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Run in the largest UNESCO Baroque Pearl in the world! The Mangia's Ragusa Marathon presents the first 5 km of the city, between the outskirts of Ragusa Ovest. The next 32 km are mostly obtained in the countryside between the villages and rural hamlets of the Plateau, among which the passage from Cilone, the village of Tre Casuzze, is very suggestive, with a path characterized by "dry stone walls", true rural landscape icons. In the first 21 km of the route there are some “dirt” sections with lengths ranging between 50 and 300 meters. Around the 24th km, where the route of the StraRagusa joins that of the Mangia's Ragusa Marathon, it skirts the western outskirts of Ragusa, with the large roundabout of Viale delle Americhe. From here we continue towards other residential villages, such as Monachella, Cisternazzi, Fortugno, to then begin the part that will affect the Industrial Zone and also the Mining Zone, characterized by oil wells and above all by the two tunnels close to the ABCD At the 32nd km the route becomes almost constant downhill. Km 38 is characterized by the entrance into the Upper Historic Center, by passing over the characteristic “Ponte Vecchio” and the Piazza della Cattedrale di San Giovanni, and then continuing through suggestive streets and then projecting towards the hairpin bends of Corso Mazzini. From the 38th km (from Corso Mazzini, to the finish line) the event passes by numerous monuments declared by Unesco, World Heritage Sites, such as the church of Santa Maria delle Scale, Palazzo Cosentini, the Church of Purgatory and the Palazzo Sortino-Throne. The last kilometer of the route includes 300 meters of challenging ascent, of Via XI febbraio, between old paving stones and narrow streets, before the final entrance into the pedestrian area of Piazza Duomo, from the splendid and suggestive arch of Via S. Tommaso. Overall, the route is to be considered "fast", with a first "very undulating" part, typical of hilly tracks. The second part is certainly faster, apart from the "particular commitment" that requires the last kilometer.