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Maldive del Salento Beach – Punta Ristola loop from Ugento-Taurisano

Maldive del Salento Beach – Punta Ristola loop from Ugento-Taurisano

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Maldive del Salento Beach – Punta Ristola loop from Ugento-Taurisano

03:22

79.5km

490m

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: April 7, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 44.0 km for 138 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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16.2 km

Torre San Giovanni Beach and Promenade

Highlight • Beach

General view of the city and the port of Torre San Giovanni

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30.5 km

Maldives of Salento

Highlight • Monument

You can also stop in the car and easily climb onto the deckchair to take photos.

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32.3 km

Maldive del Salento Beach

Highlight • Beach

Beautiful beach with a bright blue / turquoise sea

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41.2 km

The panorama from here is truly breathtaking, on one side it opens up to the Ionian towards Calabria on the other you look at the bay of Santa Maria di Leuca, the imposing lighthouse and the Adriatic Sea. It is said that this is where the two seas meet. The rocks of this promontory hide two secrets: an imposing natural cave, called Grotta del Diavolo, and an underground bunker or casemate with a very special charm.

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44.0 km

Basilica Sanctuary of Saint Mary at the Ends of the Earth

Highlight • Religious Site

The view over the port of Santa Maria di Leuca

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44.2 km

Capo Santa Maria di Leuca Lighthouse

Highlight • Monument

Built in 1864 and first illuminated two years later, this lighthouse has a hexagonal shape at the base and is 47 meters high. The light, operated by the Navy, has a diameter of three meters and emits three beams of white light every fifteen seconds, visible up to 24 nautical miles.

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44.2 km

Basilica and Sanctuary of Santa Maria de Finibus Terrae

Highlight • Religious Site

The name Santa Maria di Leuca derives from the Greek "leukós" or white, this perhaps due to the color of the rocks, or for the houses painted with lime, or for the fact that, arriving from Greece with the sun of dawn behind shoreline was illuminated with a clear light. Although there is no certain information on the origins of this town, some archaeological finds confirm the presence of settlements dating back to the Bronze Age. Even Santa Maria di Leuca, like other places on the Salento coast, has been indicated as the place where Aeneas landed fleeing from Troy while, according to Christian tradition, it was precisely here that the apostle Peter arrived from Palestine during his journey to Rome. The territory of Santa Maria di Leuca includes Punta Meliso which conventionally separates the Adriatic Sea from the Ionian Sea.

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53.5 km

Castrignano del Capo

Highlight • Settlement

Castrignano del Capo is the southernmost municipality of Puglia. The Borgo Terra district in the historic center is very particular, an ancient fortified settlement built in the 15th century to defend itself from Turkish incursions. One of the municipal hamlets is Santa Maria di Leuca, a famous tourist resort with the basilica sanctuary of Santa Maria de Finibus Terrae and Punta Ristola, the southernmost point of the Salento peninsula.

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79.5 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

70.3 km

4.98 km

4.06 km

264 m

Surfaces

69.7 km

9.60 km

139 m

126 m

Elevation

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Maldive del Salento Beach – Punta Ristola loop from Ugento-Taurisano

Torre San Giovanni Beach and Promenade

Maldives of Salento

Maldive del Salento Beach

Punta Ristola

Basilica Sanctuary of Saint Mary at the Ends of the Earth

Capo Santa Maria di Leuca Lighthouse

Basilica and Sanctuary of Santa Maria de Finibus Terrae

Castrignano del Capo

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