Alessio is an 18 year-old with a dream: to travel across Europe with his two closest friends. Summer is almost here, and he has plotted the route every inch of the way. Unfortunately, his report card arrives to spoil things: he has failed the year! His parents lay down the law: he is not going anywhere. But this punishment is too much for Alessio, who runs away on his motor scooter, determined to reach his friends no matter what it takes. Then a series of coincidences forces him to spend more time than he planned on the Roman shore, where he works at a beach establishment run by a definitely one-of-its-kind family. His summer holds in store a series of rites of passage: he flees, returns, hooks up with unlikely travelling companions, is seduced and breaks hearts of his own. Most importantly, he quickly learns that travelling is not merely a matter of miles.