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Le Cesine Nature Reserve – Torre dell'Orso cliff viewpoint loop from Torre dell'Orso

Le Cesine Nature Reserve – Torre dell'Orso cliff viewpoint loop from Torre dell'Orso

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Le Cesine Nature Reserve – Torre dell'Orso cliff viewpoint loop from Torre dell'Orso

03:10

74.1km

210m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: June 13, 2026

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Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

After 37.5 km for 73 m

After 38.0 km for 254 m

After 38.3 km for 64 m

Waypoints

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Parking

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3.88 km

Archaeological Site of Roca

Highlight • Historical Site

archaeological area with interesting remains, in addition to the view of the tower.

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13.0 km

The Oasis, which covers about 380 hectares, is one of the most preserved and important humid environments in southern Italy, the last survivor of the vast swampy and wooded area that stretched from Brindisi to Otranto. The landscape of which it is made up alternates dunes, marsh areas, drainage canals, mixed woods and Mediterranean scrub. In the past, however, the whole area was an unhealthy zone, not cultivable, which affected the productivity of the Salento area and where the anopheles mosquito lived, carrying serious diseases and infections. For these reasons in the nineteenth century it was decided to reclaim the area, with the dual aim of defeating malaria and obtaining land to be used for cultivation.
The reclamation of the area was carried out by proceeding with the canalization of the land, or with the construction of a dense network of minor canals connected to a main and larger one, which made fresh water flow towards the sea, and with the preparation of a series wells capable of collecting and storing a certain quantity of water to be used in case of need. In addition to having become a point of reference for all lovers of walking and outdoor sports, thanks to its position along one of the main migratory routes, today the oasis is identified as an essential habitat for numerous aquatic and migratory birds, as well as endemic species of amphibians and small mammals.

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18.9 km

Le Cesine Nature Reserve

Highlight • Natural Monument

Wellness offered by nature: clean air, intense greenery, the spectacle of changing light depending on the habitats visited, all the senses are solicited and pampered, the rhythm of breathing changes.

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35.2 km

San Biagio Gate

Highlight • Monument

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 recalled in the Latin inscription above. Pairs of smooth-stemmed columns rest on high bases that frame the archway, on which the coat of arms of Ferdinand IV of Bourbon and that of the city of Lecce are superimposed.

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39.4 km

Bastion of the Urban Walls

Highlight • Historical Site

The imposing fortification is a testimony of the sixteenth-century defensive interventions implemented by the Emperor Charles V to stem the Turkish invasions. The adaptation of the walls was entrusted to the architect Gian Giacomo dell’Acaya, and in 1542 received a new push by the governator Don Ferrante Loffredo. The walls were therefore replaced by a fortification equipped with bulwarks capable of resisting at the attack of the new war weapons of the time. The defensive front was about 60 meters long and consisted of two floors: the upper one beyond the level of the moat, and the lower one, partially excavated in the rocky bank which today corresponds to the internal planking level.

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67.6 km

Tower of San Foca

Highlight • Monument

Today the seat of the Harbor Master's Office, after the overly invasive restoration discussed, it still holds the primacy of symbol of the town that hosts tourists and locals to enjoy the sea view, the flavors and the wind, which always blows here.

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68.2 km

Beach

71.4 km

Torre dell'Orso cliff viewpoint

Highlight • Viewpoint

From this stretch of road and stopping in the parking area, you can admire the panorama of the sandstone cliffs of Torre dell'Orso. It is perhaps one of the most famous places in Salento with naturalistic, historical and cultural interest, with crystal clear sea, a 16th century tower and the archaeological excavations of Roca Vecchia.

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72.0 km

Torre dell'Orso (Tower of the Bear)

Highlight • Monument

Torre dell'orso ... known for its beach of fine silver sand, however, occupied by several bathing establishments.

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74.1 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

62.0 km

6.26 km

4.12 km

1.06 km

668 m

Surfaces

62.0 km

8.62 km

2.83 km

488 m

182 m

Elevation

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Weather

Saturday 11 July

33°C

21°C

25 %

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Max wind speed: 15.0 km/h

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Comments

October 29, 2022,ViaM 22: Martano - Sant'Andrea - Lecce

The weather goddess wants to keep me in the south 😉. Around 30 km/h headwind on the last 2 stages north/Lecce.

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Le Cesine Nature Reserve – Torre dell'Orso cliff viewpoint loop from Torre dell'Orso

Archaeological Site of Roca

Le Cesine Nature Reserve

Le Cesine Nature Reserve

San Biagio Gate

Bastion of the Urban Walls

Tower of San Foca

Torre dell'Orso cliff viewpoint

Torre dell'Orso (Tower of the Bear)

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