Strada dei Colli Ostunesi – Carovigno Castle loop from Carovigno

Strada dei Colli Ostunesi – Carovigno Castle loop from Carovigno

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Strada dei Colli Ostunesi – Carovigno Castle loop from Carovigno

03:09

68.1km

550m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 17, 2026

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5.64 km

Ancient Olive Trees

Highlight • Natural Monument

You drive through quiet streets, with centuries-old olive trees on your left and right, which are the pride of the local owners.

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23.9 km

View of Ostuni and the Sea

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Very nice view ostuni town and the sea.

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25.7 km

Sanctuary and Statue of Saint Oronzo

Highlight • Religious Site

statue of sant'Oronzo, probable work of Orazio Greco, son of Giuseppe, architect of the monumental spire in Piazza delle Libertà, erected in 1836 at the behest of Paolo Tanzarella in memory of the terrible cholera epidemic that struck Ostuni in 1831.

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26.5 km

Strada dei Colli Ostunesi

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The strada dei colli ostunesi is a scenic route that crosses the hills of Ostuni, and is a quieter alternative to the provincial road. It connects Ostuni to Cisternino, and is a typical itinerary through the Apulian countryside passing through olive groves, vineyards and trulli, the conical rural buildings of the area.

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29.8 km

Freedom Square

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49.7 km

Torre Santa Sabina

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Torre Santa Sabina is a fraction of Carovigno and a famous seaside resort in Puglia with white sandy beaches and crystal clear waters. It owes its name to the tower that rises above the sea, according to legend built by the Knights Templar to defend pilgrims heading for the Crusades in the Holy Land. The tower visible today is the one rebuilt in the 16th century as an anti-Saracen watchtower.

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67.8 km

Carovigno Castle

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The Castle of Carovigno rises in an eccentric position, on the highest point of the town and, for this reason, strategically more suitable for defense. It has a triangular plan, with a square tower on the eastern vertex, a circular one on the western vertex and a "almond-shaped" one on the northern vertex.
From the top of the towers it dominates the entire coastal strip that extends from Torre Canne to Brindisi.

The first nucleus of the Castle, probably of Norman origin, is to be identified in the square tower with a strong counter-scarp adjacent to Porta Ostuni. On the south side, close to this tower, the "palatium" described in the Inventory of Maria d'Enghien of 1440 must have developed. The buildings after this date insist on the north area, incorporating both the square Norman tower both the circular one, perhaps Aragonese.

The almond-shaped tower on the north-east corner was built between the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries by the Loffreda, feuders of Carovigno in this period, as evidenced by the presence of the marriage weapon of Pirro Loffreda, walled up in the same tower. It seems that the builders of the almond-shaped tower of Carovigno were influenced by the Sienese architect Francesco di Giorgio Martini, whose presence in Puglia is attested in 1492 to supervise the construction of the strongholds of Taranto, Otranto, Gallipoli and Brindisi.

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68.0 km

Carovigno

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Carovigno is a town in northern Salento located on a hill in the south-eastern Murgia, a few kilometers from the Adriatic Sea and with ancient origins dating back to the Messapian civilization. It is known for the production of high quality olive oil and for its castle of the Dentice di Frasso, which dominates the historic centre.

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68.1 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

65.8 km

1.83 km

540 m

Surfaces

47.8 km