florence. The Ciclovia del Sole project is intended to promote cycle tourism and sustainable mobility in the region. For you, this primarily offers an interesting perspective on a cycle connection with a regional outlook; its planned status remains decisive.

History around Paterno

History is also part of Ponte Nuovo’s character. The place name Paterno has been documented since 1415. In the Pontenuovo area, the Sozzifanti family built the prestigious villa known as Villa di Paterno between the late 16th century and the early years of the 17th century.

Today’s Villa di Paterno is a private residence and was rebuilt after the Second World War. The former villa and the chapel were blown up in 1944 during the German retreat. During construction work on the Ciclovia del Sole in Pontenuovo, the walls of an oratory belonging to the former Villa di Paterno were also uncovered. These traces give Paterno historical depth without the private villa being understood as a public tourist attraction.

A suitable base for different kinds of holiday days

For regional orientation, bus route 25O connects Pistoia, Pontenuovo, Santomato, Montale, Montemurlo and Oste. Together with CAI hiking trail 202, the Bure hike and the planned cycle connections, this creates different ways to structure your stay. The various route lengths and the indicated walking time help you plan active days according to the desired scope. When choosing a holiday apartment or holiday house in Ponte Nuovo, you can therefore pay particular attention to whether hiking, cycling, landscape or history should be the focus of your trip.

More pages about localities

For further orientation: Pontelungo, Cireglio, Santomato, Arcigliano, Sammommè, Piastre, Sarripoli, Piteccio

For the overarching travel overview: Pistoia.