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Cassano Delle Murge

Mercadante State Forest – Pulo of Altamura loop from Masseria Mercadante

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Italy
Apulia
Bari
Cassano Delle Murge

Mercadante State Forest – Pulo of Altamura loop from Masseria Mercadante

Moderate

5.0

(3)

11

riders

Mercadante State Forest – Pulo of Altamura loop from Masseria Mercadante

02:13

46.2km

410m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Some segments of this route may be unpaved and difficult to ride. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: July 30, 2026

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The surface along some of this route may not be suitable

Some segments of your route comprise a surface that may not be suitable for your chosen sport.

After 4.91 km for 161 m

After 5.52 km for 404 m

After 13.9 km for 3.78 km

Waypoints

A

Start point

Parking

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1

471 m

Rest area and animal enclosure, Foresta di Mercadante

Highlight • Rest Area

One of the few, if not the only, areas served for refreshments in the forest area where you can refresh yourself or take a break before embarking on the return road.

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2

3.21 km

Mercadante State Forest

Highlight • Forest

Protected natural area located in the Alta Murgia National Park. It offers visitors an evocative landscape rich in vegetation, as well as trails and characteristic paths of the forest.
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3

4.58 km

4

4.99 km

St. Anthony's Hermitage in Mercadante

Highlight • Religious Site

Owned by the state, in the Mercadante Forest in Cassano delle Murge, it is used under concession by the Province of the Capuchin Friars Minor of Puglia for days of spirituality, retreats and self-managed school camps.

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5

5.18 km

Foresta Mercadante Farmhouses

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6

16.8 km

Pulo of Altamura

Highlight • Canyon

The Pulo di Altamura is a sinkhole of karst origin of the bowl type, created by the channeling of rainwater right at this point.
This created a more or less …

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7

36.6 km

The spectacle of rural expanses yellowed by the summer sun, or very green in spring.

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8

40.8 km

Entrance to Mercadante Forest

Highlight • Forest

B

46.2 km

End point

Parking

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

39.0 km

6.36 km

506 m

332 m

Surfaces

37.1 km

4.69 km

3.82 km

567 m

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Lowest point (380 m)

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Tuesday 1 September

32°C

22°C

30 %

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