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Acaya Castle – Basilica of Santa Croce loop from Lecce

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Italy

Apulia

Lecce

Acaya Castle – Basilica of Santa Croce loop from Lecce

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Acaya Castle – Basilica of Santa Croce loop from Lecce

03:16

47.5km

130m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 12, 2026

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After 16.8 km for 127 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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16.8 km

Ruins of Torre San Cataldo

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Collapsed, eroded, destroyed ... This Tower no longer exists.

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18.4 km

Riserva Naturale Statale Biogenetica San Cataldo

Nature Reserve

31.7 km

Porta Sant'Oronzo of Acaya

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31.7 km

Acaya Castle

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The Castle of Acaya was built to protect the fortified citadel by Gian Giacomo dell'Acaya, trusted architect of Charles V, who had been entrusted with the strengthening of the defensive …

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31.7 km

Acaya Gate

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I'm not talking about any village, but about one of the most beautiful ancient villages in Italy located in the heart of Salento: the fortified town of Acaya. It is …

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34.2 km

Inserted in the Salento Fortificazioni collection komoot.it/collection/1396951/-salento-fortificazioni.
Try to immerse yourself in a place where time seems to go back to the 16th century of the Masseria Viscitiglio which until …

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45.3 km

Basilica of Santa Croce

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The Basilica of Santa Croce is a Baroque church located in the historic center and built between the 16th and 17th centuries by the most famous architects from Lecce. The …

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45.8 km

Church of St. Matthew

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It was built in the second half of the 17th century according to the designs of Achille Larducci di Salò (nephew of Francesco Borromini). It replaced an old 15th-century chapel …

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46.6 km

San Biagio Gate

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It's one of the three access gates to the old town. Built on an older entrance of Charles V, it was rebuilt in 1774 by the governor Tommaso Ruffo, as …

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47.5 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

21.7 km

9.10 km

6.40 km

6.19 km

3.96 km

265 m

Surfaces

16.3 km

13.7 km

1.58 km

1.33 km

1.03 km

Elevation

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Sunday 28 June

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Acaya Castle – Basilica of Santa Croce loop from Lecce

Ruins of Torre San Cataldo

Porta Sant'Oronzo of Acaya

Acaya Castle

Acaya Gate

Masseria Visciglito

Basilica of Santa Croce

Church of St. Matthew

San Biagio Gate

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