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Cognoli Summit and Valle dell'Inferno

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Cognoli Summit and Valle dell'Inferno

Cognoli Summit and Valle dell'Inferno

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    Location: Somma Vesuviana, Naples, Campania, Italy

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    1. Cognoli di Ottaviano – loop in the Vesuvio National Park

    12.1km

    04:20

    570m

    Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required.

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    2. Gran Cono del Vesuvio dai Cognoli di Ottaviano – loop trail

    18.6km

    06:36

    870m

    Expert hike. Very good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required.

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    3. Lava Ropes of Mount Vesuvius – Cognoli di Ottaviano Trail loop from Ottaviano

    28.6km

    11:13

    1,680m

    Expert hike. Very good fitness required. Sure-footedness, sturdy shoes and alpine experience required.

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    November 3, 2020

    It starts uphill for about 1km in curves (from Ottaviano) after which the terrain is flat, very suggestive with leaves and in specific periods chestnuts and mushrooms along the path.

    Then you arrive at a parking area and then go up even more (keeping to the left) above you find yourself in a large open space with only two wooden benches in the center and a sacred statuette surrounded by two pairs of trees.

    If you take the path on the left and walk for 200/300 meters you can enjoy a spectacular view but do not go further because it is dangerous.

    Also from this large open space, if you take the straight path you will arrive at the top of the Cognoli enjoying a magnificent view as well, seeing all the villages of the Vesuvian hinterland.

    To return to the starting point from the top there are two paths, either do what you have already traveled or on the left take another faster path (but not recommended because it is steeper and more difficult).

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      February 15, 2025

      The very panoramic itinerary allows you to enjoy the most suggestive and wild scenery of Somma-Vesuvius, crossing forest environments, scrubland up to bare lava rock.

      The starting point is located along the road that from the Medici Palace of Ottaviano continues towards the volcanic complex. A barrier prohibiting vehicular traffic marks the beginning of the route, the first stretch of the path, common with path no. 1, winds along asphalted hairpin bends, and then turns into a dirt path.

      The plant landscape consists initially of a thick pine forest of stone pine and then in a mesophilous forest, with essences such as chestnut, Neapolitan alder, Neapolitan maple, holm oak, black locust. Among the nesting birds, the minute lesser spotted woodpecker, rare and localized in Campania, has only recently colonized the Vesuvius Park. After more than 1 km of walking on a steep climb you reach Largo Angelo Prisco dedicated to the young financier murdered by poachers in 1995 which represents the closest destination.

      From the Largo, path no. 1 branches off to the left, while the itinerary continues on the right on a slight climb, entering, between twists and turns, into a shady chestnut grove where the numerous species of mushrooms present give off an intense and pleasant fragrance.

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