What is Anàbasi 300?
Anàbasi 300 is the event that effectively invented the formula of the “Rally without timekeeping“: approximately 300/320 kilometres in total over three days, to rediscover the full thrill of real rally navigation, using a road book that, as always, has been prepared with the utmost care and precision.
While Anàbasi 1000 was an almost extreme endurance test, Anàbasi 300 is within the reach of most enduro and rally enthusiasts who are ready to share the same idea of a “rally without a stopwatch”: three very varied stages, an intense but never extreme route and, above all, the heart of the event: navigation on hand-drawn roadbook with notes every hundred metres.
The absence of special stages or other discriminating factors recreates the atmosphere of early rallies, without having to drive fast due to the obsession with time checks, but only committing to “keeping pace” to enjoy driving in some of the most beautiful areas of Italy: the driver, his motorbike, a road book marking the route: that's all you need to have fun!
the 2026 programme
The 18th edition of Anàbasi 300 will take place from 26 to 28 February 2027.
it's early days for the programme!
the driver
Anàbasi is a beautiful tour for specialist motorcycles and should be interpreted as such: anyone with a minimum of motorcycling experience and who knows how to ride off-road can enjoy these three stages.
However, we advise you not to underestimate the route and the season: we recommend maintaining an average speed of 30 km/h (6 hours for 180 km). In particular, as in all rallies, it is good practice to “set the pace”, i.e. not to waste time and stop too often.
We don't feel qualified to give advice on how to prepare, except to say that you should protect yourself not only with appropriate enduro clothing, but also from the weather: it may rain or snow. At best, you will encounter mild days, but the three stages cover muddy areas and many fords, so making sure you don't have to stay wet all day should be a priority.
the motorbike
Anàbasi 300 is designed for specialist enduro motorcycles, whether contemporary or vintage: in other words, any racing bike is suitable, even a Puch from the 1970s!
On the contrary, motorcycles such as single-cylinder 600s or even twin-cylinders, given the season and the type of route, would immediately find themselves in difficulty.
Autonomy: you need to be able to travel at least 100 km. We recommend that you bring €5 and €10 notes, as we cannot guarantee that all vending machines will accept debit cards.
Tyres: It is essential to have new or excellent condition Enduro FIM (enduro competition) specialist tyres. In addition to mud and fords, much of the route is rocky: if you do not have mousse, it is advisable to have reinforced inner tubes inflated to 1.2/1.3 bar (you can always deflate them later).
navigation, roadbook only
For twenty years, Moto Club Umbria has been focusing all its activities on paper road-book because he firmly believes that it is a further stimulus for knowledge and interpretation of the landscape: Anàbasi 300 is a celebration of the roadbook, which we want to hand-drawn and with partial measurements at 100 metres.
We believe that the success of this event is largely due to this “purity”, effectively transforming it into the annual meeting place for keen sailing enthusiasts who know they will find a simple and powerful tool for tracking a route, with the added bonus of being able to use it outside of any competitive context.
In addition to the timeless A5 paper version, from the 16th edition it is possible to browse on road-book digital (here our guide) only via the Navirally App.!
On Friday, 27 February, during preliminary operations at the Moto Club Umbria Secretariat, paper road books will be handed out, which must then be returned at the end of the stage, while the road books appear automatically in Navirally.
Want to go sailing? Now's your chance!
At Anàbasi, you can participate by navigating with a road book or “following a friend”, i.e. without instruments, just following someone (there are no .gpx tracks).
However, we would suggest that anyone who wants to participate should try navigating, because Anàbasi is the perfect opportunity: the Moto Club and Umbria roadbooks focus mainly on the design of the note, rather than other indications: if you make a mistake, you go back and take the right road, or you ask other participants for help: the atmosphere is fun and friendly, and many friendships have been formed on the Anàbasi 300 trails.
In order to facilitate navigation even for the inexperienced, there are in fact rather frequent resets (about every 30/40 km).
So if you have an old smartphone or tablet, attach it to your handlebars, power it via USB, download Navirally and off you go: you won't regret it!
If, on the other hand, you would like to try sailing but don't feel comfortable doing so during an event, there is always Nautae, the Rally Academy.
obligations
The fun and pleasure of discovery cannot be spoilt by complex and cerebral rigmarole.
As with Moto Club and Umbria, we have ensured that everything is streamlined and agile, but some recommendations are essential:
Absolute respect for the places you visit and for those who inhabit and live there, whether human, animal or plant.
The constant reminder that we are guests on this earth, on these roads.- be in compliance with the highway code
- Having the
- UISP membership card 2026 type A or higher (if you don't have it, you can find it included free of charge with registration).
- Attend the event with a certificate of good healthvalid medical certificate issued by a general practitioner for non-competitive sporting activity. This is essential for all CONI-accredited events, including, of course, Anàbasi 300. Failure to present the certificate will result in the participant being excluded from the event.
registration
Registration for Anàbasi 300 2027 will open on Tuesday 1 December 2026 via an online form, with the possibility of paying the registration fee by Credit Card, PayPal or bank transfer.
Anàbasi 300 has always been a limited-entry event, which usually reaches capacity on the day registration opens.
The registration fee for Anàbasi 300 2027 is yet to be determined, but as always it will be possible to participate:
for 3 stages (Friday, Saturday, Sunday)
or for 2 stages (Saturday, Sunday)
until 5 February 2027: 90%
6 to 13 February 2027: 50%
from 14 February 2027 we will no longer make refunds
what does membership include
- an extraordinary route of approximately 300 km, previously unseen and specially designed for maximum enjoyment while driving and navigating
- a beautiful and useful souvenir gadget
- a welcome kit also containing stickers to put on the bike
- the two “snacks” on Saturday and Sunday, the dinner on Saturday 27 February, all based on products from the best Umbrian tradition and production.
- The use during the event of paper or digital road books for the three stages, hand-drawn specifically for the event.
- professional photographs of the event, available for free download in high resolution
- mechanical assistance or motorbike recovery service on the route
hospitality
The next Anàbasi 300 will be based in the town of Marsciano, a municipality of almost twenty thousand inhabitants along the lower Tiber Valley: Moto Club Umbria chose it as an alternative to Piegaro because of its larger size and the number and capacity of its accommodation facilities.
The Municipality of Marsciano is compiling a list of facilities and requesting that they sign an agreement for participants in Anàbasi 300.
We will update this list as agreements are received.
7 flats, restaurant
Prices: €90 double, €110 triple, €140 quadruple, breakfast included.
originally it was Anàbasi 1000
Anàbasi in ancient Greek means “to go inland, to explore”: Xenophon, a writer and knight of the 4th century BC, used this term to title his chronicle of a Greek military expedition that crossed the whole of Asia Minor in an attempt to finally return home. A gruelling undertaking that became legendary, the term “Anàbasi” is synonymous with a long and arduous endeavour.
In 2007, Moto Club Umbria invented a new concept of rallying, returning to the origins of regularity: a route to be completed on motorbikes, respecting the travel times dictated by the C.O. (time controls). The Anàbasi 1000, as it was called, involved 1000 km in three days (400+400+200) with increasing difficulty. It was a tremendous physical and mental challenge against oneself, an endurance marathon, the opposite of a speed race.
Anàbasi 1000 was blocked by law enforcement just 30 kilometres after the start: “a grotesque and absurd action,” as the Justice of the Peace wrote... There is no point in dwelling on it, but at every level of the judicial process, we have only had confirmation that we were right.
genesis of Anàbasi 300
Since its first edition in June 2013 in Pietralunga, Anàbasi 300 has been a three-day event covering a total of approximately 300 km: it is more off-road, with a route suitable for all types of motorcycles.
From the second edition until 2025, Anàbasi 300 will take place in the second half of February, starting from Piegaro: The 2026 edition will take place in Marsciano..
The Anàbasi Boòn (“of the cows”) was designed primarily for twin-cylinder motorcycles with routes designed and suited especially for so-called “non-specialist” enduro bikes.
Anàbasi Boòn took place in 2013, 2014 and 2016, and in 2018 it was incorporated into and replaced by Rally dell’Umbria, now in its 14th edition, will take place in Perugia from 23 to 26 April 2026.
Registration for the 16th Anàbasi 300 is now closed as the maximum number of participants has been reached.
Waiting list
Every year, Moto Club Umbria feels sorry for the many people who would have liked to register but were unable to do so... every year, a few registrants are forced to drop out, unable to participate, and so we open a sort of 'waiting list', through which we will gradually inform (in order of dispatch) those who were unable to register immediately about the availability of places 'left vacant'.
This is not a promise, but if you want to, leave us an email address to be contacted!
We remain at your disposal for any information on
info@motoclubumbria.com
on navigation
As you will have seen, we believe that navigation via Navirally, and thus Android or iOS deviceis a great opportunity to try and as an incentive we offer two 15% discount codeswhich you will receive in your registration confirmation email.
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