Gran Fondo Italia By NAL and Co.

The Gran Fondo Italia by NAL and Co. (or Circuito Gran Fondo Italia) is an open water swimming series in Italy organized by Alessandro Pilati of Swimming in Open Water (NAL) with other Italian organizers.

2020 Gran Fondo Italia

Circuit Stages in 2020

• Stage 1, date 21 June 2020, distance 17 km, Gran Fondo Porto Conte in Alghero
  
• Stage 2, date 5 July 2020, distance 15 km, Gran Fondo Golfo Castellabate in Castellabate
  
• Stage 3, date 19 July 2020, distance 15 km, Gran Fondo Cinque Terre in Monterosso
  
• Stage 4, date 30 August 2020, distance 15 km, Gran Fondo Lago di Como in Dervio
  
• Stage 5, date 12 September 2020, distance 24,5 km, Gran Fondo Naviglio Grande in Milano
  
• Stage 6, date 27 September 2020, distance 15 km, Gran Fondo Bocche Bonifacio in Santa Teresa Gallura
  

Gran Fondo Porto Conte

Region: Sardinia
Place: Alghero (Sassari)
Route: 17 kilometers in line along the coast from Spiaggia del Lazzaretto to Tramariglio
Features: Western Mediterranean sea, coast of the Porto Conte Natural Park
Organization: by NAL
Organizing Referent: Alessandro Pilati e Maurizio Farinelli
Program and information: http://www.circuitogranfondoitalia.it/gran-fondo-porto-conte

Gran Fondo Golfo di Castellabate

Region: Campania
Place: Castellabate (Salerno)
Route: 15 kilometers in line along the coast from the Bay of Ogliastro Marina to the Frazione Lago Beach.
Features: the Tyrrhenian Sea, the coast of the Marine Protected Area of Castellabate and the Cilento National Park
Organization: by the Punta Tresino Association
Organizing Referent: Giovanni PISCIOTTANO
Program and information: http://www.circuitogranfondoitalia.it/gran-fondo-golfo-di-castellabate

Gran Fondo Cinque Terre

Region: Liguria
Place: Monterosso (La Spezia)
Route: 15 kilometers along the coast of the Cinque Terre, a protected marine area among the most famous and fascinating in Italy, where even the famous poet Lord Byron swam.
Features: Ligurian sea, coast of the Cinque Terre Park
Organization: by NAL
Organizing Referent: Alessandro PILATI
Program and information: http://www.circuitogranfondoitalia.it/gran-fondo-cinque-terre

Gran Fondo Lago di Como

Region: Lombardy
Place: Dervio
Track: 15 kilometers in line in Lake of Como near Dervio
Features: Lake of Como
Organization: by NAL
Organizing referent: Leardo CALLONE
Program and information: http://www.circuitogranfondoitalia.it/gran-fondo-lago-di-como

Gran Fondo del Naviglio Grande

Region: Lombardy
Place: Milan
Track: 24.5 kilometers in line from Cassinetta to Darsena in Milan
Features: artificial canal designed by Leonardo da Vinci of the Naviglio Grande, water from the Ticino in favor of electricity
Organization: by Terre dei Navigli Sport and Nature
Organizing referent: Tommaso REVERDINI
Program and information: http://www.circuitogranfondoitalia.it/gran-fondo-naviglio-grande

Gran Fondo Bocche di Bonifacio

Region: Sardinia
Place: Santa Teresa Gallura (Sassari)
Route: 15 kilometers in line from Corsica to Sardinia. Swimming crossing of the Strait of Bonifacio
Features: Mediterranean sea, between the sea of Sardinia and the Tyrrhenian Sea
Organization: by NAL
Organizing Referent: Alessandro PILATI
Program and information: http://www.circuitogranfondoitalia.it/gran-fondo-bocche-di-bonifacio

2019 Gran Fondo Italia

Circuit Stages in 2019

• Stage 1, date 9 June 2019, distance 15 km, Gran Fondo Cinque Terre in Monterosso
  
• Stage 2, date 22 June 2019, distance 17 km, Gran Fondo Porto Conte in Alghero
  
• Stage 3, date 7 July 2019, distance 15 km, Gran Fondo Golfo Castellabate in Castellabate
  
• Stage 4, date 7 September 2019, distance 24,5 km, Gran Fondo Naviglio Grande in Milano
  
• Stage 5, date 21 September 2019, distance 15 km, Gran Fondo Bocche Bonifacio in Santa Teresa Gallura
  

2018 Gran Fondo Italia

Circuit Stages in 2018

• Stage 1, date 23 June 2018, distance 15 km, Gran Fondo Cinque Terre in Portovenere (La Spezia)
  
• Stage 2, date 7 July 2018, distance 15 km, Gran Fondo Venezia in Cavallino Treporti (Venezia)
  
• Stage 3, date 21 July 2018, distance 17 km, Gran Fondo Porto Conte in Alghero
  
• Stage 4, date 25 August 2018, distance 15 km, Gran Fondo Sanremo in Sanremo (Imperia)
  
• Stage 5, date 8 September 2018, distance 24,5 km, Gran Fondo Naviglio Grande in Milan
  
• Stage 6, date 22 September 2018, distance 15 km, Gran Fondo Bocche Bonifacio in Santa Teresa Gallura. Cross-border swim in the strait between Corsica in France and Sardinia in Italy.
  

2017 Gran Fondo Italia

Circuit Stages in 2017

• Stage 1, date 25 June 2017, distance 17 km, Gran Fondo Porto Conte in Alghero
  
• Stage 2, date 8 July 2017, distance 15 km, Gran Fondo Venezia in Cavallino Treporti (Venezia)
  
• Stage 3, date 10 September 2017, distance 24,5 km, Gran Fondo Naviglio Grande in Milan
  
• Stage 4, date 22 September 2018, distance 15 km, Gran Fondo Baia del Sole in Laigueglia (Imperia)
  

2016 Gran Fondo Italia

Circuit Stages in 2016

• Stage 1, date 11 June 2016, distance 18 km, Gran Fondo da Torre a Torre in Porto Cesareo
  
• Stage 2, date 26 June 2016, distance 17 km, Gran Fondo Porto Conte in Alghero
  
• Stage 3, date 9 July 2016, distance 15 km, Gran Fondo Venezia in Cavallino Treporti (Venezia)
  
• Stage 4, date 28 August 2016, distance 15 km, Gran Fondo Ecostorica Conero in Sirolo (Ancona)
  
• Stage 5, date 10 September 2016, distance 24,5 km, Gran Fondo Naviglio Grande in Milan
  

External links

• Circuito Gran Fondo Italia
• Gran Fondo Italia YouTube Channel
• Gran Fondo Italia Facebook Page
• World Open Water Swimming Association
• Open Water Swimming
• NAL Asd - Italian Open Water Swimming Association
• NAL Asd Facebook Page
• NAL Facebook Page
• Gran Fondo Bocche di Bonifacio
• Gran Fondo Cinque Terre
• Gran Fondo Golfo di Castellabate
• Gran Fondo Lago di Como
• Gran Fondo Porto Conte
• Gran Fondo del Naviglio
• Gran Fondo Naviglio Grande (official website)
• Strait Of Bonifacio, Corsica-Sardinia Swim (official website)