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Italy
Abruzzo
L'Aquila
Castel Del Monte

Santo Stefano di Sessanio – Rocca Calascio Castle loop from Ristoro Giuliani

Routes
Mountain biking trails
Italy
Abruzzo
L'Aquila
Castel Del Monte

Santo Stefano di Sessanio – Rocca Calascio Castle loop from Ristoro Giuliani

Hard

4.6

(27)

205

riders

Santo Stefano di Sessanio – Rocca Calascio Castle loop from Ristoro Giuliani

03:49

48.1km

1,030m

Mountain biking

Hard mountain bike ride. Very good fitness required. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 8, 2026

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Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

After 19.6 km for 149 m

After 24.6 km for 213 m

Waypoints

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1

215 m

Mucciante Refreshment Stop

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A stop at Mucciante puts you back in the world, fresh beer and kebabs. What else?

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2

3.31 km

The sets of the films with Bud Spencer and Terence Hill. They remained as they were at the time

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3

6.16 km

Mountain Spring Fountain

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Fresh water flows. Great.

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4

19.5 km

Santo Stefano di Sessanio

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Beautiful very suggestive medieval village. It is impossible not to visit this place with its narrow and winding streets that lead to a discovery of past times. 🥰

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5

19.8 km

The cultivation of legumes on the L'Aquila plateaus is a very ancient practice; in the case of the Santo Stefano di Sessanio lentil, it is documented since the 10th century, …

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6

21.3 km

Gravel trail to Rocca Calascio

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Beautiful uphill dirt road that leaves the main asphalt road and leads to Rocca Calascio

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7

24.5 km

Rocca Calascio Castle

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A magical place, hidden at the top and among the vegetation ... a spectacle that is difficult to describe

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41.4 km

Valico di Capo la Serra

Mountain Pass

9

45.3 km

View of Gran Sasso Mountains

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48.1 km

End point

Parking

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

18.4 km

18.0 km

10.4 km

707 m

681 m

Surfaces

36.5 km

6.65 km

4.48 km

464 m

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Highest point (1,650 m)

Lowest point (1,100 m)

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Monday 10 August

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Comments

October 21, 2024,In giro per rocche e castelli abruzzesi
Beautiful ride, on dirt roads, with glimpses of beautiful villages

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Wonderful ring, full of landscapes, glimpses and horizons.

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As usual, a wonderful place, with breathtaking scenery! Beautiful free-grazing cows, horses, sheep, the Corno Grande! Everything is beautiful....but unfortunately ruined by excessive noise pollution! Hundreds of motorcyclists without rules who think they are on the track! Cut corners, MotoGP speeds, flat tires, wheelies. Unfortunately I have to describe a situation of unprecedented rudeness and arrogance, as if the road …

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All on asphalt until you return to the road to Gran Sasso and then cut onto a slightly challenging dirt road due to the gravel on steep slopes at times. Beautiful villages and equally rewarding views overlooking other chains of the Apennines.

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Part of the route of the Castel del Monte marathon with a variant to get to Rocca Calascio (the one of the race that cannot be pedaled) in Calascio (village) and return via Castel del Monte with a cut to avoid the first climb of the race and return to the plain 4/5km asphalt the rest all off-road

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