11th November 2026
We will leave Laterza along country roads immersed in olive trees to the pine forest of Murgia San Pellegrino, an area historically crossed by shepherds in transhumance.
The last kilometers will take us into the Ginosa rove, a wild setting where nature and history have coexisted since prehistoric times.
We will arrive in Ginosa through the cave villages of Casale and Rivolta, characterized by cave-houses and overlapping paths. Typical dinner and overnight stay. |
Ginosa
| At 240 metres above sea level on the southern slopes of the Murgia Tarantina, Ginosa is a comune of around 21,700 inhabitants in the province of Taranto, Puglia. The town occupies the first terrace of this limestone plateau, a position that gave it both defensive advantage and agricultural reach across the Ionian hinterland. Deciding what to see in Ginosa means engaging with two distinct geographies: an old town carved into and above a dramatic ravine, and a coastline some 30 kilometres to the south, at Marina di Ginosa. Between these two poles, the territory contains a density of historical and natural interest that rewards close attention. |
https://www.villagesitaly.com/villages/ginosa/
| Day |
To |
Distance |
Time |
Elevation in meters |
| |
|
Km |
Elapsed
Hrs-Mins |
Moving
Hrs-Mins |
Gain |
Loss |
Max |
Min |
| 1 |
Castellaneta to Laterza |
24.1 |
|
|
783 |
687 |
|
|
| 2 |
Laterza to Ginosa |
15.5 |
|
|
253 |
341 |
|
|
| 3 |
Ginosa to Montescaglioso |
14.0 |
|
|
450 |
331 |
|
|
| 4 |
Montescaglioso to Matera |
18.5 |
|
|
521 |
489 |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Total |
72.1 |
|
|
1,975 |
1,848 |
|
|
|
