Attractions around Pratovecchio Stia

Hermitage is a Greek word that means desert. So the structure of the Sacred Hermitage is inspired by the spirituality of the desert fathers: monks who retreated from the first … read more

In summer, breathtaking views even down to the sea if clean air allows. Winter, however, when snowy, leaves you breathless. A stop at the Cai refuge in the city of … read more

The Vallombrosa Abbey is located in the locality of the same name in the municipality of Reggello, in the province of Florence ....
The first construction of the Abbey originated … read more

Starting point of the path that leads to the hermitage of Camaldoli, one of the most beautiful segments of the Alta Via dei Parchi! Definitely deserves to be visited for the millenary forest in which it is immersed.

La Lama is located on the Romagna side of the National Park of Casentinesi Forests, Monte Falterona and Campigna, a short distance from the "infamous" Integral Reserve of Sasso Fratino, … read more

Famous Apennine pass, the Muraglione stands out from all the others due to a large wall, in fact, on its top. It was wanted, in the first half of the … read more

Easy walk of just over an hour (one way) along a wooded and magical ridge up to the top of Poggio Scali from which you have a view of most of the park and the Falco and Falterona mountains.

Beautiful climb between Bagno di Romagna and Badia Prataglia, one of the Four Romagnoli Passes (the others are Carnaio, Calla, Eremo di Camaldoli)

Mount Falco (1658 m a.s.l.) is the highest mountain in the Tuscan-Romagna Apennines. (Source: Wikipedia)

"It spans half of Tuscany
a river that is born in Falterona,
and a hundred miles of course does not satisfy him."
(Dante, Purgatory, Canto XIV, 16-18)

La Lama is a meadow (699 m) towards which the bastion of the Tuscan-Romagna Apennine falls from Monte Penna (1333 m), creating a landscape of craggy woods, ravines and cliffs … read more

From the site ilbelcasentino.it/castello_poppi.html

Poppi Castle is considered the symbol, not only of this town, but of the entire Casentino. It is in fact visible from a large part of … read more

interesting also from the historical point of view

Il Paradisino is a place linked to the beginnings of monastic life in Vallombosa when it was the hermitage of monks who were particularly eager for solitude and intimacy with … read more

Bike park for mtb and enduro lovers. The territory around Rincine has mainly mountainous characteristics, rich in woods which, with the variation of the altitude, present oak, chestnut, beech and … read more

Millennial monastic presence, ideal place to uplift the spirit and the body in an environment of uncontaminated nature and strong mystical charge.

Nice Church. You can fill your water bottle from the drinking fountain.

From SETTEONTI, in anticipation of facing the DOLOMITES a little trained, after MONTE SECCHIETA it was the turn of the PASSO DELLA CONSUMA at 1,058 meters above sea level.
The … read more

The "holy beech" is located behind the abbey of Vallombrosa - e.g. accessible on the chapel path.The tree is about 150 years old (but comes from beech trees that … read more

The term "black gorga" indicated the places where thunders or roars originated (or were thought to originate) that were manifested with the approach of atmospheric disturbances, generally such noises were … read more