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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A 517 km one-way ride from near Anzio, about 7 h 01 of riding. It goes by way of Civitavecchia, near Canino and Castelvecchio Calvisio. The climb of the day is Marina di Ardea-Tor San Lorenzo. It tops out at about 1,200 m. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
Tuscany Val d’Orcia Overnight is where the day begins. Next is Tuscany Val d’Orcia Overnight high point.
Long before Rome mattered, Ardea was the capital of the Rutuli, the people of Turnus, Aeneas's rival in Virgil's Aeneid. The old town still sits on its tufa outcrop a few kilometres inland. The coast below, Marina di Ardea and Tor San Lorenzo, is something else entirely: a sprawling strip of holiday homes, campsites and beach clubs along a long, straight shore of dark volcanic sand, between Ostia and Anzio.
Read the complete Marina di Ardea-Tor San Lorenzo write-up.
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You top out here; the road stops climbing. Next is Tuscany Val d’Orcia Overnight scenic road.
Trajan built the harbour of Civitavecchia in the second century, and Rome has been using it ever since. Then called Centumcellae, it became the port of the capital, and today it is one of the busiest ports in Italy, with cruise ships, ferries to Sardinia and container ships crowding the docks. The town is not pretty, but it has character, and the old harbour walls still follow Trajan's lines.
Read the complete Civitavecchia write-up.
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about 120 km into the recorded legs you reach Tuscany Val d’Orcia Overnight scenic road. Next is Photo stop near Canino.
Canino is a hill town in the far north-west of Lazio, in the Tuscia, the old land of the Etruscans, close to the border with Tuscany. The landscape around it is gently rolling, covered with olive groves, wheat fields and pastures, and the olive oil of Canino has a protected designation and a reputation as one of the finest in central Italy.
Read the complete Photo stop near Canino write-up.
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Photo stop near Canino, about halfway. Next is Rome / Central Italy return.
Castelvecchio Calvisio is a village built as a fortress. Its stone houses are arranged in a tight ellipse on a hilltop, their outer walls forming a continuous defensive ring, with narrow lanes and covered passages inside and only a few gates leading out. From above it looks like a stone egg. It sits on the southern slopes of the Gran Sasso, in a landscape of bare hills, almond trees and high pastures.
Read the complete Castelvecchio Calvisio, on the way back write-up.
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Rome / Central Italy return sits at 481 km, late in the day. Next is Food stop in Vallecupa.
The route ends here after 601 km.
Fuel stop in Anzio → Marina di Ardea-Tor San Lorenzo is 13 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Photo stop near Canino → Castelvecchio Calvisio, on the way back is 324 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.