Capo Peloro - Torre Faro

Discovering Charybdis

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE ROUTE

A short yet panoramic route around the tip of Capo Peloro, the Charybdis of the Strait of Messina.The course is suitable for both cyclists and families alike. There are no proper climbs along the course, and the low-gradient inclines are not long.

KM 24

Elevation gain 200

Difficulty **

Category Family

Max. gradient -

Duration 1h00-1h30

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Along the route you can enjoy stunning views overlooking the Strait.
You set off in Capo Peloro or, alternatively, Ganzirri where you can find some car parks.
The route rolls along the Tyrrhenian coast of northern Sicily. Along the climb there are some interesting vantage points, but the most stunning views are along the descent, past Faro Superiore, overlooking Calabria’s coast on the other side of the strait.
At few kilometres to the finish stands the 224-m-high Torre Faro Electrical tower, which used to bring 220’000-Volt high voltage to Sicily. This very interesting engineering work was erected in 1955 and decommissioned in 1985 (all the cables have been removed).

NOTES:
Once the Faro Superiore descent is over, you must ride for a few kilometres on busy roads toward Messina. Hence, mind the traffic.

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The Pylon of Torre Faro is one of the so-called “Pylons of the Strait”, standing on the Sicilian shore.

The “Pylons of the Strait” are the two pylons of the 220 kV high voltage power line (working for 30 years, from 1955 to 1985) that stand over the Strait of Messina between Calabria and Sicily. They are two independent steel towers, now decommissioned.

After the aerial connection was discontinued in the early 1990s and was replaced by a submarine connection, the pylons were not demolished. The Torre Faro electrical tower in particular has been completely repainted and is equipped with a polychromatic lighting system with variable intensity.