MARRAKECH EXPRESS

INCLUSIVE AND SOLIDARITY BIKE TRIP FROM THE ALPS TO THE ATLAS

Departure: Torre Pellice – Pinerolo (Italy)

When: From the end of March 2025

Distance: 2,800 km

Duration: 45 days

Arrival: Tassa Ouirgane (Morocco)

Route:

Torre Pellice, Pinerolo, Saluzzo, Fossano, Col di Nava, Ventimiglia, Nice, Cannes, Arles, Perpignan, Girona, Barcelona, Tarragona, Valencia, Alicante, Murcia, Granada, Malaga, Algeciras, (Gibraltar Strait), Tangier, Kenitra, Rabat, Casablanca, Ben Guerir, Marrakech, Tassa Ouirgane.

The caravan will travel with a clear goal: to promote mountain ecotourism that is inclusive and community-based, and to raise funds for the reconstruction of the mountain shelter in Tassa Ouirgane.
Along the route, we will meet with associations, schools, universities, and local authorities to present the initiative and encourage donations via the crowdfunding campaign.

The journey will be documented through social media and media coverage to reach as many people as possible.

The trip’s creator is Diego, a visually impaired member of CIP, who will ride the full route on the back seat of a tandem bicycle. Other members of CIP will take turns riding with him.
Anyone is welcome to join for one or more stages of the journey.

Travel costs (meals, lodging, transfers for partial riders, etc.) will be covered by self-funding, CIP contributions, volunteers, and current and future sponsors.
All donations collected before and during the trip will go directly to the reconstruction project.

This second leg of the CIP Alps-Atlas project will also become a documentary film, thanks to footage recorded by all participants and later edited into a full cinematic story.

The trip will also serve as a tool for reflection and dialogue about the value of inclusive sports as a source of well-being, self-improvement, and barrier-breaking.

WHAT WE ASK

Sponsorship to help cover travel expenses (from companies and organizations)

Organizational support (from associations and groups): you can suggest contacts or host cyclists along the route

Visibility (from media and public figures): help us share the project and be ambassadors of the cause

All funds raised through the crowdfunding campaign
👉 buonacausa.org/cause/ricostruiamo-un-rifugio-in-marocco
will be used entirely for the solidarity project.

If sponsorships exceed travel costs, every extra euro will go towards the shelter reconstruction.

WHAT WE OFFER

Above all, our heartfelt gratitude, and that of the people we’ll help – and visibility for all supporting associations, public bodies, and companies.