Chianti, Tuscany · Italy
Strada Chiantigiana
SR222Strada in Chianti to Castellina in Chianti
Tuscany’s wine road, Greve to Castellina through the Chianti hills.
The old SS222 out of Strada in Chianti is the road everyone pictures when they picture Tuscany: cypress avenues, ridgeline vineyards and hilltop villages strung along the Greve valley. It rolls through Greve’s arcaded Piazza Matteotti, climbs to Panzano above the Conca d’Oro amphitheatre of vines, then swings and dips to the medieval tower of Castellina in Chianti at 578 m. The surface is good and the rhythm is lovely; watch for tour coaches in harvest season, cyclists all year, and gravel dragged onto the bends where the white strade bianche join.
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Strada Chiantigiana on the map18.4 mi · point to point
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busiest around mile 12Elevation
under 4%4 to 8%over 8%208 to 579 mFrom the road
Points of interest3 stops
- Piazza Matteotti, Greve in ChiantiLandmark6.7 mi in
- Antica Macelleria Cecchini, PanzanoFood and drink11 mi in
- Castellina in ChiantiLandmark18 mi in
Hazards
- Tour buses and heavy tourist traffic in summer and harvest
- Cyclists in numbers all year round
- L’Eroica vintage cycling weekend closes the road to racing in early October
- Gravel on bends where the white roads join
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“The most fun part comes roughly between the town of Panzano, and Castellina in Chianti.”
“It’s said to be one of the most scenic drives of the country. It crosses a wide territory full of vineyards, olive groves and picturesque small towns with stunning churches and castles, as it meanders through gently rolling countryside.”
Route traced from OpenStreetMap, with its stats measured from that line. How the roads are mapped
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