Menhir and Crypt of San Paolo – Historic Centre of Otranto loop from Maglie

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Menhir and Crypt of San Paolo – Historic Centre of Otranto loop from Maglie

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Menhir and Crypt of San Paolo – Historic Centre of Otranto loop from Maglie

02:55

46.6km

240m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: September 26, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 23.7 km for 62 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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Il Casale di Quattro Macine

Archaeological Site

14.6 km

Menhir and Crypt of San Paolo

Highlight • Historical Site

In Giurdignano the San Paolo menhir is characteristic, which stands on a rocky spur where the crypt of San Paolo was built. On the top there is a hole that …

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15.2 km

Baronial Palace of Giurdignano

Highlight • Historical Site

Posted in Salento Fortifications collection komoot.it/collection/1396951/-salento-fortificazioni - The Baronial Palace, located in Piazza Municipio, dates back to the early sixteenth century and was built as a fortified place against the …

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22.1 km

Cunicolo sull'Idro

Cave Entrance

23.8 km

Beach

24.1 km

Historic Centre of Otranto

Highlight • Settlement

Main attractions of the city are the Cathedral of Santa Annunziata with the mosaics (1163-1165), the fortress Castello Aragonese as well as the small Byzantine church of San Pietro and …

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32.4 km

Menhir Vicinanze 2

Highlight • Monument

The menhirs are monoliths of prehistoric age (9-8000 years BC), but during the Middle Ages they underwent a "Christianization" with the engraving of crosses and, in some countries, they are …

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33.8 km

Dolmen Stabile, Megalith Park

Highlight • Monument

The dolmen stable inside the Megaliths park in the Giurdignano area. The dolmens are funerary monuments from prehistoric times made up of stone blocks.

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38.2 km

La Cutura Botanical Garden

Highlight • Natural

This beautiful botanical garden is part of a nineteenth-century country estate. Privately owned, it can be used for a fee to visit. It is worth paying the ticket because it is a treasure chest of incredible biodiversity. It deserves...
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41.4 km

Paduli Park Gate Muro Leccese

Highlight • Monument

One of the entrances to the beautiful Paduli park, intertwined by a dense network of interconnection between smaller centers for the noble purpose of safeguarding and protecting the historical and …

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41.7 km

Cunella

Archaeological Site

42.2 km

Piazza del Popolo, Muro Leccese

Highlight • Historical Site

The built-up area of Muro Leccese has very ancient origins dating back to the Bronze Age. The period of greatest expansion, however, is that of the Messapian era, as evidenced …

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