Spil Dağı (from Manisa)
Category 116 km
Distance
950 m
Elevation Gain
5.9%
Average Gradient
12%
Max Gradient
1060 m
Summit Elevation
Spil Dağı rises directly above the ancient city of Manisa — 35km inland from Izmir on the Gediz plain — as a forested limestone massif that carries national park status and a road climb of Category 1 quality that remains almost entirely invisible in English-language cycling media. The 16km ascent fr...
Pro Tip
Spil Dağı is best approached as a dawn ride from Izmir — the 35km transfer by car or rail to Manisa (TCDD regional service from Basmane, 45 minutes) allows a very early departure from the city that de...
Part of
Cycling in Aegean Coast