Tenuta Monacelli Tower – Pajara di Salento loop from Chiesa dell'Abbazia di Santa Maria a Cerrate

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Tenuta Monacelli Tower – Pajara di Salento loop from Chiesa dell'Abbazia di Santa Maria a Cerrate

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Tenuta Monacelli Tower – Pajara di Salento loop from Chiesa dell'Abbazia di Santa Maria a Cerrate

03:37

14.3km

30m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: September 23, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

Please check local regulations for:

Parco Naturale Regionale Bosco e Paludi di Rauccio

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

Get Directions

168 m

Abbey of Santa Maria di Cerrate

Highlight • Religious Site

The complex is not freely accessible, although it is possible to take a tour around from the outside. From here starts a beautiful path towards Casalabate between olive groves and Mediterranean scrub.

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217 m

Santa Maria di Cerrate Abbey

Highlight • Religious Site

6.92 km

Rauccio Environmental Experience Center

Highlight • Rest Area

Not open to visitors. No sea turtles to see 🐢🙃

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9.58 km

Masseria Rugi Pigeon Tower

Highlight • Monument

The Masseria now has another name (sorry I didn’t write it down!). There is a fence around the whole place and you can no longer enter the pigeon tower which you could presumably do before

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11.9 km

Tenuta Monacelli Tower

Highlight • Monument

12.9 km

Pajara di Salento

Highlight • Structure

14.3 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

9.16 km

3.50 km

1.40 km

259 m

Surfaces

4.23 km

3.62 km

3.03 km

2.11 km

1.33 km

Elevation

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Weather

Monday 12 October

21°C

15°C

12 %

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Max wind speed: 30.0 km/h

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Comments

December 25, 2023,Loop from the Abbey Santa Maria a Cerrate

On this hike, we had to cut through only a few fields (hiking in this region is either on the road or cutting through fields..). There were a lot of great stone buildings to see, either lived in, abandoned, or piles of stone. All were interesting to see. A few olive tree graveyards, which have been presumably hit by the …