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Route description for Southern Italy October 2017


Southern Italy October 2017

3,500 km south on the Adriatic (Gargano, Trani) to the trulli in Alberobello. Then to the Ionian Sea with the most beautiful sandy beaches (Lido di Metaponto). Over the mountains to the Tyrrhenian Sea to Maratea, Castellabate and on to the Amalfi Coast and Sorrento. Stunning Greek (Paestum) and Roman (Pompei and Archaeological Museum in Naples) culture. Return via Sabaudia and Lake Trasimeno.

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Sissach, Schweiz

47° 27' 51.8" N 7° 48' 38.4" E

47.4643945 7.8106610


☍ 695,3 km (6 hrs. 30 min.)

Fano, Italien

comfortably through the Gotthard tunnel, via Milano, Bologna, Rimini to Fano on the Adriatic. First aperitif riche on the piazza. Free camper parking in viale Kennedy, very quiet and close to the center.

43° 50' 23.3" N 13° 1' 9.9" E

43.8398164 13.0194201


☍ 409,4 km (4 hrs. 11 min.)

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Peschici, Gargano, Italien

Campeggio Bellariva Baia di Peschici directly on the beach in front of a picturesque village (18€).

Loc. Baia di Peschici, 71010, Peschici, Italien

41° 56' 43.8" N 16° 0' 23" E

41.9455000 16.0064000


☍ 23,5 km ( 29 min.)

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Vieste, Gargano, Italien

Main town on the eastern tip of Gargano/Puglia

41° 52' 56.9" N 16° 10' 36.3" E

41.8824764 16.1767489


☍ 41,9 km ( 52 min.)

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Mattinata, Foggia, Gargano, Italien

Sosta Camper da Francesco: small, privately run campsite right on the pebble beach in the middle of the olive trees

41° 42' 26.8" N 16° 3' 11.6" E

41.7074400 16.0532300


☍ 29,2 km ( 33 min.)

Monte Sant'Angelo, Italien

Place of pilgrimage in the mountains with a chapel deep in the rock below the church

41° 43' 30.8" N 15° 56' 47.4" E

41.7252303 15.9464874


☍ 123,4 km (1 hrs. 31 min.)

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Castel del Monte, Andria, Italien

Octagonal fortress with 8 towers built by Staufer Emperor Frederick II somewhere in no man's land

41° 5' 5.2" N 16° 16' 14.3" E

41.0847777 16.2706484


☍ 33,6 km ( 29 min.)

Barletta, Italien

41° 19' 10.8" N 16° 17' 1.8" E

41.3196635 16.2838207


☍ 12,5 km ( 13 min.)

Trani, Italien

very beautiful old town with cathedral and castle, fishing port, old houses, idyllic

Parking directly at the Castello

41° 16' 38.9" N 16° 25' 4.2" E

41.2774857 16.4178334


☍ 89,2 km ( 55 min.)

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Putignano, Italien

Grotta del Trullo: beautiful little stalactite cave; Access via iron spiral staircase

40° 50' 37.7" N 17° 5' 21.8" E

40.8438073 17.0893798


☍ 21,9 km ( 18 min.)

Alberobello, Italien

that's only here: a whole town with these trulli houses: white with round peaked roofs made of gray field stones. Sosta Camper right next to the Trulli district.

Via Cadore 2, 70011, Alberobello, Italien

40° 46' 58" N 17° 14' 2" E

40.7827778 17.2338889


☍ 82,5 km (1 hrs. 6 min.)

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Lido di Metaponto: Campeggio Internazionale

miles of sandy beach, but extinct "resort". Small campsite with very friendly brothers. Greek temple complex with Hera temple

Magna Grecia, 75010, Lido di Metaponto, Italien

40° 21' 34.9" N 16° 50' 3.1" E

40.3597000 16.8342000


☍ 144,0 km (1 hrs. 48 min.)

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Lido Noleggio Castrocucco di Maratea, Italien

black sandy beach, hardly any people; Overnight stay right on the beach with a great sunset!!

39° 55' 60" N 15° 45' 6.8" E

39.9333270 15.7519010


☍ 28,6 km ( 35 min.)

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Maratea, Potenza, Italien

adventurous drive on coastal road SS18 to Maratea. Motorbike tour to "Il Redentore": 22m high white statue of Jesus

39° 59' 54.7" N 15° 43' 6.6" E

39.9985224 15.7185109


☍ 82,8 km (1 hrs. 19 min.)

Marina di Ascea, Salerno, Italien

Sosta Camper at the football stadium, separated from the beach only by a road

40° 8' 27.7" N 15° 10' 20.4" E

40.1410227 15.1723337


☍ 44,6 km ( 46 min.)

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Santa Maria di Castellabate, Salerno, Italien

Nice place on mountain with narrow streets. Beautiful Marina; Houses partially up to the beach. Unfortunately, Sosta Camper is already closed.

40° 17' 45.5" N 14° 57' 7.1" E

40.2959722 14.9519715


☍ 23,5 km ( 29 min.)

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Paestum, Italien

as Poseidonia around 600 BC Founded by Greeks. Around 500 AD the area slowly began to swamp, malaria spread and the last inhabitants left the place. Paestum was only rediscovered in 1752, at about the same time as Pompeii and Herculaneum.

40° 25' 23.3" N 15° 0' 25.8" E

40.4231513 15.0071628


☍ 70,1 km (1 hrs. 8 min.)

Pompei: Area di Sosta della Famiglia Ametrano

Sosta Camper behind the cathedral: Old town and excavation area 10 minutes on foot

Via Antonio Segni 23, 80045, Pompei, Italien

40° 45' 17" N 14° 29' 49" E

40.7547222 14.4969444


☍ 31,6 km (1 hrs. )

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Sorrento: Campeggio Nube D`Argento

all pitches under olive trees, swimming pool still open in October! Stairs down to the old port.

Capo 21, 80067, Sorrento, Italien

40° 37' 31.8" N 14° 21' 56.2" E

40.6255000 14.3656000


☍ 32,5 km (1 hrs. 16 min.)

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Amalfi, Salerno, Italien

fantastic motorbike tour on the Amalfitana to Positano, Praiano and Amalfi

40° 37' 56.6" N 14° 36' 5.5" E

40.6323940 14.6015300


☍ 31,6 km (1 hrs. 9 min.)

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Sorrento, Neapel, Italien

40° 37' 34.7" N 14° 22' 32.9" E

40.6262925 14.3757985


☍ 48,8 km (1 hrs. 3 min.)

Neapel, Italien

Sosta Camper "Parco dei Camaldoli": bus stop right in front of the square, then continue with metro no. 1 to the center, archaeological museum is a must!

40° 51' 6.4" N 14° 16' 5.2" E

40.8517746 14.2681244


☍ 29,5 km ( 39 min.)

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Bacoli, Neapel, Italien

Panorama from Pozzuoli over Naples, Vesuvius to the Sorrento coast with Capri and Ischia on the other side!

40° 47' 41.3" N 14° 4' 6.7" E

40.7948004 14.0685261


☍ 87,0 km (1 hrs. 31 min.)

Gaeta, Latina, Italien

41° 12' 38.6" N 13° 34' 17.1" E

41.2107299 13.5714285


☍ 59,4 km ( 59 min.)

Sabaudia, Latina, Italien

Sosta Camper "Gli Oleandri": newly created family-run campsite

41° 21' 27.2" N 13° 0' 45.5" E

41.3575628 13.0126523


☍ 146,3 km (1 hrs. 42 min.)

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Civitavecchia, Rom, Italien

42° 5' 32.7" N 11° 47' 43.5" E

42.0924239 11.7954132


☍ 84,3 km (1 hrs. 12 min.)

Thermalquellen von Saturnia, Grosseto, Italien

800 liters of sulphurous water at a temperature of 37 degrees flow out of the thermal spring every second. The water comes to the surface after 30 kilometers in Saturnia and pours over the Cascate del Mulino . Bathing in the naturally created sinter pools is free and freely accessible.

42° 39' 30.6" N 11° 30' 58" E

42.6585030 11.5161035


☍ 33,2 km ( 38 min.)

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Pitigliano, Grosseto, Italien

medieval town on rocky outcrop

42° 38' 7.1" N 11° 40' 12" E

42.6353182 11.6699906


☍ 88,3 km (1 hrs. 28 min.)

Castiglione del Lago Trasimeno, Perugia, Italien

Parking lot directly at Lago di Trasimeno (unfortunately loud barking at night from the police dog school)

43° 7' 35.2" N 12° 2' 52.2" E

43.1264498 12.0478399


☍ 47,7 km ( 34 min.)

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Perugia, Italien

Visit to the old town: car park near the motorway near the stadium, then continue with the new Minimetro (Funicolare)

43° 6' 38.6" N 12° 23' 27" E

43.1107168 12.3908279


☍ 335,9 km (3 hrs. 4 min.)

Parma, Italien

44° 48' 5.3" N 10° 19' 40.5" E

44.8014850 10.3279036


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