Is time to leave Pavia behind, although you may probably want to go back later on. The Ticino and the Po rivers will be your reference point while you pedal through the countryside that encircles the city.

You will travel along the same paths of the Francigena or Frankish road, giving you the possibility to go all the way down to Rome by bike if you put your mind into it!
The sight of the Belgioioso Castle will take you back to a time when the Visconti aristocracy came to this land in order to enjoy its beauty. From the drawbridge to the battlements of its walls, greenhouses and indoor statues, you will be astonished by what this castle has to offer.

The Land Reclamation Museum almost at the end of this stage will allow you to understand the efforts made to transform the former swamplands into a productive farming zone.
You need to go upstream for a few kilometers to cross the Lambro, getting you to the next stage of this itinerary: San Colombano al Lambro.