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Sicily
Messina
Giardini-Naxos

View of Acireale – Sapienza Hut loop from Alcantara

Routes
Road cycling routes
Italy
Sicily
Messina
Giardini-Naxos

View of Acireale – Sapienza Hut loop from Alcantara

Hard

5.0

(1)

49

riders

View of Acireale – Sapienza Hut loop from Alcantara

05:02

85.7km

2,080m

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: June 23, 2026

Tips

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 14.0 km for 112 m

After 23.3 km for 82 m

After 60.2 km for 514 m

After 71.7 km for 80 m

After 72.0 km for 73 m

Waypoints

A

Start point

Train Station

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1

13.4 km

Giarre

Highlight • Settlement

26.6 km

Fossazza

Forest

29.5 km

Pignatello

Forest

4

33.3 km

View of Acireale

Highlight • Viewpoint

Simply a great route that is always fun

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5

40.6 km

View of Mount Etna (east side)

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Great view, worth it in any weather

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41.5 km

Sapienza Hut

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The Sapienza refuge is the starting point for climbing the crater of Etna, it is also a very famous place for road cycling, as it hosted the arrival of some stages of the Giro d'Italia.

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42.2 km

Rifugio Sapienza Parking

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8

47.6 km

Since the road surface is sometimes very bumpy, if possible choose this route for the driveway, the road is much better in the direction of Nicolosi (09/2017)

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85.7 km

End point

Train Station

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

63.5 km

21.2 km

1.08 km

Surfaces

82.5 km

2.43 km

815 m

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Elevation

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Lowest point (20 m)

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Wednesday 1 July

34°C

21°C

41 %

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