Why this ride
172 km one way from Anzio - plan on about 2 h 45 of riding. Marina di Ardea-Tor San Lorenzo is the high point. The line favours views over speed.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Tuscany Val d’Orcia Overnight · part 1
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 172 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 2 h 45
- Journey
- One way; return travel is separate
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.
Reading history stays on this device. My road watch requires a separate selection; opening it does not subscribe this ride.
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. Fuel stop in Anzio
Planning note
Tuscany Val d’Orcia Overnight is where the day begins. Next is Tuscany Val d’Orcia Overnight high point.
2. Marina di Ardea-Tor San Lorenzo
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.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
You top out here; the road stops climbing. Next is Tuscany Val d’Orcia Overnight scenic road.
3. Civitavecchia
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.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 119 km into the recorded legs you reach Tuscany Val d’Orcia Overnight scenic road. Next is Photo stop near Canino.
4. 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.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Photo stop near Canino closes the day.
Leg by leg
Fuel stop in Anzio to Marina di Ardea-Tor San Lorenzo
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.