LA SILA PICCOLA

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I prepared this itinerary without riding it: ATicers will test it during the 13th ATic meeting.
It starts from Roccelletta, then Catanzaro, to cross the Sila Piccola in the Calabria National Park and to coast the Ampollino lake. Visit Villaggio Mancuso town: a Swiss village lost in south Italy! On the way you’ll have some easy off-road.


                                                                                                                                                                    KM.

ROCCELLA

N106, DIRECTION CROTONE

0,00

0,00

CATANZARO LIDO

LEFT ON N19, DIRECTION CATANZARO

1,90

1,90

CATANZARO

LEFT , DIR. LAMEZIA TERME

7,40

9,30

CATANZARO

RIGHT, DIRECTION N19

2,90

12,2

CATANZARO

LEFT, N19 DIR. TIRIOLO-PRATORA

1,50

13,7

TIRIOLO

N19, DIR. SOVERIA MANNELLI

14,4

28,1

BIVIO BONACCI

TURN RIGHT, DIR.CASTAGNA

21,0

49,1

CASTAGNA

DIR. CARLOPOLI

5,00

54,1

CARLOPOLI

LEFT, DIR. PANETTIERI

2,00

56,1

PANETTIERI

DIR. VILLAGGIO RACISE

0,30

56,4

CROSSROAD

RIGHT ON N179dir, DIR VILLAGGIO MANCUSO

16,8

73,2

VILLAGGIO

MANCUSO

VISIT THE “SWISS” VILLAGE

LEFT JUST AFTER THE VILLAGE, DIR. BUTURO

3,80

77,0

BUTURO

LEFT, DIR. TIRIVOLO

19,9

96,9

TIRIVOLO

DIR. TELEGRAFO PASS

5,00

101,9

STRADA FORESTALE

DI GARIGLIONE

RIGHT ON GRAVEL RD.: off-road? Do it!

DIR. PETILIA POLICASTRO

0,30

102,2

GARIGLIONE MOUNTAIN

ALT. 1765 m. , STAY ON MAIN TRACK

5,00

107,2

PAGLIARELLE

END GRAVEL RD.

13,0

120,2

PETILIA POLICASTRO

LEFT ON N109 = RESET TRIPMETER

11,0

131,2

CROSSROAD

LEFT, DIR. COTRONEI

3,20

0,00

COTRONEI

LEFT ON N179, DIR AMPOLLINO LAKE

7,80

11,0

AMPOLLINO LAKE

N179

19,3

30,3

CROSSROAD

LEFT ON N179dir,  DIR.VILLAGGIO MANCUSO

15,2

45,5

VILLAGGIO MANCUSO

N179dir

13,0

58,5

ALBI

LEFT ON N109, DIR. MESORACA

13,6

72,1

ZAGARISE

RIGHT, DIR. SOVERIA & SEA-SIDE

14,3

86,4

SOVERIA

 

11,8

98,2

CROSSROAD

SEA-SIDE, TURN RIGHT ON N106

9,80

108

CATANZARO LIDO

N106

16,6

124,6

ROCCELLETTA

ATic CAMPING

1,90

126,5

  

                                                                            Total

257,70

      


 
WARNING
Please stay on main tracks: respect the environment and the Park ! Off road tires required on winter only


SUGGESTED MAP
ATLANTE STRADALE D'ITALIA
De Agostini , Novara
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RESTAURANTS
At Villaggio Palumbo town:
Hotel del Lago

At Villaggio Mancuso town: Hotel Ristorante Granaro

 

CAMPINGS
ATic camping at Roccelletta

Calabria Camper Web

 

LINKS

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