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Intro

This web page is intended to share informations about 1+11 steps cycling in Italy from Ventimiglia to Rome along Thyrrenian seaside. Feel free to custom your own cycling experience. You can  rearrange each step in order to split or merge them in different combinations.

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Pictures from the route

Some pictures cycling from Ventimiglia to Rome.

Have a look to 360 spherical photos collection taken on site.

Advices

Please read carefully all our advice, remarks, recommendations and the disclaimer. A couple of minutes of your attention will spare you misadventures and accidents later.

All the information that you might find on this website are assembled and elaborated by people that have no titles, no patents. This information is the expression of our civil commitment and since we had to cover an immense territory, you have to take it for what it is: uncertain, dated, disarticulated, insufficient, not 100% reliable (if you want to help by integrating, correcting and updating it, please let us know).

While we are waiting for an official route that will cover the whole itineray, we want to share the wonder of these territories. Hopefully this will stimulate the institutions to make their own part. For the moment with the power of imagination we designed a route that with a sense of adventure and courage was ridden resulting in the itineraries that you will find on this website, the temporary and fragile result of some citizens’ venture, people in love with the Thyrrenian sea and its lands.

We also didn’t receive any economic contribution from sponsors, we didn’t advertise commercial businesses: all you read it’s fruit of passion and free time, stolen away, often with hard times, to our personal life and beloved ones.

Disclaimer

To approach autonomously, responsabile and aware:

  • Turn your brain on
  • Gather information and verify personally everything you can in advance
  • Let’s ride only with people who are used to, experts, capable and trusted riders chosen personally that are willing to assist and to share joys and problems.

If you are not experienced in riding on dirty paths, on city bike lane or in medium long rides, if you are not capable of repairing your bike, if you don’t know how to move in the region autonomously, if you never took public transportation with your bicycle, if you don’t feel capable of evaluating the information gathered, if you are not prepared to face the unexpected, please think twice before undertaking one of these routes and try to get as much as experience you can before.

The unpleasant and dangerous problems could be:

  • Orientation problems: it’s important you know to use a GPS disposal and how to correctly upload the bike tracks that are available on the page dedicated to orientation.
  • Route problems: the itineraries are mostly on dirty tracks. Plants, mud, private properties and other menaces could make riding difficult or even prevent it. It’s impossible to keep all information on this website updated, so be aware of it.
  • Supply problems: water fountains and food stores can be rare.
  • Technical problems: punctures, chain break, etc.
  • Animals free in the wilderness: herds with related shepherd dogs, ticks and others…
  • Meeting with the Unmeasurable…

A good gps track

We would advise for the first time to ride with someone that knows the territory or you can turn to local associations or professionals that do offer guiding. Except the routes that are official institutional bike lanes thanks to the local, regional or national administrations, all other tracks are just a suggestion of a route that can vary and it isn’t necessarily safe.

Let’s take inspiration from the tracks proposed with prudence: some stretches have no street signs nor signs of civilization nor people walking by, some have detours, interruptions, gates, some are one-way or on busy roads, others cross places that might be muddy. Also the weather plays a central role in the comfort of the ride, so make sure to check the weather forecast and to be prepared for everything that might come. Traffic laws come first, so pay attention to the sign if present and ride accordingly.

Please share with us changes, updates, integrations and corrections! We will appreciate it.

Go or not to go

The stages are described, one by one below 0n this page. You can help us. Point at us changes or mistakes. If you go and you ride one of the routes, share with us photos, thoughts, etc. If there is something that it is difficult to understand, please write immediately to us.

Theoretically it’s possible to ride with a bicycle all the itineraries. But it’s subjective and it depends what routes you are used to riding. That’s why we spend time on the advice to make you capable of deciding on your own what to do. To have a better idea of the places that you could cross we point the Thyrrenian Map at 360° (photos, videos, info-sheets, etc.)

As usual it’s important that you “don’t get ahead of yourself”. There are some routes that are easier and give the possibility to increase the rider awareness on the bike and along a medium-long itinerary and of her/his limits. To help out who is still unsure, we classified routes by difficulty: each step can be a mix of green, yellow, red tracks.

  • Green tracks are designed for the occasional cyclist who is starting to experiment with out-of-town rides. Their composition can include a mix of cycle paths, low-traffic roads and dirt roads in good condition. Differences in altitude and climbs remain limited.
  • Yellow tracks are intended for all those who have already brilliantly tackled the green routes. There may be asphalt roads with critical traffic only for short stretches (functional to guarantee a minimum mileage, access to train stations, …). Differences in altitude and climbs may increase. The dirt road, if present, may have some bumpy sections (perhaps to be done by pushing).
  • Red tracks are limited to those who have memorized the yellow ones. Elevation gain, gradients, terrain, and exposure to traffic may present problematic, if not downright hostile, sections. Unless otherwise noted, they are on this site for a reason: beauty justifies the hassle.

Eat and sleep

There are places where to stop, eat, sleep? As simple citizens, we use different places to discover and fully experience our land and if you have difficulties online to find the right place, we might help but keep on mind that experiences and expectations have something very subjective in them and that there are APT (tourist information points) you can turn to in each municipality and that the websites reached a good professional level to describe what the business they refer to offer and what they don’t.

Legenda

Each of the 1+11 itineraries is associated with a summary sheet introduced below. Use this legend to interpret the icons into each sheet.

Apetizer

The entire itinerary along the Tyrrhenian Sea involves three regions: Liguria, Tuscany e Lazio. Unfortunately, in Liguria the only route we currently recommend is the beautiful “Ciclabile dei Fiori” cycle path, described below in step 0, as an introduction to the 11 stages involving Tuscany and Lazio.

Ciclabile dei Fiori

“Ciclabile dei Fiori” is the only stage that we currently propose for Liguria. The rest of the region is still too complicated. The cycle path “Ciclabile dei Fiori” uses the old railway track. Benches, rest areas and several shops that rent bicycles. The asphalt and flat surface make it suitable even for less experienced cycle tourists.  In Imperia, the end of the cycle path, we recommend taking a train to reach the first stage in Tuscany, which runs from Massa to Pisa. Slideshow and GPX track  available here…

Steps

Massa – Pisa

From Massa to Pisa discovering Versilia, the Bufalina Reserve, the San Rossore Park and Pisa. Slideshow and GPX track available here…

Pisa – Livorno

From Pisa to Livorno, going down the Arno on the Trammino cycle path and continuing along the coast. Slideshow and GPX track available here…

Livorno – Cecina

The itinerary follows the Tuscan coast from Livorno to Cecina, passing through Castiglioncello and the controversial white beaches of Solvay. Slideshow and GPX track available here…

Cecina – Campiglia

From Cecina to Campiglia discovering the tombolo of Cecina and the Rimigliano park. Slideshow and GPX track available here…

Campiglia – Follonica

From Campiglia to Follonica, discovering the coast between Piombino and Follonica. In addition to the WWF oasis of the Bottagone marsh, the protected natural area of ​​Sterpaia is worth mentioning. The wind farm and the thermoelectric power plant contrast with a landscape of beaches and pine forests that will remain in your heart. Slideshow and GPX track available here…

Follonica – Grosseto

From Follonica to Grosseto, passing through the Bandite di Scarlino and the Diaccia Botrona reserve. Slideshow and GPX track available here…

Grosseto – Orbetello

From Grosseto to Orbetello passing through Alberese, in the Maremma Park. Slideshow and GPX track available here…

Orbetello – Capalbio

From Orbetello to Capalbio, discovering the magic of Feniglia and Burano lake. Slideshow and GPX track available here…

Capalbio – Tarquinia

Cycling from Capalbio to Tarquinia you enter the Maremma of Lazio. Endless countryside and new beaches. Finally the city of the Etruscans. Slideshow and GPX track available here…

Tarquinia – Santa Severa

The stage from Tarquinia to Santa Severa involves Tarquinia, Civitavecchia, Santa Marinella and Santa Severa. Cities full of memories alternate with the wonder of nature enclosed in the salt mines of Tarquinia, the mouth of the Mignone and the natural monument “La Frasca”. Slideshow and GPX track available here…

Palidoro – Roma

The last stage starts from Palidoro crossing the countryside of Maccarese and the Riserva del Litorale Romano up to Fiumicino. From there you go up the Tiber to reach the Eternal City. Slideshow and GPX track available here…

Credits

Thanks to Giorgia Cadinu, a tour guide specialized in private tours.  more…