Tuffaceous towns
Sorano - San Quirico - Madonna delle Grazie - Pitigliano - Sorano

27- Tuffaceous towns

Sorano - km 0 - San Quirico - km 5 - Madonna delle Grazie - km 12.5 - Pitigliano - km 14.5 - Sorano - km 28

Starting point and arrival: Sorano
Distance in kilometres: 28 km (33 km with the Sovana deviation)
Difference in altitude: 390 m
Type of road: tarred road
Bicycle: roadster and all-terrain
Difficulty: average - easy
NOTES: itinerary of great interest, from the point of view of the landscape, requiring the whole day to visit the areas one is cycling through.
The most exacting stretches are the short climb towards Sorano and about 3 kilometres uphill from Pitigliano (plain of the river Lente) as far
as the S.P. 22 to Sorano.

From Sorano one follows the road signs to San Quirico about 5 kilometres away and to be reached on the provincial road S.P. 12. From the town middle one can easily reach the cave dwellings of Vitozza following the road signs. The itinerary continues on the S.P. 12 in the direction of Pitigliano. After 1.8 kilometres one reaches a large crossing and one cycles straight on (crossing the regional road S.R. 74) in the direction of Manciano avoiding to turn right to Sovana and Pitigliano. One cycles therefore on the S.P. 127 “Pantano” without any difficulty through tilled fields for about 10 kilometres as far as a crossing where one turns right onto the S.R. 74 to Pitigliano. At the site Madonna delle Grazie one enjoys an extraordinary view of Pitigliano about 2 kilometres away: 1.2 kilometres downhill and 800 metres uphill. Having visited the centre of Pitigliano one cycles back onto the same road towards the Lente lowland. Leaving the town one turns right in the direction of Sovana on the S.P. 46 ignoring the large hairpin bend on the left. The road bypasses the tuff rise on which Pitigliano stands and reaches a T-crossing after having cycled mainly uphill for 4.8 kilometres (20.8): turning left one cycles easily as far as Sovana 2 kilometres downhill, while the itinerary continues on the right on the pleasant road S.P. 22 in the direction of Sorano. After 4 kilometres the road descends between tall tuff walls, passes by Via Cava of San Rocco until it reaches the bridge over the river Lente where it starts climbing for about 1 kilometre to Sorano (28).

 

Panorama di Sorano visto da San Rocco