Why this ride
From Formia it runs 68 km to Formia; allow about 1 h 26 of riding. It goes by way of Minturnae and the Garigliano crossing, The Via Appia from Sinuessa to the Pagus S and back through Minturnae and the Garigliano crossing.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
The Via Appia from 83rd mile to Formiae and The Via Appia from Sinuessa to the Pagus S
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 68 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 1 h 26
- 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. The Via Appia from 83rd mile to Formiae
The queen of roads, the Romans called it: the Via Appia, begun in 312 BC by the censor Appius Claudius Caecus, ran from Rome to Capua and later on to Brindisi, the gateway to Greece and the East. Near Formia, the old road comes down from the hills of Itri to the coast of the Gulf of Gaeta, and a stretch of it, with its paving stones and roadside monuments, survives in the countryside. In 2024, UNESCO listed the Via Appia as a whole, and this section between the eighty-third mile from Rome and the ancient town of Formiae is one of its pieces.
Read the complete The Via Appia from 83rd mile to Formiae write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
The Via Appia from 83rd mile to Formiae is where the day begins. Next is Minturnae and the Garigliano crossing.
2. Minturnae and the Garigliano crossing
Where the Via Appia crossed the River Garigliano, the Romans built a town, and armies have been fighting over the crossing ever since. Minturnae was founded as a Roman colony in the late fourth century BC on the border between Lazio and Campania, and its ruins lie beside the river near the modern town of Minturno: a theatre still used for summer performances, a forum, temples, baths, a stretch of the Via Appia's paving and the arches of an aqueduct striding across the fields. A small museum displays statues and finds from the site.
Read the complete Minturnae and the Garigliano crossing write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Minturnae and the Garigliano crossing comes up about 17 km into the recorded legs. Next is The Via Appia from Sinuessa to the Pagus S.
3. The Via Appia from Sinuessa to the Pagus S
The Via Appia, the Queen of Roads, ran from Rome to Brindisi, and in 2024 UNESCO inscribed long stretches of it as a single World Heritage site. Near Mondragone, on the coast of northern Campania, the road passes the site of Sinuessa, a Roman colony that once guarded the route where it reached the sea after crossing the coastal plains from the north. Not a great deal stands above ground today, so this is a place where you read the landscape rather than tour the ruins.
Read the complete The Via Appia from Sinuessa to the Pagus S write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 32 km into the recorded legs you reach The Via Appia from Sinuessa to the Pagus S. Next is back through Minturnae and the Garigliano crossing.
4. back through Minturnae and the Garigliano crossing
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Minturnae and the Garigliano crossing write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Minturnae and the Garigliano crossing, late in the day. Next is The Via Appia from 83rd mile to Formiae.
5. The Via Appia from 83rd mile to Formiae
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete The Via Appia from 83rd mile to Formiae write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at The Via Appia from 83rd mile to Formiae. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
The Via Appia from 83rd mile to Formiae to Minturnae and the Garigliano crossing
The Via Appia from 83rd mile to Formiae → Minturnae and the Garigliano crossing is 17 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Minturnae and the Garigliano crossing to The Via Appia from Sinuessa to the Pagus S
Minturnae and the Garigliano crossing → The Via Appia from Sinuessa to the Pagus S is 15 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
The Via Appia from Sinuessa to the Pagus S to back through Minturnae and the Garigliano crossing
The Via Appia from Sinuessa to the Pagus S → back through Minturnae and the Garigliano crossing is 16 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Minturnae and the Garigliano crossing to The Via Appia from 83rd mile to Formiae
back through Minturnae and the Garigliano crossing → The Via Appia from 83rd mile to Formiae is 19 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.