18
PDI
3.8 mi
DISTANCE
2,120 ft
GAINED
10.7 %
AVG. GRADE
FULL CLIMB STATS
INTRO
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We've partnered with Sherpa-Map.com to bring you the best route planning tool. With a PRO Membership you can use this climb as a reference when creating your route. Trebisacce - Albidona (Viale Socrate) climbs 6.1 km (3.8 mi) and gains 646 m (2120 ft) at a 10.6% average grade, from 109 m (359 ft) at the start to 753 m (2471 ft) at the top.
The steepest sections:
- Steepest 90 m (100 yd): 23.3%
- Steepest 400 m (0.25 mi): 16.1%
- Steepest 1 km (0.6 mi): 14.5%
- Steepest 2 km (1.2 mi): 12.8%
- Steepest 5 km (3.1 mi): 10.5%
Kilometer by kilometer the grades run roughly 11.7%, 13.2%, 10.1%, 8.3%, 9.1% and 11.4%. The second kilometer is the hardest, so the climb bites almost immediately, and with no flat section anywhere there is no chance to recover - the final kilometer is nearly as steep as the first.
Roadway: Paved the entire way. Via Socrate takes you out of town, and above it the route follows a narrow local road, a single lane wide with no center line, through pine woods and open hillside. Google's late-2024 imagery shows patched, worn asphalt in places, with gravel and pine debris at the edges, so take the descent slowly - at grades this steep, a loose patch on a bend is the main hazard.
Traffic: Very light. Above town this is a rural road, so expect only the occasional local car or farm vehicle.
Parking: Trebisacce is a beach town with a long seafront - its Lungomare Sud holds a 2026 Blue Flag - so the simplest plan is to park in town and roll the short distance inland to the start. July and August bring the summer crowds, so arrive early then. Trebisacce also has a station on the Ionian railway if you'd rather arrive without a car.
Gear: Bring your lowest gearing. With kilometers of 13-14% and ramps above 20%, a compact crankset with a 32- or 34-tooth cog is the sensible minimum, and there is nowhere to settle into a rhythm.
Provisions: Fill your bottles and eat in Trebisacce before you start - there are no services along the climb. This coast is hot from late spring into autumn and parts of the road are exposed, so carry more water than the short distance suggests and ride early in summer.
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Trebisacce takes its name, so the story goes, from a word for a little table, for the plateau it sits on above the Gulf of Taranto. The town divides into the modern center and beaches along the coast and the old quarter, still ringed by walls built in the 16th century against Saracen raids. The Chiesa Madre of San Nicola di Mira is the main church, and the Museo Ludovico Noia is devoted to olive oil making and peasant culture. Just outside town, the Parco Archeologico di Broglio preserves an Enotrian settlement occupied for about a thousand years, from roughly 1600 to 700 BC, where excavations turned up Mycenaean pottery alongside local wares. Trebisacce is also known for the Biondo Tardivo, a late orange that ripens from March to May and has its own festival in May.
Up the hill, Albidona traces its legendary founding to the seer Calchas on his way home from Troy. It honors its patron San Michele on 8 May, and on 13 June raises the 'ndinna, a greased-pole tree, for the feast of Sant'Antonio. For the Arbëreshë villages of Plataci and Civita, see our Villapiana - Plataci and Santuario Madonna delle Armi (Civita) pages.
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