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Potenza
Melfi

Monticchio Lakes – Barile loop from Melfi

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Road cycling routes
Italy
Basilicata
Potenza
Melfi

Monticchio Lakes – Barile loop from Melfi

Hard

21

riders

Monticchio Lakes – Barile loop from Melfi

06:06

111km

2,290m

Road cycling

Hard road ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: March 24, 2026

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Start point

Train Station

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17.6 km

Lago Grande di Monticchio

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The larger of the two Monticchio lakes, a wonderful body of water.

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17.9 km

Lago Grande di Monticchio

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The Great Lake has a perimeter of 2200 meters and a funnel-shaped cavity with extensive slums. Only in the northern part does it reach a depth of 36 meters.

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19.7 km

It is a small ride that makes you discover the various inlets that lead to the shore of the large lake. The descent from the Abbey to the small lake via the long staircase is challenging for the brakes

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19.8 km

Monticchio Lakes

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These beautiful lakes are located at the foot of the now extinct Vulture volcano. The beauty of this place has earned it the nickname of "Switzerland of Basilicata". The lakes are located within the Vulture Regional Nature Reserve.

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56.4 km

Sanctuary of Madonna di Pierno

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The Sanctuary was founded in 1130 as a refuge for the Romiti Basilian monks who hid a statue of the Madonna there fleeing the incursion of the Saracens. It is …

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67.6 km

Fontana Sant'Ilario

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97.9 km

Rionero in Vulture

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Small and picturesque town located at the foot of the ancient, now extinct volcano of Mount Vulture, in the province of Potenza. Rionero is famous for being the birthplace of Giustino Fortunato, one of the greatest exponents of Southernism.

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101 km

Barile

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The particularity of this municipality is that it is an ancient Albanian colony founded at the end of the 1400s by Albanians fleeing persecution by the Turks. For a long …

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111 km

End point

Train Station

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

109 km

1.06 km

611 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

106 km

5.55 km

118 m

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Lowest point (390 m)

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