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Cave of the Horse – Uluzzo Tower loop from Grotta del Cavallo

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Cave of the Horse – Uluzzo Tower loop from Grotta del Cavallo

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Cave of the Horse – Uluzzo Tower loop from Grotta del Cavallo

02:47

9.81km

200m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: May 9, 2026

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Your route passes through protected areas

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Parco Naturale Regionale di Porto Selvaggio e Palude del Capitano

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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3.69 km

Santa Caterina to Torre Uluzzo Trail

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4.72 km

Torre dell'Alto (Saint Mary of the Heights)

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The Torre dell'Alto, or more precisely of Santa Maria dell'Alto, is a lookout tower built in 1569, it communicated to the north with Torre Uluzzo and to the south with …

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5.22 km

Steps to Torre dell'Alto

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The steps connect Portoselvaggio Bay to the paths leading to Torre dell'Alto. Once at the top, keeping right, you reach the lookout point with the red bench dedicated to Renata Fonte.

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5.42 km

Trail between Santa Caterina and Porto Selvaggio

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Avenue leading to the sea

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7.58 km

Cave of the Horse

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The Grotta del Cavallo is famous for the archaeological finds of human and animal remains dating back to the Paleolithic. Some of the oldest Homo sapiens in Europe, who lived …

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7.86 km

View of Torre di Porto Miggiano

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Warning, the paths through the cliffs end suddenly. Good footwear can work wonders.

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8.36 km

Uluzzo Tower

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Fantastic view of the coast.

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9.35 km

Porto Selvaggio Regional Nature Park

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Suggestive stretch of road that crosses the Porto Selvaggio Natural Park, a protected natural area of Salento characterized by a rocky and jagged coast and rich typically Mediterranean vegetation. To …

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9.81 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

4.55 km

4.29 km

558 m

246 m

131 m

Surfaces

4.24 km

4.09 km

558 m

448 m

227 m

217 m

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Cave of the Horse – Uluzzo Tower loop from Grotta del Cavallo

Santa Caterina to Torre Uluzzo Trail

Torre dell'Alto (Saint Mary of the Heights)

Steps to Torre dell'Alto

Trail between Santa Caterina and Porto Selvaggio

Cave of the Horse

View of Torre di Porto Miggiano

Uluzzo Tower

Porto Selvaggio Regional Nature Park

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