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Anello d'oro di Puglia planned a bike ride
February 20, 2025
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Anello d'oro di Puglia planned a bike ride
February 20, 2025
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Pina, Menk and Raffaele Mencucci (Menk) like this.
February 15, 2025
The territory can be divided into two macro areas: one, with a hilly appearance, presents itself with gentle hills and terraces with dry stone walls and numerous trulli; the other slowly slopes towards the Salento plain. Precisely for these reasons Ceglie Messapica is considered one of the last southern
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Anello d'oro di Puglia planned a bike ride
February 20, 2025
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Pina, Menk and Raffaele Mencucci (Menk) like this.
February 15, 2025
Itinerary: The stage starts from the Madonna della Neve Church and heads towards the outskirts through a main road.
Leaving the town, a long climb begins that will lead the traveler to the Contrada Pentima Rossa viewpoint from which it will be possible to observe the entire Ionic Arch.
For the first
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Anello d'oro di Puglia planned a bike ride
February 20, 2025
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Pina, Menk and Raffaele Mencucci (Menk) like this.
February 15, 2025
Crispiano, the land of a hundred farms, is located north of Taranto and extends along the banks of the Lizzitello Valley, in the center of a series of hills, the most famous of which are: Mount Gravina, Mount dell'Angelo, Mount Specchia and Mount Calvello.
Itinerary: The stage begins from the imposing
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Anello d'oro di Puglia planned a bike ride
February 20, 2025
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Pina, Menk and Raffaele Mencucci (Menk) like this.
February 15, 2025
Its territory corresponds to the south-western part of the Murge plateau on the border between Salento and the Itria Valley. It is part of the Murgia dei trulli, the Terra delle Gravine Natural Park, the Ionian arch of Taranto and the Messapian threshold.
Itinerary: The stage starts from Piazza Plebiscito
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Anello d'oro di Puglia planned a bike ride
February 20, 2025
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Pina, Menk and Raffaele Mencucci (Menk) like this.
February 15, 2025
The stage starts from the Colonna di Sant’Oronzo and, following the city streets, heads towards the municipal road “Madonna del Pozzo”.
Through small inhabited country roads, you reach the La Bilanciara forest from where a splendid dirt road begins that leads to the outskirts of Ceglie Messapica.
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Anello d'oro di Puglia planned a hike
February 20, 2025
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Pina and Raffaele Mencucci (Menk) like this.
February 15, 2025
The stage starts from the Colonna di Sant’Oronzo and, following the city streets, heads towards the municipal road “Madonna del Pozzo”.
Through small inhabited country roads, you reach the La Bilanciara forest from where a splendid dirt road begins that leads to the outskirts of Ceglie Messapica.
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Anello d'oro di Puglia planned a hike
February 20, 2025
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Pina and Raffaele Mencucci (Menk) like this.
February 15, 2025
The stage starts from the Chiesa Matrice di San Nicola and through the historic center immediately heads towards the countryside. After a few kilometers and a short climb you reach the “Monti di Cisternino” from here you can enjoy a breathtaking view of the Piana degli ulivi secolari. A route characterized
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Anello d'oro di Puglia planned a hike
February 20, 2025
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Pina likes this.
February 15, 2025
Crispiano, the land of a hundred farms, is located north of Taranto and extends along the banks of the Lizzitello valley, in the center of a series of hills, the most famous of which are: Monte della Gravina, Monte dell'Angelo, Monte Specchia and Monte Calvello.
Itinerary: The stage begins from the imposing
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Anello d'oro di Puglia planned a hike
February 20, 2025
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Pina likes this.
February 15, 2025
Montemesola is located on a hill belonging to the Murgia tarantina and rises a few meters from the Gravina di Sant’Andrea that leads to Taranto. From the hill of Montemesola it is possible to admire the Gulf of Taranto, the valley from Grottaglie to San Giorgio Ionico and the extensive plain up to Pulsano
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Anello d'oro di Puglia planned a hike
February 20, 2025
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Pina likes this.
February 15, 2025
The city is located on the slope of a hill of the Murge called Monte Samuele Pizzuto in the hinterland of Taranto and at the southern end of that Murgia dei trulli. It stands on a territory marked by the presence of ravines, on the sides of which many caves have been dug.
Itinerary: The stage begins from
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Anello d'oro di Puglia planned a hike
February 20, 2025
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Pina likes this.
February 15, 2025
Its territory corresponds to the south-western part of the Murge plateau on the border between Salento and the Itria Valley. It is part of the Murgia dei trulli, the Terra delle Gravine natural park, the Ionian arch of Taranto and the Messapian threshold.
Itinerary: The stage starts from Piazza Plebiscito
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Anello d'oro di Puglia planned a hike
February 20, 2025
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Pina likes this.
February 15, 2025
The territory can be divided into two macro areas: one, with a hilly appearance, presents itself with gentle hills and terraces with dry stone walls and numerous trulli; the other slowly slopes towards the Salento plain. Precisely for these reasons Ceglie Messapica is considered one of the last southern
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Anello d'oro di Puglia planned a hike
February 20, 2025
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Giuseppe Lomartire, Pina and Piers Rudde like this.
February 15, 2025
The Puglia Region, with law no. 27 of 23/12/2002, established the Oriented Regional Nature Reserve "Bosco delle Pianelle", an area of 590 hectares.
Itinerary: The stage begins from the Church of Madonna della Neve and crosses the Lezzitello valley over a bridge, enjoying a suggestive view. Leaving the
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Anello d'oro di Puglia planned a bike ride
February 18, 2025
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February 18, 2025
The territory of the municipality of Cisternino has been inhabited since the Middle-Upper Paleolithic by human groups coming from the north of the peninsula or from the Sicilian-African area and who have left numerous traces of their life dedicated to hunting and gathering wild fruits and tubers.
Itinerary
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February 18, 2025
The stage starts from the Chiesa Matrice di San Nicola and through the historic center immediately heads towards the countryside. After a few kilometers and a short climb you skirt the “Monti di Cisternino” from here you can enjoy a breathtaking view of the Piana degli ulivi secolari. A route characterized
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