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.
From Sonico it runs 329 km to Sonico; allow about 6 h 09 of riding. The stops in between: Benedictine Convent of St John at Müstair, Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina L and back through Benedictine Convent of St John at Müstair. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 2,500 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. It crosses from Italy into Switzerland - carry ID and check vignette or toll rules. It suits an unhurried touring pace.
Expect company on a summer weekend. Early is better than fast. For about 92 km this is Stelvio Pass, a road with a name of its own and a reason for it.
Check the pass is open before you commit to it.
Valcamonica holds one of the largest collections of prehistoric rock carvings in the world, some three hundred thousand figures pecked into the smooth glacier-polished rocks of the valley over thousands of years, from hunters and deer to warriors, ploughs, houses and mysterious symbols. It was the first Italian site to be listed by UNESCO, in 1979. In the upper valley, near Sonico, a few kilometres south of Edolo, a multi-themed park around the rocks of Còren de le Fate, the fairies' rock, offers carvings, nature trails and an insight into the life of the valley.
Read the complete Parco Pluritematico write-up.
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Parco Pluritematico is where the day begins. Next is Benedictine Convent of St John at Müstair.
In the high, narrow Val Mustair, at the point where Switzerland meets South Tyrol and the Stelvio national park, there is a Benedictine convent that was founded, according to tradition, by Charlemagne himself around the year 800. Whether or not the emperor's role is exactly as the legend has it, the convent of St John is certainly Carolingian, and it keeps the largest cycle of Carolingian wall paintings anywhere. The figures, painted in the early ninth century, cover the walls of the church in red, yellow and green, in a lively, slightly naive style, with scenes from the life of David and the story of Christ, and later Romanesque frescoes were painted over them in places. UNESCO listed it in 1983.
Read the complete Benedictine Convent of St John at Müstair write-up.
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Benedictine Convent of St John at Müstair comes up about 92 km into the recorded legs. Next is Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina L.
The Rhaetian Railway's Albula and Bernina lines were built in the early twentieth century to connect the Engadine with the rest of Switzerland and with Italy, and they are masterpieces of mountain railway engineering, with spiral tunnels, viaducts and gradients that seem impossible for a train. They were listed by UNESCO in 2008 together with the landscapes they cross, and St. If you ride in this area, you will see the red trains everywhere, and you will often be riding beside them.
Read the complete Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina L write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
about 164 km into the recorded legs you reach Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina L. Next is back through Benedictine Convent of St John at Müstair.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Benedictine Convent of St John at Müstair write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Benedictine Convent of St John at Müstair, late in the day. Next is Parco Pluritematico.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Parco Pluritematico write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Parco Pluritematico. That is the ride.
Parco Pluritematico → Benedictine Convent of St John at Müstair is 92 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Benedictine Convent of St John at Müstair → Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina L is 72 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina L → back through Benedictine Convent of St John at Müstair is 73 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Benedictine Convent of St John at Müstair → Parco Pluritematico is 92 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.