Τα 5 κορυφαία ορεινά περάσματα στην Μπαζιλικάτα

Fantastically beautiful route - road has a super continuous gradient is wide and, for example, on Sundays there are almost no cars

It is the largest national park in Italy and is located between Calabria and Basilicata. The headquarters of the park is located in the municipality of Rotonda (PZ)

Pass located at 1,250 m above sea level. The roads to reach it are very beautiful with good asphalt, shade from the trees and not impossible slopes.

Wonderfully calm in the fog in autumn

The Grande Porta del Pollino, at about 1,900 meters above sea level, represents the entrance area to Piani del Pollino (Piana del Pollino), which can be reached from Lake Duglia (location near Terranova del Pollino). The Grande Porta del Pollino is clearly visible if you reach the summit of Monte Pollino or that of Serra del Prete and look in the direction that coincides between the Serra di Crispo and the Serra delle Ciavole.

The Pollino National Park extends over 192,565.00 hectares of land and is located between two regions, Basilicata, also known as Lucania, and Calabria. It also ranges from the Tyrrhenian Sea to the Ionian Sea, from Cozzo del Pellegrino to Serra Dolcedorme, from the Piani di Campolongo, Novacco, and Lanzo, to the Piani del Pollino, from the Argentino and Abatemarco rivers, to the Lao and Raganello gorges, to the Peschiera streams. and Frido. The entire Pollino area is formed by the Pollino and Orsomarso massifs. The mountain range that is part of the southern Apennines on the border with Basilicata and Calabria boasts the highest peaks in Southern Italy which remain snow-capped for a long period that begins in November and ends in May with the melt of the first snow. The height of its peaks reaches an altitude of 2,200 meters above sea level. The natural area that enjoys great prestige is composed of dolomitic rocks, limestone bastions, fault walls of architectural origin, cliffs, very deep gorges, karst caves, gables of volcanic origin, sinkholes, plateaus, meadows, high-altitude pastures, moraine accumulations, glacial cirques and erratic boulders.

Valico Montepiano, wonderful place. The Bosco di Montepiano is one of the most beautiful cerrete in Basilicata which extends between 700 and 1,200 m. There are many reasons of interest, first of all the village of Valmiletta, an evocative group of ancient stone houses (dating back to the 18th century) built as a base for agricultural activities, but also the paths that connect the town to Montepiano. Along the way you will run along arable land, bushy pastures, ancient farmhouses and sparse forests of Turkey oak, or the stretches bordered by dry stone walls and thorny shrubs, perhaps a way to make the passage obligatory for the flocks. You meet the characteristic Pietra del Corvo, a beautiful sandstone rock formation, an evocative balcony towards the upper valley of Salandrella, Gallipoli-Cognato and Accettura. Once in the wood itself, a network of ancient paths and more recent forest roads allows you to visit the splendid columnar cerrete with trees up to 30 meters high. Of considerable historical importance is also the Tratturo di Montepiano, one of the many testimonies linked to transhumance and cattle breeding together with the ancient casone where once the products of Podolic cows were transformed. Still visible at the edge of the wood, the ancient Neviera di Montepiano, a deep moat where snow was once kept. Montepiano, like other Lucanian forests, was a place of refuge for bands of brigands who ran around Lucania after the unification of Italy. Worthy of note are the paintings by Ernesto Treccani that inspired the composition of a master of twentieth-century Italian symphonic music, Riccardo Malipiero. In the wood of Montepiano, moreover, the Maggio is chosen: a large Turkey oak that will be transported by couples of oxen to the village to act as bridegroom in the famous wedding of the trees, the Maggio di Accettura.

Visiting our roads is magical, when you arrive in the Montepiano wood you can immerse yourself in pure nature by breathing air that gives you health and a sense of peace.