Tour Plan

Day 1 (02/10)
‘Welcome to Rome’

Arrivals, bike pickup, briefing and dinner in Rome

The afternoon belongs to arrivals and introductions. We collect the bikes, run through the route and kit, then spend the evening in Rome over dinner — the right way to start an Italian riding tour. Tomorrow we ride south.

Day 2 (03/10)
‘Into The Hills’

Southern Lazio, mountain parks and the road into Molise

We leave Rome passing through the vine-covered Colli Romani, then head south into the Lazio natural parks where the roads tighten and the traffic disappears. Lunch in the mountains, then a run through the Aurunci hills before crossing into Molise for the night. We end the day in Venafro — a Roman city with a standing amphitheatre, a castle and almost no tourists.

Day 3 (04/10)
‘To The Land of Fire’

Mountain park, royal palace and the flanks of Vesuvius

From Venafro we climb into the Matese — one of southern Italy's most rewarding and least-visited mountain parks. A coffee at altitude, then we descend to reach Monte Friento for lunch, before continuing to the grandeur of the Caserta Royal Palace, one of the largest royal residences ever built and rarely on a motorcyclist's radar. We then ride into Naples for a taste of the city's extraordinary energy and iconic squares, before the day's final act: riding up the flanks of Vesuvius itself. Our hotel tonight sits at the foot of the volcano, in the ancient town of Ercolano.

Day 4 (05/10)
‘The Amalfi Coast’

Cliff roads, a secret swim and the great coastal hairpins

A few kilometres via Herculaneum and Pompeii and the peninsula opens up, the first panoramic road above the sea unravelling in front of us. We ride to Sorrento, then continue to a well-kept secret on the peninsula — a historical location and one of the finest swim spots you'll find anywhere in Italy. Refreshed, we take on the Amalfi road itself: one of Europe's great motorcycle roads, all turns, hairpins and drama with the Tyrrhenian Sea far below. Lunch on the coast, coffee and ice cream in Amalfi, then a final run to our hotel above the water.

Day 5 (06/10)
‘Into The Cilento’

Mountain parks, ancient hill towns and an evening above the sea

We leave the coast and climb into the Monti Picentini regional park, where the roads narrow and the views open wide. From there, south into the Cilento National Park — a UNESCO World Heritage Site that remains largely free of international tourism, and all the more extraordinary for it. Expect ancient hill towns clinging to rock faces, churches carved into mountainsides, endless olive orchards, and a lunch stop deep in the park that will stay with you. The day ends high above the sea in the medieval village of Castellabate, where the evening light over the coast is the perfect reward for every kilometre ridden.

Day 6 (07/10)
‘Temples, Mozzarella and The Sannio’

Ancient temples, dairy traditions and a forgotten Roman city

We leave Castellabate and ride north past the ruins of Poseidonia — the best-preserved Greek temple complex outside of Greece, and barely known to most international visitors. From there, a stop at one of the most authentic buffalo mozzarella producers in the region: not a factory tour, but a genuine immersion into a centuries-old tradition. We then climb back into the mountains through the Irpinia hills — medieval towns, castle ruins and dense forest all the way — until we reach Benevento for the night, one of the great underrated cities of the south, and a place the Romans left in very good shape.

Day 7 (08/10)
‘Sannio to the Abruzzo’

Mountain villages, highland roads and the gateway to a national park

Leaving Benevento, we head northeast through the Sannio hills into territory that sees almost no tourist traffic. Our first stop is Cusano Mutri — one of Italy's most beautiful villages, a medieval town perched above the Titerno valley that most Italians have never visited. From there we climb into the western Matese on wide open highland roads with views across three regions, before crossing into Molise and then Abruzzo. Tonight we stay in Castel di Sangro, at the gateway to one of Italy's most protected national parks — a setting that feels a very long way from the Amalfi Coast, and yet totally worth it.

Day 8 (09/10)
‘The Road Home’

Apennine descent, Hadrian's villa and a celebratory dinner in Rome

The last riding day is no formality. We leave Castel di Sangro through mountain roads and drop into Sulmona for a morning coffee — birthplace of the Roman poet Ovid, home to a medieval aqueduct still standing in the main piazza, and the self-declared world capital of confetti (the sugar-coated almond kind, not the paper kind). From Sulmona we continue northwest through the Apennines to Tagliacozzo for lunch — a medieval town built around one of the finest squares in central Italy. The afternoon brings us to impressive Tivoli, where Hadrian built his extraordinary 2nd-century imperial villa and the Este family later added their Renaissance gardens of a hundred fountains. A final short ride into Rome, bikes returned by 5pm, then a celebratory dinner awaits us in bustling Rome.

Day 9 (10/10)
‘Departure Day’

Tour ends, departures, or a few more days in Rome