# Cycling road via Sea

**URL:** https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/cycling-road-via-sea/3989
**Category:** openrouteservice
**Created:** [June 27, 2022, 11:41am UTC](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/cycling-road-via-sea/3989 "2022-06-27T11:41:48Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![Fabio7586](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/b5ac83/32.png) [@Fabio7586](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/u/Fabio7586)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2022, 11:41am UTC](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/cycling-road-via-sea/3989/1 "2022-06-27T11:41:48Z")

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Hello, i have found a great problem: If i try to create route from Napoli, Italy and Reggio Calabria, italy it suggest me to reach destinastion via sea, obviously its impossible. Can you say me in what way you can assist me to solve this?

[https://api.openrouteservice.org/v2/directions/cycling-road](https://api.openrouteservice.org/v2/directions/cycling-road)? api\_key = “your\_api”& start = 14.307729827851423, 40.866554241206956& end = 15.647307010135156, 38.111674373779195

Thank you for support

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### Author: ![jschnell](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/user_avatar/ask.openrouteservice.org/jschnell/32/971_2.png) [@jschnell](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/u/jschnell)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2022, 11:48am UTC](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/cycling-road-via-sea/3989/2 "2022-06-27T11:48:40Z")

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Hey,

this is very much possible, since it is taking two ferries to get from Napoli to Messina and then back to the mainland.

You can avoid ferries, but you’ll have to use a POST request with the corresponding `avoid_features`-option set:

```auto
 curl -X POST \
  'https://api.openrouteservice.org/v2/directions/cycling-road' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8' \
  -H 'Accept: application/json, application/geo+json, application/gpx+xml, img/png; charset=utf-8' \
  -H 'Authorization: your_api' \
  -d '{"coordinates":[[14.307729827851423,40.866554241206956],[15.647307010135156,38.111674373779195]],"options":{"avoid_features":["ferries"]}}'

```

Best regards

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### Author: ![amandus](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/user_avatar/ask.openrouteservice.org/amandus/32/669_2.png) [@amandus](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/u/amandus)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2022, 11:51am UTC](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/cycling-road-via-sea/3989/3 "2022-06-27T11:51:36Z")

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@Fabio7586 are you not going like this:  
 ![grafik](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/uploads/default/original/2X/f/f9c8bc66381be7f9d685ab7a72d47ebc2a2515c7.png)

yes, what @jschnell said above 😬

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### Author: ![Fabio7586](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/b5ac83/32.png) [@Fabio7586](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/u/Fabio7586)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2022, 12:55pm UTC](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/cycling-road-via-sea/3989/4 "2022-06-27T12:55:00Z")

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ahahahaha 😄 beautiful!!

@jschnell thanks for suggestion, i will try in this manner! 😉