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Murgia Trails – Mercadante State Forest loop from Altamura

Murgia Trails – Mercadante State Forest loop from Altamura

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Murgia Trails – Mercadante State Forest loop from Altamura

02:10

50.2km

450m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. 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 26, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through protected areas

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Parco Nazionale dell'Alta Murgia

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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10.7 km

SP 159 through Alta Murgia National Park

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

A route with little traffic and very suggestive in all seasons of the year; a tunnel of downy oaks and oaks and lots of pure air. Fun to tackle both uphill (rather steep) and downhill

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18.3 km

Murgia Trails

Highlight • Trail

Gravel course on quiet asphalted municipal roads and dirt paths that lead to the Mercadante Forest. Highly recommended

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31.8 km

Mercadante State Forest

Highlight • Forest

Protected natural area located in the Alta Murgia National Park. It offers visitors an evocative landscape rich in vegetation, as well as trails and characteristic paths of the forest.
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48.8 km

Church of the Madonna dei Martiri, Altamura

Highlight • Religious Site

Small Byzantine style church leaning against what remains of the medieval city walls of Altamura. It is part of an ecclesiastical complex which also includes the Church of the Madonna dei Martiri which stands directly next to it.

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49.1 km

Palazzo De Angelis-Viti (Formerly Del Balzo)

Highlight • Historical Site

One of the oldest stately buildings in Altamura. Built around the fifteenth century at the behest of Prince Raimondini Orsini del Balzo who transferred the property to the De Angelis family in 1620

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50.2 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

48.3 km

1.70 km

185 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

49.5 km

488 m

228 m

Elevation

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Highest point (500 m)

Lowest point (340 m)

Weather

Wednesday 15 July

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22°C

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Murgia Trails – Mercadante State Forest loop from Altamura

SP 159 through Alta Murgia National Park

Murgia Trails

Mercadante State Forest

Church of the Madonna dei Martiri, Altamura

Palazzo De Angelis-Viti (Formerly Del Balzo)

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