4. Cassano d’Adda to Milano

Coming out of the church, turn right on Via Vincenzo Gioberti followed by a roundabout that crosses the SP104. Then, take the first track on the right which leads back to the canal:

1. Continue along the canal bank (Alzaia Naviglio Martesana). The bicycle / pedestrian track follows the canal before crossing the city of Inzago, which is marked by four bridges left on the right. The canal joins another diversion canal at the entrance to Fornaci. It curves southwest across the village of Villa Fornaci, which is marked by two bridges. Pass under a large bridge (strada Padana Superiore) and continue on the left bank of the still agricultural canal until Gongonzolla and a bend of the canal in the city.
   
   
2. After two successive changes of direction, the canal and the riverbank track runs along Via Milano before continuing along Via Kennedy, passing under the SP13, crossing the Molgora torrent and leaving on the right the village of Cassina de Pecchi (bridge and oratory). Always follow the canal on your left until you reach the Ponte del Colombirolo where the via Kennedy widens along the way and cycle/pedestrian track. Continue on the track as Via Kennedy deviates from the canal, pass under the railway line and cross Via dei Platini. The track takes the name of via Goffredo Mameli, passes under the SP121 and enters Cernusco sul Naviglio.
   
   
3. Continue along the Martesana Canal. It crosses several increasingly tighter urban areas as it approaches Milan (Vimodrone, Cologno Monzese) following a green strip of vegetation preserved with the presence of water. The canal passes under railway tracks before reaching the A51 motorway.
   
   
4. Pass under the A51 motorway and continue on via Idro along the canal built above the Lambro river. It then curves sharply to the southwest. When via Idro reaches via Padova at the second major change of direction, take the canal bank below via Padova. To visit the Chiesa di Santa Maria Rossa, take the sidewalk from via Padova to the exit of via Idro, take the eighth street on the left (via Santa Maria Rossa) and, at the end of the visit, via Domenico Berra to return to the canal at bridge level. Follow the canal via Alfredo Baccarini, cross the Parco Martiri della Liberta which borders Ponte Nuovo in the north and Crescenzano in the south and pass under the viale Monza before turning south with the canal. Entering Milan means that the canal and its runway are adjacent to and cross the canal with many railways from the nearby Milan Central Station. The canal stops at the garden of Cassina de Pomm. 
   
   
5. Turn left onto a wide straight boulevard (via Melchiore Gioia), cross the Milan ring road (viale Marche) and continue to arrive in a business district with large modern and glazed towers where the Lombardy Regional Palace, international banks and major companies are located. Go around the tunnel on the left under the building that blocks Via Melchiore Gioa by taking Via Giovanni Battista Pirelli and then immediately right into Piazza Luigi Einaudi. Cross the green area after the tower and then the boulevard viale della Liberta diagonally to reach via Melchiore Gioia, which ends at the Bastioni di Porta Nuova. 
   
   
6. Cross it to reach the left via San Marco by stairs. Follow this street to the end marked by the piazza San Marco and then a square marked by a modern stone statue. Go along the square to reach via Brera: at first a pedestrian street with many restaurant terraces that then opens to traffic (single lane) with wide sidewalks at the foot of buildings with character. At the end of this street, continue along the Via Giuseppe Verdi which curves to the left and arrives at the Piazza de la Scala slightly to the right. Cross the square diagonally past the foot of the Leonardo da Vinci monument to take the large glass covered alley (galleria Vittorio Emanuele II) that leads to the Milan Cathedral Square.