1 - Giro del Santuario e del biotopo di Ecken
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1 - Giro del Santuario e del biotopo di Ecken
<p>A relaxing and oxygenating route, recommended for everyone, families with children (even with pushchairs) and budding bikers who want to experience their first thrill on a mountain bike. It allows visits to the 18th-century Maso Spilzi, the golf course, the Ecken biotope (protected nature area) and the Sanctuary of the Madonna delle Grazie (16th century).</p>
<p>Various aspects and points of interest are encountered here. The naturalistic aspect, given by the Ecken biotope, the relict of an ancient lake of glacial-karst origin and as such included among the Trentino wetlands worthy of protection; the sporting aspect, given by the 18-hole golf course; the historical aspect, given by the 18th-century Maso Spilzi, a mysterious fortified farmstead, and the religious aspect, represented by the 16th-century Sanctuary of the Madonna delle Grazie, where the miraculous Madonnina, patron saint of Italian skiers, is kept.</p>