View of Scandola – Magnificent blacon road loop from Colombu

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View of Scandola – Magnificent blacon road loop from Colombu

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View of Scandola – Magnificent blacon road loop from Colombu

05:18

74.3km

1,550m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 14, 2026

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Parking

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5.91 km

View of Scandola and the Gulf of Girolata from Col de Palmarella

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The Palmarella pass offers a panoramic view of Scandola and the Gulf of Girolata. One of the “musts” of any road trip in Corsica.

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5.94 km

Pass with a view

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If you are from. Order comes you are rewarded with a gigantic view, the incline is not too bad and if you are there in the evening like me then the light is just perfect!

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11.3 km

Stone Fountain

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Handy water point, but use your judgement if you are unsure. I used a water filter. So far no ill effects!😅

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15.5 km

View of Scandola

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After the pass, you arrive at a pleasant place to observe the magnificent view overlooking the sea and the Scandola marine reserve.

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28.8 km

View of the Gulf of Miserinu

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Here the road has been dug into the mountain and offers in places several viewpoints to admire the gulf, the sea, the mountains. And it's superb!

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36.5 km

Magnificent blacon road

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Here the road skirts high walls of red granite, giving it vertiginous paces in places.

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37.2 km

Porto Tower of Pleasure

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Restored again and in the evening the red rocks of the Calanche shine

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44.5 km

Pointe de Scopa

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Magnificent view of the dive site

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74.3 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

74.4 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

74.4 km

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (400 m)

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Weather

Thursday 15 October

22°C

15°C

8 %

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Max wind speed: 10.0 km/h

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Comments

April 3, 2025,Tag 245: Galéria-Porto

@Quentin & Zoë check out the tour .... ;) Greetings to Georgia

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September 24, 2023,Selvaggia Corsica 3, Galeria - Porto

Third stage, the key one!
Uncertain whether to go only as far as Porto or climb halfway up the climb to Col de Vergio (1450m), we set off, reserving the decision for later.
From Galeria, after a flat start, we face the long and regular climb up to Col de Palmarella, where a small crowd enraptured by the view of …

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