Rocca Calascio Castle – Our Lady of Pity loop from Santo Stefano di Sessanio

Mountain biking trails

Italy

Abruzzo

L'Aquila

Santo Stefano Di Sessanio

Rocca Calascio Castle – Our Lady of Pity loop from Santo Stefano di Sessanio

Hard

4.5

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Rocca Calascio Castle – Our Lady of Pity loop from Santo Stefano di Sessanio

03:49

45.5km

1,010m

Mountain biking

Hard mountain bike ride. Very good fitness required. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 10, 2026

Tips

Includes a very steep uphill segment

You may need to push your bike.

After 39.9 km for 146 m

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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275 m

Lentil Fields of Santo Stefano di Sessanio

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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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12.9 km

Mountain Spring Fountain

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Fresh water flows. Great.

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17.5 km

Scoppaturo Canyon

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The Campo Imperatore plateau canyon is something spectacular and evocative, in its gorges you can breathe the air of the Wild West.

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19.6 km

View of Gran Sasso Mountains

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23.5 km

Valico di Capo la Serra

Mountain Pass

28.8 km

Castel del Monte (Abruzzo)

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Castel del Monte is part of the Club of the most beautiful villages in Italy. Of high historical and cultural interest, the center is also known as the village of …

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40.5 km

Rocca Calascio Castle

Highlight • Castle

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

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40.7 km

Our Lady of Pity

Highlight • Religious Site

Wonderful building in impressive landscape.

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40.8 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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45.5 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

18.5 km

9.84 km

9.11 km

7.54 km

496 m

Surfaces

27.8 km

11.1 km

6.26 km

281 m

Elevation

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Highest point (1,650 m)

Lowest point (1,100 m)

Weather

Tuesday 6 October

18°C

6°C

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Comments

July 8, 2023,PIANA CAMPO IMPERATORE SANTO STEFANO CASTEL DEL MONTE

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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June 16, 2023,Anello-Rocca Calascio, Santo Stefano in Sessanio, Castel del Monte.

Wonderful ring, full of landscapes, glimpses and horizons.

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August 31, 2024,Altipiano di Campo Imperatore

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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