Ponte San Cataldo Viaduct – Randazzo Town Center loop from Francavilla di Sicilia

Francavilla Di Sicilia

Ponte San Cataldo Viaduct – Randazzo Town Center loop from Francavilla di Sicilia

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Ponte San Cataldo Viaduct – Randazzo Town Center loop from Francavilla di Sicilia

09:00

161km

3,390m

Road cycling

Hard road ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 27, 2026

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Your route passes through protected areas

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Parco dei Nebrodi

Parco dell'Alcantara

Riserva naturale Laghetti di Marinello

Riserva Naturale Orientata Bosco di Malabotta

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Start point

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4.48 km

Alcantara Gorges

Highlight • Gorge

In contact with the river water lava masses are cooled very quickly and solidified into prominent, densely supported columns. Over time, the Alcantara has eaten its way through the lava crucible and created this small impressive canyon.
Unfortunately, the area is now intensively managed by tourists and the upstream "adventure park" is a horror. A few meters further up the road, however, is the "Ingresso communale" of the municipality. There you can go for a small fee and go down the hummock in the canyon. However, the shore is shared with all the others, who usually choose the more comfortable way with the lift.
Most of the time the water level is low and you can wade in the water a little way into the gorge. There are no other ways.

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6.44 km

Ponte San Cataldo Viaduct

Highlight • Bridge

Beautiful viaduct on the route from the coast inland!

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13.7 km

Calatabiano Castle

Highlight • Castle

I recommend arriving in Calatabiano, taking the road that crosses the hamlet of Mitogio. This route has little traffic from motor vehicles and is immersed in the vegetation that runs along the Alcantara river.

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46.6 km

Randazzo Town Center

Highlight • Settlement

Pretty little town with a nice square. Great place for a break.

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54.8 km

Santa Domenica Vittoria – City of Truffles

Highlight (Segment) • Settlement

This tree-lined road crosses the Nebrodi Park, a mountainous area of the island that is more reminiscent of the Apennine territories of central Italy!

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74.8 km

Portella Santa Maria

Mountain Pass

94.6 km

Riserva naturale Laghetti di Marinello

Nature Reserve

95.0 km

Sanctuary of the Black Madonna of Tindari

Highlight • Religious Site

The Santuario Santa Maria de Tindari is the famous pilgrimage church with the Black Madonna. The church was built in the 1950s and here the Black Madonna is worshiped by Tindari.
Tradition has it that after a sudden burst of images, the picture of grace from Constantinople was washed ashore in a box. The black Madonna can be seen in the back smaller church.

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128 km

SP 115 Tripiciana Road

Highlight • Cycleway

Most of the road has been resurfaced

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133 km

Portella Zilla

Mountain Pass

142 km

Roccella Valdemone

Highlight • Settlement

We don't have much historical information about the town, however we do know that it was built in the Norman age and that once there was an imposing medieval castle here, the remains of which still stand.

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