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

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Italy
Sicily
Catania
Adrano

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

Hard

15

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

07:58

134km

3,410m

Road cycling

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

Last updated: August 28, 2026

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Pineta di Linguaglossa

Parco dell'Etna

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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

49.9 km

Fossazza

Forest

7

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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76.3 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

Train Station

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Way Types & Surfaces

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115 km

17.8 km

1.89 km

Surfaces

132 km

1.66 km

420 m

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Wednesday 7 October

30°C

16°C

37 %

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