Event
Benelli Week 2023

Arrival in Pesaro, a city with a great motorcycle tradition that has given rise to many great riders and unrepeatable champions such as Valentino Rossi. 
From your hotel, we suggest a short walk to Piazzale D’Annunzio to see Valentino’s Giant Helmet, inaugurated in August 2022.
Dinner in the ancient osteria of the city. Overnight.
During the next days, you will enjoy the experice of a dinner in the historical house of Benelli Family and visit the Museum Officine Benelli and private collection ASI Morbidelli.

Meeting point at the Benelli Museum in viale Mameli 22, Pesaro, at 8.30 AM and departure at 9 AM for the motorcycle tour in the Umbria-Marche Apennines up to Monte Cucco (1,566 meters above sea level). Woods, splendid hills and panoramic roads will be the setting for an entire day between the Marche and Umbria regions. Stop for lunch during the trip and return to Pesaro at 5 PM after riding for about 220 km.

Meeting point at the Benelli Museum at 8.30 AM and departure at 9 AM for a motorbike tour with destination Offagna, a village of medieval origins set on the hills of the Conero Park, where it is still possible to relive the atmosphere of the past. Specialized guides will accompany us in the narrow streets of the characteristic town in the Marche region.   Stop for lunch in Marina di Montemarciano. We shall be back in Pesaro at 5 PM after 170 km of trip.

Meeting point at Benelli Museum at 8.30 AM and departure at 9 AM for a classic itinerary of Benelli Week: Monte Nerone. After riding on the roads of the splendid villages of Montefeltro, we will go up to Monte Nerone (1,525 m. a.s.l) where we will stop for lunch. A total of 170 km up and down hill, arriving in Pesaro around 5 PM.

Meeting point at the Benelli Museum at 7.30 AM and departure at 8 AM for a bike tour with destination Castelluccio di Norcia, the roof of the Apennines (1452 meters above sea level) in the heart of the Sibillini Mountains, the ideal point to admire Mount Vettore (2500 meters above sea level) which unites the Marche and Umbria regions. Stop for lunch in Castelluccio, one of the largest plateaus in central Italy. A total of 400 km (including 150 km on the highway). Arrival in Pesaro at 6 PM.

Meeting point at the Benelli Museum at 8.30 AM and departure at 9 AM for a bike tour with destination Monte Cerignone, with a visit to the XII century fortress. The road of the Gothic Line will guide us to Tavullia for the lunch time. Then we will return to Pesaro riding on the famous Panoramica Street. We shall be back in Pesaro at 5 PM after 130 km of trip.

Meeting point at the Benelli Museum at 8.30 AM and departure at 9 AM for a bike tour with destination Fonte Avellana monastery located on Mount Catria (1701 m.) at 700 meters above sea level. Its origins date back to around 980, when some hermits chose to build the first settlements which over the centuries will become the current monastery. After the visit of Fonte Avellana, After the visit of Fonte Avellana, the tour will continue with destination Gola del Furlo, where we will stop for lunch. We shall be back in Pesaro at 5 PM after 170 km of trip.

Meeting point at the Benelli Museum at 7.30 AM and departure at 9 AM for a motorcycle tour with destination the Franciscan sanctuary of the Beato Sante in the eight hundredth year of its foundation (founded in 1223), located in the municipality of Mombaroccio. After the guided tour of the sanctuary there will be a musical performance dedicated to Gioacchino Rossini. At the end we will return to Pesaro, crossing through the villages of Candelara and Gradara and riding on the Panoramica Street, with final parade on the seafront of Pesaro, where we will stop for lunch.