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Parco dell'Etna: from Catania Centrale to Rifugio Sapienza - Loop tour

Parco dell'Etna: from Catania Centrale to Rifugio Sapienza - Loop tour

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4.8

(5)

177

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Parco dell'Etna: from Catania Centrale to Rifugio Sapienza - Loop tour

04:34

76.9km

1,940m

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 6, 2024

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Parco dell'Etna

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Start point

Train Station

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30.6 km

Etna - South Side

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The Sapienza refuge is the highest place on Etna that can be reached by racing bike. If you start from Catania, therefore at sea level, you will overcome a height difference of 1910 meters, which extends over a distance of over 30 kilometres. As the gradient is fairly smooth, there aren't any particularly steep sections, overall it's a fairly smooth and easy ride. However, traffic in Catania and for the first 12 kilometers up to Nicolosi is quite heavy, you'll be happy to be able to turn from Nicolosi onto the much quieter mountain road up to the Refuge. The climb is also extremely sunny, as it leads through urban areas in the lower section and over lava fields in the upper section, where shade is naturally scarce.

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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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35.3 km

Silvestri Craters

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At the valley station of the Etna, you will first pass this restaurant. This is open daily from 7 to 20 o'clock. As it is sometimes very cold up here (even if it's pleasantly warm downstairs), you may be happy about the wood-burning oven inside the restaurant, and coffee is always going on in Italy anyway. Directly behind the restaurant, a small path leads to a side crater of Etna. A quite impressive view awaits you here.

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40.6 km

Descent Through the Lava Field at Silvestri Craters

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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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76.9 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

69.9 km

6.07 km

983 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

76.1 km

881 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (1,900 m)

Lowest point (10 m)

Weather

Wednesday 20 May

24°C

13°C

15 %

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Parco dell'Etna: from Catania Centrale to Rifugio Sapienza - Loop tour

Etna - South Side

Sapienza Hut

Silvestri Craters

Descent Through the Lava Field at Silvestri Craters

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