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Passo del Mercante – Zomaro Pond loop from Gioia Tauro

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Italy

Calabria

Gioia Tauro

Passo del Mercante – Zomaro Pond loop from Gioia Tauro

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Passo del Mercante – Zomaro Pond loop from Gioia Tauro

05:26

80.7km

1,250m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 17, 2026

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Your route passes through a protected area

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Parco Nazionale dell'Aspromonte

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Start point

Train Station

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30.4 km

Passo del Mercante

Highlight • Mountain Pass

Connecting pass between Cittanova and Gerace. Often here there are stalls full of specialties to be tasted.

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32.7 km

Canolo: a nest of jagged rocks

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The stretch that from Passo della Limina leads to Canolo is among the most beautiful of the cycle path from a landscape point of view. You go up quite a …

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35.1 km

Gerace: the medieval city of 100 churches

Highlight • Settlement

To reach Gerace it is necessary to make a detour from the route of the cycle path at the crossroads for Canolo. You have to cover 15 km, all downhill, …

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37.3 km

Peaceful Rest Spot in Aspromonte National Park

Highlight • Viewpoint

40.8 km

Zomaro Pond

Highlight • Lake

Pleasant circular walk on the Zomaro plains (from the marshy Greek), a thousand meters above sea level, within the Aspromonte National Park.

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43.0 km

Passo Cancello

Mountain Pass

58.6 km

Carlo Ruggiero Municipal Villa

Highlight • Rest Area

The Villa Comunale di Cittanova is a public park that was built in 1880 at the expense of the then mayor Carlo Ruggiero and therefore named after him.

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58.6 km

Carlo Ruggiero Municipal Park, Cittanova

Highlight • Natural

The Villa Comunale di Cittanova is a public park that was built in 1880 at the expense of the then mayor Carlo Ruggiero and therefore named after him.

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80.7 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

73.8 km

4.82 km

1.10 km

724 m

319 m

Surfaces

76.7 km

2.17 km

1.82 km

Elevation

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Friday 10 July

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Passo del Mercante – Zomaro Pond loop from Gioia Tauro

Passo del Mercante

Canolo: a nest of jagged rocks

Gerace: the medieval city of 100 churches

Peaceful Rest Spot in Aspromonte National Park

Zomaro Pond

Carlo Ruggiero Municipal Villa

Carlo Ruggiero Municipal Park, Cittanova

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