Today we embarked on the second part of the Mille Miglia route. The breakfast at Raffaello Hotel was the best so far in Italy. We found a petrol station in Senigallia that had a DIY car wash. But it turned out that you needed some sort of prepaid card to use it. The petrol station as such was unmanned. So, we had to continue with dirty cars.
The coastal road doesn’t allow for much views of the sea. The train line goes between the road and the beach.
The landscape shifted a lot after leaving the beaches behind. Climbing up in the Apennines made for some stunning views. The roads varied a lot, from newly paved to truly horrible with potholes and cracks.
We decided to take a detour to the city of Spello. Both to get some lunch, but also to visit the city itself. It is one of those picturesque Italian cities that keep popping up in travel programs. It didn’t disappoint at all. We found a restaurant that was open for lunch (most only opened in the evenings). The city itself is the oposite of San Marino, which we visited yesterday. Not a single tourist shop in sight. What a relief!
After the lunch, we continued our drive to Rome. The GPS tricked us on a few occasions by being a bit ambiguous on what road to take. There was a surprising amount of twisting mountain roads near Rome.
When we had about 10 km left to the hotel, the traffic came to a halt. Several cars decided to turn around (this wasn’t on the highway) and we did the same.
We chose the Eurogarden hotel simply because it was reasonably priced, had it’s own parking space and had decent reviews.
Tomorrow we’ll go and visit Rome, without cars.
329 km, 4 hours and 15 minutes driving time
Europe by car 
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