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Etna - South Side – Sapienza Hut loop from Adrano-Cappellone

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Road cycling routes
Italy
Sicily
Catania
Adrano

Etna - South Side – Sapienza Hut loop from Adrano-Cappellone

Hard

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Etna - South Side – Sapienza Hut loop from Adrano-Cappellone

08:01

134km

3,430m

Road cycling

Hard road ride. Very good fitness required. Some segments of this route may be unpaved and difficult to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: July 30, 2026

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30.3 km

Etna - South Side

Highlight • Volcano

The Sapienza refuge is the highest place on Etna that can be reached by racing bike. If you start from Catania, therefore at sea level, you will overcome a height …

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34.4 km

Sapienza Hut

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The Sapienza refuge is the starting point for climbing the crater of Etna, it is also a very famous place for road cycling, as it hosted the arrival of some stages of the Giro d'Italia.

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34.9 km

Rifugio Sapienza Parking

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4

40.4 km

Descent Through the Lava Field at Silvestri Craters

Highlight (Segment) • Volcano

Since the road surface is sometimes very bumpy, if possible choose this route for the driveway, the road is much better in the direction of Nicolosi (09/2017)

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47.0 km

Pignatello

Forest

6

71.5 km

View of Mount Etna

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This is the landscape one would expect to see on the slopes of an active volcano. The geologically recent lava flows have not yet been colonized by vegetation.

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75.2 km

Pineta Ragabo

Forest

8

76.8 km

Pineta di Linguaglossa

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Also called "Pineta Ragabo", it is a natural pine forest, which grows at 1400 meters above sea level. It was an important source of raw materials in the past, while …

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134 km

End point

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

111 km

21.3 km

1.89 km

500 m

Surfaces

132 km

1.66 km

500 m

420 m

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Friday 31 July

36°C

20°C

12 %

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