Why this ride
226 km from Brindisi to Brindisi, about 4 h 00 of riding. It goes by way of The Appia Traiana along the Adriatic coast, The Via Appia from Mesochorum to Scamnum, Tarentum and back through The Via Appia from Mesochorum to Scamnum.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Brundisium and Tarentum
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 226 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 4 h 00
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
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.
Scenic road chapters
Brundisium → The Appia Traiana along the Adriatic coast
Slow enough to look. The surface follows the shoreline, so the corners arrive where the water decided, not where an engineer did. Water arrives beside the road and stays for 35 km. The line follows the shore because there is nowhere else for it to go.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 27 km
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Brundisium
Brindisi is where the Appian Way ends, and the Romans knew it as Brundisium. The old road ran from Rome across southern Italy to this harbour, the gateway to Greece and the East, and a tall Roman column near the waterfront marks its final stretch; a second column stood beside it until it was taken to Lecce in the seventeenth century. The harbour itself is a long, sheltered inlet, a natural port that has served merchants, crusaders and armies for more than two thousand years.
Read the complete Brundisium write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Brundisium is where the day begins. Next is The Appia Traiana along the Adriatic coast.
2. The Appia Traiana along the Adriatic coast
Between Ostuni and Brindisi, along the Adriatic coast of Puglia, ran the Via Appia Traiana, a road built by the emperor Trajan in the early second century as a faster alternative to the old Appian Way, carrying traffic to the port of Brundisium, the gateway to Greece and the East. In 2024, stretches of both roads were inscribed by UNESCO as Via Appia, Regina Viarum. Here the old route followed the coastal plain through olive groves, and traces of it, together with ancient settlements, can be found near the sea.
Read the complete The Appia Traiana along the Adriatic coast write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
The Appia Traiana along the Adriatic coast comes up about 27 km into the recorded legs. Next is The Via Appia from Mesochorum to Scamnum.
3. The Via Appia from Mesochorum to Scamnum
The last stretch of the Via Appia ran across this flat, sun-drenched part of Puglia toward Brundisium, the port from which Romans sailed to Greece and the East. The road, begun in 312 BC from Rome, was the queen of roads, and the whole route became a UNESCO site in 2024. The section between the stations the Romans called Mesochorum and Scamnum passes near Oria and Francavilla Fontana, and while little of the original paving survives here, the line of the road still shapes the landscape, with modern roads, field boundaries and farm tracks following its course.
Read the complete The Via Appia from Mesochorum to Scamnum write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
about 74 km into the recorded legs you reach The Via Appia from Mesochorum to Scamnum. Next is Tarentum.
4. Tarentum
Taranto is a city between two seas. The old town sits on a small island between the Mar Grande, an open bay of the Gulf of Taranto, and the Mar Piccolo, an inner lagoon, connected to the mainland by bridges, including a swing bridge that opens to let warships pass into the naval base. Founded by Spartan colonists in the eighth century BC as Taras, it became one of the richest and most powerful cities of Magna Graecia, the Greek world in southern Italy, before falling to Rome.
Read the complete Tarentum write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Tarentum, about halfway. Next is back through The Via Appia from Mesochorum to Scamnum.
5. back through The Via Appia from Mesochorum to Scamnum
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete The Via Appia from Mesochorum to Scamnum write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through The Via Appia from Mesochorum to Scamnum sits at 154 km, about halfway. Next is back through The Appia Traiana along the Adriatic coast.
6. back through The Appia Traiana along the Adriatic coast
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete The Appia Traiana along the Adriatic coast write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through The Appia Traiana along the Adriatic coast comes up about 196 km into the recorded legs. Next is Brundisium.
7. Brundisium
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Brundisium write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Brundisium closes the day.
Leg by leg
Brundisium to The Appia Traiana along the Adriatic coast
Brundisium → The Appia Traiana along the Adriatic coast is 27 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
The Appia Traiana along the Adriatic coast to The Via Appia from Mesochorum to Scamnum
The Appia Traiana along the Adriatic coast → The Via Appia from Mesochorum to Scamnum is 47 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
The Via Appia from Mesochorum to Scamnum to Tarentum
The Via Appia from Mesochorum to Scamnum → Tarentum is 42 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Tarentum to back through The Via Appia from Mesochorum to Scamnum
Tarentum → back through The Via Appia from Mesochorum to Scamnum is 40 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through The Via Appia from Mesochorum to Scamnum to back through The Appia Traiana along the Adriatic coast
back through The Via Appia from Mesochorum to Scamnum → back through The Appia Traiana along the Adriatic coast is 40 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through The Appia Traiana along the Adriatic coast to Brundisium
back through The Appia Traiana along the Adriatic coast → Brundisium is 29 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
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