Campania

Unveiling the lovely landscapes and vistas of the Campania Region by bike is possible. The best cycling routes suitable even for amateurs and bike lovers reach the whole of Campania: the one connecting Amalfi and Positano, for example, is 36km long with an uphill climb of 1000 meters that crosses beautiful places like the fjord in Furore. The route from Positano, coiling around the enjoyable ups and downs of the Amalfi Coast asphalt roads, gets as far as the Marian town of Pompei. The route circling Naples and Pozzuoli is one of the most beaten, extending for 40 kilometers amid bike lanes, climbs of varying difficulty, and an open view of the Bay of Naples and the Gulf of Pozzuoli. Bike lovers are also fond of inland areas, where bike paths allow for exciting walks and bicycle rides through Avellino, Tufo, and Summonte, the Calore River ravines, Felitto and Roccaspide, or, taking Sarno as a starting point towards Bracigliano and Moschiavo.

The Campania Region is widely known for its cycling events, consisting of a calendar of 15 different yearly appointments. These rendezvous are practically classics of amateur bike riding. The first one is in February, the Randonnée dei Cavalieri, which follows a path going from the Norman town of Aversa to Sessa Aurunca on the Aurunci Mountains; shortly after that, the Randonnée di Atella is a route unraveling on the tracks of Myth, going from the Phlegraean Fields to Monte di Procida. In March, when colorful spring begins, the Randonnée Arcobaleno starts in Pomigliano d’Arco and comes through the towns and localities around Caserta and Benevento, across ancient Telesia. The Randonnée di Napoli begins in Città della Scienza (Bagnoli), getting about the scenic Lungomare promenade and then proceeding with a climb of the Capodimonte hill and the most famous volcano in the world: Mount Vesuvius.

 Randonnée delle Orchidee, in April, inaugurates the tour of inland areas unraveling through Vallo di Diano in the Salerno province and the Via del Grano route, whose starting point is Eboli. The Randonnée dei Monti Trebulani takes place in the Caserta area. The main event in May is Via delle Sorgenti - awarded at the so-called Italian Oscars of cycle tourism crossing most of the upper Caserta area and the luxuriant Matese and its medieval villages, and the flowing waters of the Ferrarelle and Lete springs.

The Randonnée Fabianum connecting the suburbs of Naples with the Marian Montevergine Sanctuary in the province of Avellino occurs that same month. The Randonnée Sannita” is scheduled in June, while two different randonnées take place in July - the “Randonnée della Valle dell’Irno” in the area of Salerno and the one crossing the small centers of Irpinia.

The Randonnée delle Sirene is scheduled in September instead, along a path wounding up the Lattari Mountains and the Coasts of Sorrento and Amalfi. Another event taking place in September is the Randonnée dei Templi which starts in Paestum and moves forward inside the Cilento National Park. The Randonnée reale, still in September, crosses bourbon locations within the Gardens of the Royal Palace of Caserta and the Carolingian Aqueduct.