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| This itinerary is about 100 kilometers
(65 miles) and takes about 8 hours. I understand perfectly that,
though the scooters are very comfortable, for someone who's not used
to spending a lot of time on a motorbike this could be too much. Or
simply one could just want to indulge longer in one place and skip
something. If I had to take two places out of this itinerary, I
guess they would be... I'll let you decide, I like them all!
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Segni - Gorga |
16 km (10 Miles) |
25 min. |
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Highlights of the day: Patrica and Carpineto. |
Gorga - Sgurgola |
11 km (7 Miles) |
15 min. |
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Total range: 100 km (65 miles). |
Sgurgola - Morolo |
5 km (3 Miles) |
10 min. |
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Total time: 8 hours. |
Morolo - Supino |
6 km (3.5 Miles) |
10 min. |
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Supino - Patrica |
3 km (1.5 Miles) |
10 min. |
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Patrica - Maenza |
25 km (15 Miles) |
35 min. |
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Maenza - Carpineto |
17 km (10.5 Miles) |
25 min. |
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Carpineto - Segni |
16 km (10 Miles) |
25 min. |
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| We leave
Segni around 9:00 am,
or
earlier, heading for
Gorga. Gorga
is a very small town just on the mountain opposite Segni,
nothing really special there, historically speaking, except for the
fountain on the main square with a statue representing a young
shepherd girl which dates back to the 1800's. But it's worth riding
the road to to the place, with its fun 12 hairpins and its enjoyable
panoramas. From Gorga we descend to Sgurgola. To be honest I must
say this town looks better from the outside than from the inside. I
mean that the view of Sgurgola, as it appears in front of you while
driving to it, is really nice but the city has been modernized in
the wrong way and driving through its streets is a little
disappointing, bust outside Sgurgola though, is this cute, little
medieval chapel, dedicated to St. Mary of the Viano, which has been
recently restored very accurately and it's surely worth stopping at.
Continuing our ride, we arrive then in Morolo. its main street is
dominated by the "Collegiata" church sided by inviting outdoor cafés
where you might want to have an ice-cream or a drink. |
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From Morolo we ride to Supino, another little town which is
influenced by the nearby Frosinone which is the largest, and most
industrialized, town in the area. The out skirts of Supino are
pretty modern, they even have a jet-fighter as a monument on the
street, but the old city center is just as old as the other towns
we'll have passed in the morning. Depending on the time that will
still be available to us, we might want to stroll its streets before
we get back on the scooter to ride to Patrica, where we'll have our
lunch in a typical trattoria. Patrica is even closer than Supino to
Frosinone and its territory, down in the valley is full of modern
industries, but the old city still sits on top of the hill by
itself, as if it snobbishly assisted indifferent to the stressful
modern life from the distance untouched by it. There trattoria where
I like to have lunch in Patrica serves home made typical local foods
and they are known for their home made pasta. You can eat while your
meal while looking at the panorama of the valley below. From Patrica
we start heading back towards Segni. We'll be stopping first in
Maenza to walk its narrow streets and admire its castle, and then
we'll enjoy the ride through the Monti Lepini to Carpineto, |
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Carpineto Romano is another nice little town on the Lepini Mountains
famous for being the birthplace of
Pope Leo XIII
famous for the encyclical
Rerum Novarum
which is practically a letter that the Pope wrote to all the
bishops to encourage them to support the workers in their struggle
to obtain better working conditions and to keep them away from
communism. We can stop and look around Carpineto before returning to
Segni. Between Carpineto and Segni is the town of Montelanico,
another lovely little place where you might want to stop and look
around, but what I suggest is to go back there to dine at the
"Vecchio Frantoio", one of my
favored restaurants in the area housed in and old oil mill (frantoio
in Italian) run by young but dedicated people who serve fantastic
local specialties and wines for a very moderate price. Dinner
normally costs 20.00 Euros per person including wines. From
Montelanico, it'll be a fairly short ride to get back to Segni. |
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| Here below is a map with the itinerary. |
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