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Marsolino Pass – Magnificent blacon road loop from E Cinque Arcate

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Marsolino Pass – Magnificent blacon road loop from E Cinque Arcate

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Marsolino Pass – Magnificent blacon road loop from E Cinque Arcate

10:22

151km

2,740m

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 accessible with public transport.

Last updated: June 20, 2026

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12.7 km

Marsolino Pass

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The Marsolino pass is the first pass to cross from Calvi towards Piana. The lace-up descent of this pass is just exhilarating.

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12.9 km

The Marsolino pass is located on a mountain range in the Monte Cinto massif. It peaks at 443 meters above sea level. It is the entry point to the Corsica regional natural park. The climb offers very beautiful panoramas.

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31.8 km

Impressive coastal road

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This road is one of the most impressive roads I've ever driven! Hardly any traffic, spectacular views, but the roads are a bit bumpy, but I'm happy to buy it! …

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75.1 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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84.6 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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97.9 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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106 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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106 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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151 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

148 km

2.13 km

646 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

150 km

361 m

289 m

< 100 m

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Weather

Tuesday 23 June

30°C

22°C

15 %

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Comments

September 18, 2025,Kors 🇫🇷 3: Calvi-Galeria -Porto

Along the west coast, wonderful views, but also many kilometers, plenty of altitude in summery 30 degrees

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May 27, 2024,Corsia 7^ Porto Ota - Calvi

We found the most enchanting coast and the roads overlooking the sea on the stretch traveled today. The narrow asphalt snake winds between the rocks, the result of the work of diligent miners who had dug and built walls to allow passage in those magnificent places. The roadway, always narrow but with almost no traffic, allowed us a ride that …

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May 16, 2022,20220516-Etappe 2 - Von Calvi nach Ota

From Calvi, the first thing to do is climb steeply in town, always on the D81. At the "outskirts" it goes on one of the most beautiful side roads in Corsica, the D81b. There is hardly any traffic here. Except for the motorized two-wheeler friends on their heavy mopeds. In "pannier width" they roar past and cut you, so that …

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November 1, 2021,La Costa dei Calanchi

Route between Calvi and Cargese along the western coast of Corsica, passing through the spectacular calanques of Piana, a UNESCO heritage site. One of the most beautiful roads in the world.

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Marsolino Pass – Magnificent blacon road loop from E Cinque Arcate

Marsolino Pass

Marsolino Pass

Impressive coastal road

Pass with a view

View of Scandola

View of the Gulf of Miserinu

Magnificent blacon road

Porto Tower of Pleasure

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