“We lived this project, stop after stopping, and it was interesting to see all the work employed up close and above all all the enthusiasm transmitted. I thank the organizers, the Environment Department and the parks for the synergy created. I would like to underline how the “Bam on the road” project highlighted the most authentic and fascinating peculiarities of our region. Calabria has proved to be an ideal stage for an adventure cycle tourism that combines nature, culture and traditions in a slow travel experience, sustainable and full of emotions. The success of this initiative testifies that Calabria has all the credentials to emerge in the panorama of global cycle tourism, offering unique and diversified experiences, all enclosed in a territory that knows how to surprise and conquer. Our region is confirmed as a destination of excellence, capable of combining adventure, sustainability and culture, gastronomy and traditions, and of leaving an indelible mark in the heart of those who visit it. ” The Regional Councilor for Tourism and Environment, Giovanni Calabrese At the end of the Bam Bam project! – Bicycle Adventure Meeting: Calabria Edition.
Over 400 kilometers riding the international collective Enough Cyclingamong the main promoters of the Adventure cycle tourism, together with more than 150 participants. Three parks crossed along the luxuriant green ridge of Calabria, looking out on the Ionian, celebrated and photographed in Soverato, up to the Tyrrhenian Sea, who welcomed the last stop at the port of Bagnara.
An innovative path, the result of the collaboration between Bam! – Bicycle Adventure Meeting, dreaming together travel (technical organizer), cycle of parks, Calabria region and numerous local bodies and associations.
Bam! On the Road Calabria Edition was a unique event of its kind, which brought new creative stimuli and international visibility to Calabria of cycling, a sector in strong growth globally. A special experience, not only for the unpublished synergy between the Bam! It is a reality of the South, but also for the ability to combine outdoor tourism, slow and sustainable, with the flavors, traditions and uniqueness of the Calabrian landscape.
During the journey, the pedal creators of the Enough collective, Alessandro Ponti, Jacopo Lahibi, Fiorenza Baratti and Manuel Truccolo, met local communities, collecting stories and testimonies, as, at each stage, they tasted the food and wine excellences of the territory, also accompanied by the charm of millennia of history.
With the conclusion of this pilot edition, the gaze is aimed at the next great appointment: the European Bam gathering! of 6-8 June, in the extraordinary setting of Villa Contarini, in the Paduan, where several thousands of appearances are expected. On that occasion, Calabria will be the protagonist with an exceptional showcase, thanks to the successful success. And the second Calabrian edition is already looming on the horizon, in May 2026
“There is an unexpected Calabria to see, touch, hear, tell. And where to return, expanding the message of an exceptional region, capable of providing unique and very different experiences, yet kept together by a sense of hospitality that has no rivals. We will bring indelible images with us, who are already arousing great interest in our community “, highlights Jacopo Lahibi of Enaughter Cycling.
“This pilot edition ends, which we have faced with a spirit of adventure, just like the type of offer that these itineraries outline. Thanks to the full support of bodies, institutions, design partners, associations and local communities, we have seen that by acting concretely the results come, while managing to test the target live, including needs and expectations, to know how to replicate the experience with even greater effectiveness, by radiating. The offer “, comments Angela Donato, owner to dream of travel together.
The tour represents a successful example of synergy between bodies and stakeholders in the area. Bam! On the Road Calabria Edition is in fact promoted to dream together and developed together with Bam! And Enough Cycling, with the technical support of the Ciclovia of the Parks of Calabria and the Calabria Region – Tourism and Environment Department and Agriculture Department, and of extraordinary Calabria, and the patronage of the Pollino National Park, of the Sila National Park, the Regional Natural Park of Serre, the Aspromonte National Park, the Marine Parks of Calabria, Arsac and Gal Sila. The event is part of the “Le Montagne del Sole” project, financed by the Ministry of Tourism to be worth on the Montagna call, with the leader of the Calabrian Gal Serre and partner dreaming together, Trekking Stilaro Experience, Guides of the Serre, Sharryland, Riviera and Borghi degli Angeli and Italian Sommelier Association.