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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5 ordered checkpoints; recorded start 41.832, 13.729.
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A 462 km round trip from Pescasseroli - roughly 9 h 08 in the saddle. On the way it passes The Via Appia in Fundi, Appia. Regina Viarum and back through The Via Appia in Fundi. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 1,250 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
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.
Read the complete Abruzzo write-up.
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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.
Read the complete The Via Appia in Fundi write-up.
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The Via Appia in Fundi comes up about 142 km into the recorded legs. Next is Via Appia. Regina Viarum, 86 km on.
The Romans called it the queen of roads, and in 2024 UNESCO agreed, listing the Via Appia from Rome to Brindisi as a World Heritage site. Begun in 312 BC by the censor Appius Claudius Caecus, it was the first great Roman road, built to move armies south toward Campania and later extended to the port of Brindisi, the gateway to Greece and the East.
Read the complete Via Appia. Regina Viarum write-up.
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about 227 km into the recorded legs you reach Via Appia. Regina Viarum. Next is back through The Via Appia in Fundi.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete The Via Appia in Fundi write-up.
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back through The Via Appia in Fundi, late in the day. Next is Abruzzo.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abruzzo write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Abruzzo. That is the ride.
Abruzzo → The Via Appia in Fundi is 142 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
The Via Appia in Fundi → Via Appia. Regina Viarum is 85 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Via Appia. Regina Viarum → back through The Via Appia in Fundi is 95 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through The Via Appia in Fundi → Abruzzo is 141 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.