Why this ride
From Pisa it runs 217 km to Pisa; allow about 3 h 33 of riding. On the way it passes Palais de Seravezza, Isola del Tinetto and back through Palais de Seravezza.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Piazza del Duomo and Isola del Tinetto
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 217 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 3 h 33
- 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.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Piazza del Duomo
Nothing prepares you for that first glimpse through the gateway. A wide green lawn, and set on it like ornaments on a cloth, the white marble cathedral, the round baptistery, the cemetery cloister of the Camposanto, and of course the bell tower, leaning at an angle that looks wrong no matter how many photographs you have seen. The Piazza del Duomo in Pisa, also called the Field of Miracles, was one of the first places in Italy to be listed by UNESCO, back in 1987.
Read the complete Piazza del Duomo write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Piazza del Duomo is where the day begins. Next is Palais de Seravezza.
2. Palais de Seravezza
Seravezza is where the Apuan Alps meet the Versilia coast in northern Tuscany. Behind the beaches of Forte dei Marmi, the mountains rise abruptly, white with marble scars, and Seravezza sits at the mouth of a valley where two rivers join. The Palazzo Mediceo, built in the 1560s for Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, was a summer residence and a base for overseeing the region's marble quarries and silver mines. It is one of the Medici villas and gardens inscribed on the UNESCO list in 2013, and today it hosts museums and exhibitions.
Read the complete Palais de Seravezza write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Palais de Seravezza comes up about 41 km into the recorded legs. Next is Isola del Tinetto.
3. Isola del Tinetto
Three islands trail off the tip of the Porto Venere peninsula like stepping stones: Palmaria, the largest, then Tino, and finally the Tinetto, a bare rock with the ruins of an early medieval monastic settlement and a small lighthouse beacon. Together with Porto Venere and the Cinque Terre, they form a World Heritage Site, listed for the way people shaped this rugged coast with terraces, villages and fortifications. The Tinetto is home to a rare lizard found only on these islands, and the waters around are rich in marine life.
Read the complete Isola del Tinetto write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 109 km into the recorded legs you reach Isola del Tinetto. Next is back through Palais de Seravezza.
4. back through Palais de Seravezza
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Palais de Seravezza write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Palais de Seravezza, late in the day. Next is Piazza del Duomo.
5. Piazza del Duomo
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Piazza del Duomo write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Piazza del Duomo. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Piazza del Duomo to Palais de Seravezza
Piazza del Duomo → Palais de Seravezza is 41 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Palais de Seravezza to Isola del Tinetto
Palais de Seravezza → Isola del Tinetto is 68 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Isola del Tinetto to back through Palais de Seravezza
Isola del Tinetto → back through Palais de Seravezza is 66 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Palais de Seravezza to Piazza del Duomo
back through Palais de Seravezza → Piazza del Duomo is 42 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.