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From Santarcangelo onwards the route follows the foothills, which is to say the country road running parallel to the Rimini coast, so you can enjoy evocative views of sea, hills and villages.
From a cyclist’s viewpoint it is a mediumdifficult run with a fine stretch on the flat and climbs that are sometimes tough, so a 35/25 ratio is advised.
The gentle hills of Rimini
From Bellaria Igea Marina you head for Santarcangelo di Romagna where the foothills road begins, indicated by signs and by the wine red colour of the road itself. Follow the signs for Sant’Ermete, Ospedaletto and Cerasolo. You are immediately immersed in a landscape made up of gentle hills, planted fields, vineyards, olive groves and small villages. A territory where human activities and nature still have many points of equilibrium.
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In Valconca
After Coriano, where a fine river park has been set up, you head into the Valconca proper. You pass through San Clemente, home of the cobbler-poet Giustiniano Villa and rightly noted for its top quality Sangiovese, and Morciano which has always been the business centre of the valley. Then you head for Saludecio which from the 16th to the 19th century was a small capital of the area.
Refined palazzos and small village houses have created a style at once aristocratic and popular which has come down to us intact.
The village squares and streets are enlivened during the first week of August by the "Ottocento Festival".
The ridge between Romagna and The Marches
From Saludecio you take the road for Mondaino, a fortified village created by the Malatesta Lords which still has its imposing fortress and a highly singular circular piazza. In mid August the Palio del Daino is celebrated, one of the best organised historical evocations in the province of Rimini. You continue towards Montegridolfo, a renovated mediaeval village that stands guard over the ridge dividing the Conca valley, on the Romagna side, from the Foglia valley on the Marches side, and the foothills road ends at Montegridolfo. From here you follow the signs for Tavullia, Gradara, Gabicce and Cattolica. The last stretch of the course is flat: you take state road 16 to Bellaria, passing through the Municipalities of Misano, Riccione and Rimini. |
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