In Italia
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In Italia
Postby il padrone » Mon Apr 29, 2013 6:40 am
[edit]Only just over 250kms by bike so far though. Lots of trains and ferries to get us down south for the sun, then we begin island-hopping northwards.
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Re: In Italia
Postby Pax » Mon Apr 29, 2013 7:16 am
Hope you have a great time.
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Re: In Italia
Postby redrover3 » Wed May 01, 2013 10:01 pm
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Re: In Italia
Postby dalai47 » Fri May 03, 2013 11:35 am
Looking forward to checking back for more updates.
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Re: In Italia
Postby il padrone » Sat May 04, 2013 7:03 am
and cafes...... both of which are plentiful and very impressive
Sampling the marvellous Italian cuisine
The Citta de Ragusa is the location where all of the Inspector Montalban series on SBS was filmed . An outstanding movie setting really, such iconic baroque town streets and stepped lanes.
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Re: In Italia
Postby dalai47 » Sat May 04, 2013 8:57 am
But looks like you got the better weather. It was raining for us... Where are you heading next?
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Re: In Italia
Postby il padrone » Mon May 06, 2013 6:59 am
We had some rain back in Lipari for a day or so, nothing but fine and generally sunny weather since. Today was 27C at 11am, touching 32c yesterday I reckon. We have been through Gela and are now in Agrigento after a big day's riding. Tomorrow we tour the temples, then on towards Palermo by a yet to be defined route, then Sardinia
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Re: In Italia
Postby dalai47 » Mon May 06, 2013 9:59 am
If you head North via Enna, check out the Villa Romana del Casale - http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/832/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Unfortunately we only heard of this after our trip.
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Re: In Italia
Postby il padrone » Sun Jun 16, 2013 3:45 am
Top destinations so far: Ragusa Ibla, the temples at Segesta, Monreale's spectacular cathedral, Cefalu's medieval streets, the ride from Bosa to Alghero, Alghero, religious procession in Sassari, Castelsardo, Bonifacio's cliffs, the Casa di Roccapina, le Calanches, Porto (everything about it), Calvi's citadel, and the coast at Ile Rousse. Genoa's palazzos have been pretty special as well.
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Re: In Italia
Postby Pax » Sun Jun 16, 2013 5:44 am
Lucky bugga, that sounds fantastic. Looking forward to some piccies
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Re: In Italia
Postby il padrone » Tue Jun 25, 2013 7:47 am
Just a couple of days ago when visiting the Museo Galileo in Florence we found they had a special exhibit that had just started 2 days before of the history of the bicycle and working bicycles. Great examples of early 20th century tradesman's bikes - the cooper's bike, the knife-sharpener's, the dairyman's, the artist's, the photographer's and more. Never knew that people in the past had their mattresses re-stuffed every winter and summer, and that wool-carders went about by bike to provide the service.
Lots and LOTS of bikes being ridden, simply for transport in Pisa, in Lucca and in Florence.
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Re: In Italia
Postby il padrone » Wed Jul 24, 2013 12:27 am
We had 12 weeks touring Italy and Corsica. We spent 7 days on the Amalfi Coast & Pompeii, 29 days in the Aeolian Islands & Sicily, 12 in Sardinia, 18 in Corsica, 23 days in Liguria & Tuscany and 6 days in Rome. Altogether we cycled something over 3,000kms - I don't know exactly how many as my cycle-computer wheel sensor battery ran out then the sensor would not reset. We saw many ancient towns with their centro storicos, did a prolonged study of Italian cathedrals, saw many solar power farms and windfarms, drank innumerable cups of caffe, enjoyed delicious gelatis, walked the Pirates Steps of Bonifacio, rolled on and off numerous navis (ferries), endured the dubious camping grounds and enjoyed some wonderful hotel rooms, rode the route of Stage 3 of the Tour de France, had cold days, some very windy days and then rode through the heat in Tuscany, enjoyed being honked at (courteously) by the marvellous Italian drivers, watched the lizards run across the roads ahead of us and saw dolphins & flying fish from the decks of ferries.
All in all it was a truly marvellous time, with so many experiences it'd almost fill a book. Over 3000 photos to go through now but I shall soon post some of them on here.
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Re: In Italia
Postby il padrone » Sat Aug 03, 2013 8:58 am
Our hotel in Roma. Right close to Termine Station
Roman sculpture. Artworks are everywhere in the streets and piazzas
Castel San Angelo - the Pope's castle
View of the Tiber
At the Colosseum
Naples city gate
Salerno's VERY narrow streets in the centro storico
Riding the Amalfi Coast
Ten tunnels in one morning
Garden at Villa Ruffolo, Ravello
An amzing variety of ceramics on sale in roadside stores
More tunnels
View over Positano
Narrow squeeze for traffic
Departing the campground in Sorrento
Caffe
Traffic jam in Castellammare, 5.00pm.
Pompeii
Deprting Naples
Cathedral in the citadel at Lipari
Lipari's citadel
Fumerole on Stromboli
Climbing the crater on Vulcano
Lots of solar farms on Sicily
Novara di Sicilia - view from our hotel room
Getting close to the crest of the range ~1100m
Church in a boulder
Views of Etna (in eruption) and the coast from Taormina
View from Castelmola (300m above Taormina)
In Catania's main piazza
Market scenes in Catania
Cathedral ceiling
Roman amphitheatre in the centre of town
Piazza Duomo, Siracusa
Catacombs of St George, Siracusa
Cobbled streets in town at Siracusa
The duomo, Ragusa. The city where Inspector Montalban is filmed.
Ragusa streets
Old gents in the piazza, Gela
Solar power again - roof of a school at Gela
Sandy beach, almost as good as back home in Australia
A helpful gent in Licata
Greek temples at Agrigento
Another helpful local chap who got us out of a wrong-road spot of bother
The Turkish Steps
On a wild goose chase for a campground near Montalegro
Our hotel balcony, Montalegro
Olive groves
These lizards were everywhere
Beach by our campground at Eraclea Minoa
Santa Margherita di Belice
Massive artwork near the ruins of Gibelini Vecchio, a town destroyed by earthquake in 1968
Church at the new town - Nuova Gibelini
Roadside lunch stop
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Re: In Italia
Postby dalai47 » Sat Aug 03, 2013 12:32 pm
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Re: In Italia
Postby STC67 » Sun Aug 04, 2013 4:29 pm
Thanks very much for taking the time to post them I have enjoyed them very much
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Re: In Italia
Postby STC67 » Sun Aug 04, 2013 4:31 pm
Thanks
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Re: In Italia
Postby il padrone » Sun Aug 04, 2013 4:58 pm
My wife has her old 1993 Giant Sedona, but it has been converted over to Rohloff with a SON dynohub and top quality B&M lights. It's nicely set up for extended touring and she is very comfy on it.
Both bikes ran really well for the trip. We did something over 3000kms and had no mechanical issues. I had one slow leak, we had to re-lube the chains once partway through the trip, and my bike came home with the chain in need of tensioning. Otherwise they ran sweet and true.
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Re: In Italia
Postby il padrone » Fri Aug 23, 2013 8:01 pm
Cagliari from the sea
In the citadel at night
The portico along the seafront
Flamingos in the Poetto wetlands
Coastal road to Villasimius
Pushing up a steep hill in Villasimius
Snake on the road (allegedly these are not poisonous)
Climbing the goges back towards Cagliari
Ancient nuraghe - a dwellng ~6000 years old
Street scenes at Bosa
Appropriate name - "House of the winds"
High coastal road to Alghero
Alghero
Bikes were popular for tranpsort
Alghero harbour, view to Capo Caccia's cliffs
Capo Caccia
The sheltered bay at Cala Dragunara
Nuraghe Palmavera
Religious procession in Sassari
Sassari's narrow streets
Castelsardo
View from the citadel, Castelsardo
Beach views with Corsica in sight
Fort at Santa Teresa Gallura
Farewell Sardinia...
... Hello Corsica
Looking down on our ferry
Hotel Genovese balcony view
Escalier Roie d'Aragon
Walkway at the base of the cliffs
The cliffs of Bonifacio
Streets in Bonifacio, beside the cathedral
On the road on a very windy day
The 'lion' of Roccapina
Riding along the Val d'Orsolo
Valley view
Views from our hotel room in Sartene
Sartene
Streets in Sartene
Lovely beach at Portigliolo
View from the supermarket car-park at Porto Pollo
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Re: In Italia
Postby obikiller » Sun Jan 05, 2014 6:29 pm
I'm in love in Italy. Luckily i live there
belle foto, bravo!
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