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This nice cycling route starts in Lignano Sabbiadoro (where it connects with the cycle network of Veneto) and basically follows the coastline until it reaches the city of Trieste and Slovenia (Valico di Rabuiese). This cycle path has recently changed its name in "Adriabike".

Group of cyclists in Trieste
Group of cyclists in Trieste

In the village of Cervignano del Friuli the Adriatic Sea Bike Path meets the Alpe Adria Cycle Path: the two routes share the path up to the town of Grado.

Cycling on the spectacular coastal road that leads to Trieste
Cycling on the spectacular coastal road that leads to Trieste

Other long-distance cycle paths overlap on the Adriatic Sea Bike Path (trail sign FVG 2): EuroVelo 8 (the "Mediterranean Route" that connects Spain to Greece and Cyprus), BicItalia 6 (the "Adriatic Cycle Path" that joins Trieste and Leuca in Puglia), the  longer "AdriaBike project" (which connects the Slovenian town of Kranjska Gora to Ravenna) and, as already mentioned, the Alpe Adria cycle route (FVG 1).

Group of cyclists along the coast of the Adriatic Sea
Group of cyclists along the coast of the Adriatic Sea

Currently the FVG 2 cycle path is not completely tabulated. There are no signposts in the municipality of Lignano Sabbiadoro and in the stretch between Precenicco and San Giorgio di Nogaro. Even from Duino to Trieste the trail markers have not yet been placed.

Cyclists while crossing the plain wood of Muzzana
Cyclists while crossing the plain wood of Muzzana

Other sections have been built but the signposts refer to local cycling routes without ever mentioning the FVG 2 (such as the section between Cervignano del Friuli and Grado which is officially signposted only with the FVG 1 trail signs (Ciclovia Alpe Adria).

Cyclist on the new cycle path that runs along the Marano Lagoon
Cyclist on the new cycle path that runs along the Marano Lagoon

The stretch of cycle path that connects Lignano Sabbiadoro to Precenicco has recently been completed with some truly suggestive passages on the lagoon bank.