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Location: Gradara, Pesaro e Urbino, Marche, Italy

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1. Gradara Castle – Riccione Seafront Promenade loop from Riccione

46.3km

03:02

480m

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels.

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2. Casteldimezzo – Gradara Castle loop from Villa San Martino

63.1km

04:04

770m

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels.

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3. Gradara Castle – Gradara Castle loop from Cattolica-San Giovanni-Gabicce

46.0km

02:55

500m

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels.

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Gabriele Ottaviani

October 9, 2025

It's impossible not to fall in love with a village like Gradara, a symbolic place of the tragic love between Paolo and Francesca.

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Montefeltro Trails Experience

October 4, 2022

The Castle of Gradara Gradara is a real fortified citadel, which has remained intact despite the wrath of time. Always contested by the militias loyal to the Papal Power and the hot lordships of Romagna and Marche. Furthermore, legend has it that Paolo and Francesca, the two unfortunate lovers narrated in Dante's Divine Comedy, were set right here.

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MassCola

January 2, 2023

The Gradara stronghold was built in the 12th century and in different eras it belonged to the powerful Italian families: the Malatesta, the Sforza, the Medici and the Della Rovere.

Dante comes back to memory, who in the V Canto of Hell, in the circle of the lustful, tells the tragic love story of 1289 between Paolo (Malatesta) and Francesca (Da Polenta) which took place in this very castle.

Once in front of the fortress it is possible to enter the village carrying the bike by hand or continue pedaling and take Via degli inamorati on the left, the road that runs along the outside of the fortress, on the ground small square ceramics with painted red hearts indicate the route : here you find the Teatro dell'Aria where falconry and birds of prey shows are organised.

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Elevation 100 m

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Location: Gradara, Pesaro e Urbino, Marche, Italy

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Gradara Castle

1. Gradara Castle – Riccione Seafront Promenade loop from Riccione

2. Casteldimezzo – Gradara Castle loop from Villa San Martino

3. Gradara Castle – Gradara Castle loop from Cattolica-San Giovanni-Gabicce

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