Top 4 Caves 토리토 주변

Stretch of about 3km easily passable even by road bike. Even though it is a white road, it does not present any particular roughness. (I traveled it with a smooth 25 tyre). It will allow you to slow down and enjoy the wonderful passage with a view of the dome of the cave where "the man of Altamura" was found.

Splendid rural building near the Columbus cave, accessible along a path located at the beginning of the main street.

The Grotta del Colombo, like many other caves in the surrounding area, was born thanks to the karst phenomena that affect the area. In ancient times they were a place of refuge for prehistoric men.

The Pulo di Altamura is a sinkhole of karst origin of the bowl type, created by the channeling of rainwater right at this point. This created a more or less circular depression with a diameter of about 500 m. with a maximum depth of 75 meters. Along the walls, which are very steep in some points, caves and ravines have been created which indicate the different levels of excavation by the waters. These caves represent a real archaeological heritage because they were inhabited since the earliest ages of prehistory. The route includes an unpaved stretch of about 1 km that can also be easily covered by racing bike.

One of the most beautiful naturalistic places in Puglia. The view is breathtaking from every perspective; it can be easily reached by MTB. It is preferable to explore it on foot due to the cavities dug in the ground and the considerable presence of stones that make the MTB experience quite impervious.

Pleasant than 100 meters from the border that divides Palo del Colle from Toritto, after having traveled an ancient rural road that crosses the Mangiaquero district, in the rocky ridge that flanks the medium-low part of the blade that leads the torrential waters from the Murgia to the Adriatic Sea, find the door that leads to the large atrium of the Grotta di San Martino. Our ancestors used to call the cave, or rather the caves, with the name of the Grutt di Mangiaquair, but it is ascertained that the caves are located in the Torittese territory, even if the direction that the access passage to the caves and the subsequent path takes, is they move towards the territory of Palo. The cave of San Martino, of calcareous origin, opens on the low reliefs of the Murgia, at 287 meters above sea level and is a site linked to karst phenomena of considerable historical and archaeological importance.

Not far from Altamura, in the middle of the Alta Murgia Park, opens what looks like a deep chasm. This is the Pulo, a veritable sinkhole of karst origin created for convey rainwater, the largest in the entire park and one of the largest in Italy. Over the years, the waters have carved a shaped depression on the karst rock more or less circular. Along the walls, in some very steep points, the Pulo is characterized by the presence of caves and ravines, a real archaeological heritage as they have been inhabited since the most ancient ages of prehistory.

https://it.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulo_di_Altamura