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Porto Badisco Bay – Minervino Tower loop from Otranto

Porto Badisco Bay – Minervino Tower loop from Otranto

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Porto Badisco Bay – Minervino Tower loop from Otranto

02:14

47.4km

590m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: June 27, 2026

Tips

Includes segments that go up or down a series of steps

You may need to carry your bike.

After 66 m for 13 m

After 47.4 km for 13 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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6.54 km

Punta Palascìa lighthouse

Highlight • Monument

The road that leads from Otranto to the lighthouse is a provincial road, therefore suitable for all bikes, but it is possible to go down to the lighthouse only if you have a Mtb or a gravel bike (not suitable for bdc because it is a dirt road). If possible, it is worth going down to the lighthouse, stopping sitting on the rock to take a break looking at the immensity of the sea. To be avoided in summer during the hottest hours.

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12.0 km

Porto Badisco Bay

Highlight • Beach

Porto Badisco is a seaside resort in Salento, in the municipality of Otranto, and is famous for its bay of sand and rocks, with crystal clear sea and unspoiled nature. Porto Badisco is linked to the legend of the landing place of Aeneas, the Trojan hero who fled from his destroyed city and landed on this coast, as described in Virgil's Aeneid

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17.5 km

View of the Santa Cesarea Terme Coast

Highlight • Viewpoint

On the road from Otranto to Santa Cesarea, this panoramic point allows you to observe the Salento coast in all its beauty. You are in one of the most touristic and wild areas of Puglia: the Santa Cesarea spa is a real must for those visiting these areas for the first time.

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18.3 km

Villa Sticchi, Santa Cesarea Terme

Highlight • Monument

Santa Cesarea Terme is a spa town overlooking the Canale d'Otranto. The properties of its sulphurous thermal waters have been known since ancient times but, given the difficult position to reach, the inhabited center developed only in modern times in conjunction with the construction of the coastal road at the turn of the 14th century and the beginning of the 20th century. Among the architecture of the city, Villa Sticchi stands out, an admirable example of the Moorish style very popular in this area of Puglia in the early 1900s.

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23.6 km

View from Castro

Highlight • Viewpoint

33.2 km

Minervino Tower

Highlight • Historical Site

The Minervino Tower is part of a complex of lookout points built by Charles V in the 16th century to prevent attacks by the Saracens. The system guaranteed the possibility of communicating between one tower and another through visual signals, fires at night and smoke during the day, so that the whole coast was alerted as soon as enemy ships were sighted from one of the towers. In this context, the Torre Minervino is fundamental as it manages to cover the sea area around Punta Palascia, the easternmost point of Puglia and Italy. Given the limited space inside the structure, it is believed that the sentries did not stay inside the tower but that they took over for guard duty. The tower was restored around 2010.

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40.0 km

View of the Otranto Coast and Watchtower

Highlight • Viewpoint

Beautiful panorama along the coast

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46.6 km

Grotte di San Giovanni

Cave Entrance

47.1 km

Otranto

Highlight • Settlement

Otranto is one of the most famous and characteristic towns in the province of Lecce. It has almost 6,000 inhabitants and is the easternmost town in Italy. Various peoples and cultures have succeeded one another here (Messapians, Romans, Byzantines, Aragonese) and the town still develops around the imposing castle and the Norman cathedral.

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47.4 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

39.9 km

7.09 km

203 m

134 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

46.8 km

225 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Friday 26 June

34°C

23°C

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Porto Badisco Bay – Minervino Tower loop from Otranto

Punta Palascìa lighthouse

Porto Badisco Bay

View of the Santa Cesarea Terme Coast

Villa Sticchi, Santa Cesarea Terme

View from Castro

Minervino Tower

View of the Otranto Coast and Watchtower

Otranto

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