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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From Mondragone it runs 303 km to Mondragone; allow about 4 h 57 of riding. It goes by way of Historical Centre of Naples, Beneventum and the Arch of Trajan and back through Historical Centre of Naples. It suits an unhurried touring pace.
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.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
The Via Appia from Sinuessa to the Pagus S is where the day begins. Next is Historical Centre of Naples.
Naples does not wait until you are ready. The historic centre is one of the oldest continuously inhabited urban areas in Europe, founded by Greek settlers as Neapolis, the new city, in the sixth century BC, and the grid they laid out is still visible in the long straight street the locals call Spaccanapoli. Roman, Byzantine, Norman, Angevin, Aragonese, Spanish and Bourbon rulers each added a layer, and UNESCO listed the centre in 1995 as one of the great palimpsests of European history.
Read the complete Historical Centre of Naples write-up.
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Historical Centre of Naples comes up about 55 km into the recorded legs. Next is Beneventum and the Arch of Trajan.
Benevento was a Samnite town called Maleventum when the Romans arrived, and they reportedly changed its name to Beneventum, good event instead of bad event, after defeating King Pyrrhus nearby in 275 BC. The city became an important stop on the Via Appia, and later the starting point of the Via Traiana, a shorter route to Brindisi built by the Emperor Trajan. In 114 AD, the city erected a triumphal arch in his honour where the new road began, and it is one of the best preserved Roman arches anywhere, covered with reliefs celebrating Trajan's achievements, from his conquests to his care for the poor. It stands today at the edge of the old town, its marble a soft cream colour, its carvings still sharp.
Read the complete Beneventum and the Arch of Trajan write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
about 151 km into the recorded legs you reach Beneventum and the Arch of Trajan. Next is back through Historical Centre of Naples.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Historical Centre of Naples write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Historical Centre of Naples, late in the day. Next is The Via Appia from Sinuessa to the Pagus S.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete The Via Appia from Sinuessa to the Pagus S write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at The Via Appia from Sinuessa to the Pagus S. That is the ride.
The Via Appia from Sinuessa to the Pagus S → Historical Centre of Naples is 55 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Historical Centre of Naples → Beneventum and the Arch of Trajan is 96 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Beneventum and the Arch of Trajan → back through Historical Centre of Naples is 97 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Historical Centre of Naples → The Via Appia from Sinuessa to the Pagus S is 55 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.