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Italian Alps, This Was Not the Roads We're Looking For… But It Will Do!

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May 10th 2014
We are bummed out to find Stelvio Pass is closed due to winter conditions. Regretfully we carry on to our destination in Austria. However we are astonished to find other Italian alps roads which are equally fun and twisty! We're not alone as the locals are out this Saturday carving up these yummy roads. I can't believe how fast the local riders tear through the country side! :-o ... read more

Europe » Italy » Lombardy » Ponte di Legno

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Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more