CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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345 km from Pescasseroli to Pescasseroli, about 6 h 32 of riding. It goes by way of The Via Appia in Fundi, The Via Appia from 83rd mile to Formiae, The Via Appia from Sinuessa to the Pagus S and back through The Via Appia from 83rd mile to Formiae. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 1,250 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. It suits an unhurried touring pace.
Abruzzo is the part of Italy that most Italians forget to brag about, which is probably why it is still so wild. It protects one of the last populations of the Marsican brown bear, a distinct subspecies that survives in the low hundreds at best, as well as wolves, chamois and red deer. You are unlikely to see a bear from the saddle, but the signs on the road warning of animal crossings are not decoration.
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Abruzzo is where the day begins. Next is The Via Appia in Fundi.
The Via Appia, the queen of Roman roads, runs straight through the middle of Fondi, and the town's grid of streets still follows the plan of the Roman settlement it once was. Built from 312 BC to link Rome with Capua and later extended to Brindisi, the Appia crossed the coastal plain here, between the mountains and the sea, and Fondi grew up around it as a stopping place. In the historic centre, the main street follows the line of the ancient road, and stretches of the Roman walls survive, built of huge polygonal blocks. The Via Appia was recognised by UNESCO in 2024 as a World Heritage Site, with Fondi as one of its components.
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The Via Appia in Fundi comes up 44 km in. Next is The Via Appia from 83rd mile to Formiae.
The queen of roads, the Romans called it: the Via Appia, begun in 312 BC by the censor Appius Claudius Caecus, ran from Rome to Capua and later on to Brindisi, the gateway to Greece and the East. Near Formia, the old road comes down from the hills of Itri to the coast of the Gulf of Gaeta, and a stretch of it, with its paving stones and roadside monuments, survives in the countryside. In 2024, UNESCO listed the Via Appia as a whole, and this section between the eighty-third mile from Rome and the ancient town of Formiae is one of its pieces.
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89 km in you reach The Via Appia from 83rd mile to Formiae. Next is The Via Appia from Sinuessa to the Pagus S.
The Via Appia, the Queen of Roads, ran from Rome to Brindisi, and in 2024 UNESCO inscribed long stretches of it as a single World Heritage site. Near Mondragone, on the coast of northern Campania, the road passes the site of Sinuessa, a Roman colony that once guarded the route where it reached the sea after crossing the coastal plains from the north. Not a great deal stands above ground today, so this is a place where you read the landscape rather than tour the ruins.
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The Via Appia from Sinuessa to the Pagus S, about halfway. Next is back through The Via Appia from 83rd mile to Formiae.
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back through The Via Appia from 83rd mile to Formiae sits at 177 km, about halfway. Next is back through The Via Appia in Fundi.
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back through The Via Appia in Fundi comes up 222 km in. Next is Abruzzo.
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Abruzzo closes the day.
Abruzzo → The Via Appia in Fundi is 74 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
The Via Appia in Fundi → The Via Appia from 83rd mile to Formiae is 25 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
The Via Appia from 83rd mile to Formiae → The Via Appia from Sinuessa to the Pagus S is 35 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
The Via Appia from Sinuessa to the Pagus S → back through The Via Appia from 83rd mile to Formiae is 35 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through The Via Appia from 83rd mile to Formiae → back through The Via Appia in Fundi is 25 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through The Via Appia in Fundi → Abruzzo is 74 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.