Why this ride
From San Giovanni A Piro it runs 297 km to San Giovanni A Piro; allow about 2 h of riding. It goes by way of Paestum, Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park w and back through Paestum.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Capo Palinuro and Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park w
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 297 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 5 h 07
- 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: planning record, not independently verified geometry.
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Distances and riding times are planning figures. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Capo Palinuro
The cape itself, a rocky headland full of sea caves, lies some way west around the coast, past Marina di Camerota, and both belong to the same wild southern end of the Cilento. The name comes from Virgil: Palinurus was the helmsman of Aeneas, who fell asleep at the tiller, tumbled overboard and washed up on this shore, where he was killed by the locals. His ghost, in the Aeneid, asks for a proper burial, and the cape was named for him.
Read the complete Capo Palinuro write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Capo Palinuro is where the day begins. Next is Paestum.
2. Paestum
Paestum itself, with its three magnificent Doric temples built by Greek colonists, lies down on the coastal plain south of Salerno, and it is part of a single UNESCO listing that covers the whole Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park, together with the ancient city of Velia and the Certosa di Padula. This point is in the wild interior of that park, close to Monte Cervati, the highest mountain in Campania.
Read the complete Paestum write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Paestum comes up about 84 km into the recorded legs. Next is Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park w.
3. Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park w
South of Salerno, past the temples of Paestum, the coast bends out into a great knuckle of mountains, and inland from the beaches the Cilento national park climbs into wooded massifs that most visitors never see. The park, together with Paestum, ancient Velia and the Certosa di Padula, is a World Heritage Site, recognised as a cultural landscape shaped by Greek colonists, Lucanian tribes and long monastic tradition.
Read the complete Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park w write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 149 km into the recorded legs you reach Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park w. Next is back through Paestum.
4. back through Paestum
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Paestum write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Paestum, late in the day. Next is Capo Palinuro.
5. Capo Palinuro
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Capo Palinuro write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Capo Palinuro. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Capo Palinuro to Paestum
Capo Palinuro → Paestum is 84 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Paestum to Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park w
Paestum → Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park w is 64 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park w to back through Paestum
Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park w → back through Paestum is 64 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Paestum to Capo Palinuro
back through Paestum → Capo Palinuro is 84 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.