CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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From Africo Vecchio it runs 503 km to Africo Vecchio; allow about 10 h 44 of riding. On the way it passes Mount Etna, Militello Val di Catania and back through Mount Etna. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 1,200 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. A steady touring day rather than a sprint.
Valle Infernale is a name that makes a rider sit up, and Aspromonte, the mountain mass of Calabria's far south, does live up to it in its way. The nearest villages are small: Africo Vecchio, a few kilometres away, and Bovalino Superiore, a hill town above the coastal town of Bovalino.
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Valle Infernale is where the day begins. Next is Mount Etna.
Etna is not so much a mountain as a living presence that dominates eastern Sicily. Europe's highest active volcano rises over 3,300 metres above Catania, its height changing as eruptions add and remove material, and it smokes, rumbles and occasionally spits fire with a regularity that the locals regard with a mix of reverence and resignation.
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Mount Etna comes up 102 km in. Next is Militello Val di Catania.
Militello in Val di Catania is a small town in the hills south-west of Catania, in eastern Sicily, surrounded by orange groves and olive trees, with Mount Etna visible on the horizon. Like many towns in this part of Sicily, it was devastated by the earthquake of 1693, which destroyed much of the south-east of the island, and was rebuilt in the Baroque style. Its churches and palaces are part of the UNESCO-listed Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto, inscribed in 2002, together with Noto, Ragusa, Modica, Caltagirone and others.
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204 km in you reach Militello Val di Catania. Next is back through Mount Etna.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Mount Etna write-up.
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back through Mount Etna, late in the day. Next is Valle Infernale.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Valle Infernale write-up.
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Back at Valle Infernale. That is the ride.
Valle Infernale → Mount Etna is 127 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Mount Etna → Militello Val di Catania is 76 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Militello Val di Catania → back through Mount Etna is 76 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Mount Etna → Valle Infernale is 127 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.