Why this ride
From Lanuvio it runs 401 km to Lanuvio; allow about 7 h 58 of riding. The stops in between: The Via Appia in Rome, Villa d'Este, Monte Raschio and Monte Cimino. The line favours views over speed.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Via Appia. Regina Viarum and Monte Cimino
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 401 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 7 h 58
- 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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Scenic road chapters
Mille Miglia Historic Route Core
Expect company on a summer weekend. Early is better than fast. For about 33 km this is Mille Miglia Historic Route Core, a road with a name of its own and a reason for it.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 33 km
- Named road
- Mille Miglia Historic Route Core
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Via Appia. Regina Viarum
The Romans called it the queen of roads, and in 2024 UNESCO agreed, listing the Via Appia from Rome to Brindisi as a World Heritage site. Begun in 312 BC by the censor Appius Claudius Caecus, it was the first great Roman road, built to move armies south toward Campania and later extended to the port of Brindisi, the gateway to Greece and the East.
Read the complete Via Appia. Regina Viarum write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Via Appia. Regina Viarum is where the day begins. Next is The Via Appia in Rome.
2. The Via Appia in Rome
Rome's regina viarum, the queen of roads, leaves the city through the Porta San Sebastiano and heads south-east toward Capua and eventually Brindisi. It was begun in 312 BC by the censor Appius Claudius Caecus, and the first miles out of Rome are now protected within the Parco Regionale dell'Appia Antica. The stretch of the old road is lined with tombs, ruins of villas, catacombs and umbrella pines, and the original paving stones, huge polygonal basalt blocks, still surface parts of it.
Read the complete The Via Appia in Rome write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
The Via Appia in Rome comes up about 30 km into the recorded legs. Next is Villa d'Este.
3. Villa d'Este
Cardinal Ippolito II d'Este, son of Lucrezia Borgia, had expected to become pope. When that did not happen, he was made governor of Tivoli and consoled himself by turning an old Benedictine convent on the hillside into a villa with a garden that would astonish Europe. Built in the sixteenth century, the Villa d'Este is a hillside of terraces, stairs and fountains, all fed by gravity from the river Aniene: the Hundred Fountains, a long wall of spouting masks and eagles, the Fountain of the Organ, which plays music driven by water, and the Oval Fountain, with its cascade falling into a pool. The villa and its gardens are a World Heritage Site.
Read the complete Villa d'Este write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
about 63 km into the recorded legs you reach Villa d'Este. Next is Monte Raschio.
4. Monte Raschio
Beech trees usually need altitude and cool weather in central Italy, so it is a surprise to find a beech forest at only about five hundred metres on Monte Raschio, a low volcanic hill near Oriolo Romano, north-west of Rome. The forest survives here thanks to a local microclimate, with humidity from Lake Bracciano and the volcanic soils, and it is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe, a site that spans many countries.
Read the complete Monte Raschio write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Monte Raschio, about halfway. Next is Monte Cimino.
5. Monte Cimino
Monte Cimino is the highest point of the Cimini hills, an old volcanic range rising to just over a thousand metres between Viterbo and the Tiber valley in northern Lazio. Its top is clothed in one of the most beautiful beech forests in Italy, unusually low for beech in this latitude, and UNESCO counts these trees among Europe's ancient beech forests. On a hot summer day, climbing into its shade from the baking plain feels like entering a cathedral.
Read the complete Monte Cimino write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Monte Cimino sits at 182 km, about halfway. Next is back through Monte Raschio.
6. back through Monte Raschio
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Monte Raschio write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
back through Monte Raschio comes up about 247 km into the recorded legs. Next is back through Villa d'Este.
7. back through Villa d'Este
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Villa d'Este write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
about 336 km into the recorded legs you reach back through Villa d'Este. Next is back through The Via Appia in Rome.
8. back through The Via Appia in Rome
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete The Via Appia in Rome write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
back through The Via Appia in Rome, late in the day. Next is Via Appia. Regina Viarum, 45 km on.
9. Via Appia. Regina Viarum
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Via Appia. Regina Viarum write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
The route ends here after 401 km.
Leg by leg
Via Appia. Regina Viarum to The Via Appia in Rome
Via Appia. Regina Viarum → The Via Appia in Rome is 30 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
The Via Appia in Rome to Villa d'Este
The Via Appia in Rome → Villa d'Este is 33 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Villa d'Este to Monte Raschio
Villa d'Este → Monte Raschio is 90 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Monte Raschio to Monte Cimino
Monte Raschio → Monte Cimino is 47 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Monte Cimino to back through Monte Raschio
Monte Cimino → back through Monte Raschio is 47 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Monte Raschio to back through Villa d'Este
back through Monte Raschio → back through Villa d'Este is 89 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Villa d'Este to back through The Via Appia in Rome
back through Villa d'Este → back through The Via Appia in Rome is 35 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through The Via Appia in Rome to Via Appia. Regina Viarum
back through The Via Appia in Rome → Via Appia. Regina Viarum is 30 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
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