The Cazzimbocchia is back, the vintage bike ride for 50 km on the cobblestones of Naples!
Saturday 13 May 2017 in Naples, on the occasion of Naples Bike Festival 2017 come back "The Cazzimbocchia", One ciclopasseggiata without competition now in its second edition which will see cycling enthusiasts pedaling on vintage racing bikes. The runners will have to run approximately 50 Km between the asphalted streets of the city, between climbs, descents and cycle paths. The protagonists of the path will be, in fact, i cazzimbocchi, commonly called sampietrini (porphyry tiles used to pave the streets).
How to participate
The registration fee includes the race pack, refreshments and insurance. To register, just send an e-mail to nfo@napolibikefestival.it by 30 April 2017 accompanied by photos plus vintage bikes. Participants must gather at 7:00 am at the Bicycle House located in the Galleria Principe di Napoli where they will take the usual photo and have a coffee. Departure at 7:30 and return at 11:00.
So let's see what streets of the city will interest The Cazzimbocchia 2017.
The path of the Cazzimbocchia 2017
- Via Foria where the Real Botanical Garden and the Real Albergo dei Poveri
- Via Arenaccia
- Via Ponti Rossi going up towards the Real Bosco di Capodimonte and the Church of the Holy Face
- Real Bosco di Capodimonte. Short stop to admire the view
- Salita del Moiariello, a place of amazing beauty
- Health district rich in architectural structures including the Palazzo dello Spagnuolo and places including the historic Pasticceria Poppella and Concettina ai Tre Santi's pizzas
- Via Mario Pagano, via Foria
- Piazza Cavour, passing in front of the National Archaeological Museum of Naples
- Via Salvator Rosa
- Corso Vittorio Emanuele, a long 5 Km road with curves and panoramas
- Via Trinità delle Monache
- Via Girardi, for a brief visit to the Spanish quarters, to admire Spaccanapoli and the murals dedicated to Diego Armando Maradona
- Via Nuova Santa Maria Ognibene, Vico Concordia, Vico Cariati, Salita Cariati and then the descent begins
- Vico San Nicola from Tolentino, via San Carlo alle Mortelle, Vico Mondragone, via Nicotera, via Gennaro Serra
- Piazza del Plebiscito kissed by Royal Palace
- Via Cesario Console, via Santa Lucia
- Via Partenope with the most fashionable hotels and clubs in the city on the right and the islet of Megaride on the left, with the mysterious Castel dell'Ovo
- Piazza Vittoria, Riviera of Chiaia, Viale Gramsci, Piazza Sannazzaro, via Mergellina
- Via Posillipo all uphill
- Via Tito Lucrezio, a very hard climb, but that brings the riders closer to the Ristoro Point
- Virgilian Park with a short stop
- Viale Virgilio
- via Manzoni, with the medieval Torre Ranieri
- Via del Marzano, the ancient driveway between the rustic and noble farmhouses of Posillipo
- Via Manzoni, via Tasso
- Via Aniello Falcone, with the Vesuvio in the background
- Vomero, called the hill of the Friarielli because this food grew wild and spontaneous
- Via Cimarosa, via Scarlatti, via Morghen, via Tito Angelini
- Largo San Martino between Castel San'Elmo , chartreuse. Short break, checkpoint and then down
- Via Bonito, via Morghen, via Scarlatti
- Piazza Vanvitelli, via Cilea
- Corso Europa, via Manzoni, via Boccaccio
- Descent Coroglio, admiring Bagnoli, once a prestigious spa town
- Via Coroglio, where the City of Science
- Piazza Bagnoli
- Via di Pozzuoli, with a short excursion on the Lungomare
- Via Napoli, II Traversa Via Napoli, via Boezio, via Maiuri, via Ferrara, Piazza Salvemini, via Cerbone, Viale della Liberazione
- Viale Giochi del Mediterraneo, as a tribute to the games that took place in Naples in the 1963
- Via Labriola, Viale Kennedy
- Entry of the Naples Bike Festival
- Arrival
