CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
A 208 km one-way ride from near Olivetta San Michele, about 3 h 48 of riding. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 1,950 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. It crosses from Italy into France - carry ID and check the toll rules. Much of it runs through woodland.
Expect company on a summer weekend. Early is better than fast. For about 133 km this is Col de Turini, a road with a name of its own and a reason for it.
Check the pass is open before you commit to it.
Olivetta San Michele is a small Ligurian village in the valley of the Bevera, right on the border between Italy and France, a few kilometres up from Ventimiglia. The village clings to steep slopes covered with olive terraces, and its stone houses and church tower look much as they have for centuries. The French town of Sospel lies just upstream, across the border.
Read the complete Fuel stop near Olivetta San Michele write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Col de Turini Morning Attack is where the day begins. Next is Nice / Côte d’Azur return.
High above the Tinée, south of Saint-Étienne, the country turns into great bare shoulders of grass and scree. This stop sits on that upland block between the Tinée and the Cians, under the mass of Mont Mounier, with the villages of Roubion, Beuil and Valberg scattered around its flanks. It is a long way from anywhere: the nearest proper towns are down in the Var valley, and the coast is a good hour and a half away.
Read the complete Near Saint-Étienne-de-Tinée, on the way back write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Nice / Côte d’Azur return comes up about 133 km into the recorded legs. Next is Food stop near Seillans.
Seillans clings to a hillside above the plain of Fayence, a perched village of ochre houses, narrow lanes and fountains, with a castle and a church at the top. It is one of the officially recognised most beautiful villages of France, and it has attracted artists for generations; the surrealist painter Max Ernst spent his last years here, and a small collection of his work can be seen in the village.
Read the complete Food stop near Seillans write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
The route ends here after 208 km.
Fuel stop near Olivetta San Michele → Near Saint-Étienne-de-Tinée, on the way back is 133 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.