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Onferno Caves

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Onferno Caves

Recommended by 33 hikers out of 34

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Please check local regulations for: IT4090001 - ZSC - Riserva Naturale Orientata di Onferno

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Location: Gemmano, Rimini, Italy

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1. Grande Anello CAI 011 through Onferno Nature Reserve

9.56km

03:04

400m

410m

Underground UNESCO caves meet medieval villages on this loop through chalky ravines and panoramic ridges.

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2. Riserva Naturale di Onferno in Valconca – loop hike

9.36km

02:56

360m

350m

Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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3. Onferno Caves – Viewpoint Ripa della Morte loop from Fratte

8.15km

02:38

370m

380m

Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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Davide

November 14, 2021

Inside the Nature Reserve there is the Grotta di Onferno, 700 m long and 70 m deep, with a difference in height of about 70 m originating from some streams that descending from Monte Croce, reached the chalky cliff, begin an underground path, to resurface more Valley.
The exploration of the cave took place in 1916 by Lodovico Quarina, who went up the cave from the resurgence to the sinkhole.
Today's guided tours retrace this direction and allow you to admire the typical alabastrines of the chalky caves.
Near the exit there are some rooms enlarged by collapse phenomena. In the Quarina Room the vault is animated by mamelons, curious conical structures among the most beautiful and largest in Europe that indicate the base of a layer of plaster.
The cave houses the most important bat colony in the region, with eight different species.
Since the summer of 1989, the cave has been open to the public, it is a sort of natural tunnel that is easy to access through the two entrances and just as easily walkable (thus unique in Emilia-Romagna).

(Source: prolocogemmano.it/grottedionferno/)

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Paolo C. RN 🐗🌊

February 7, 2021

For the visit to the caves bring stuff not to worry if it gets dirty. The passages are narrow and you crawl the rocks. But it is suggestive and worth it. Highly recommended

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Verucchio Cammina

January 22, 2024

The Onferno Caves are a karst complex of caves located in the chalk.

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Onferno Caves

1. Grande Anello CAI 011 through Onferno Nature Reserve

2. Riserva Naturale di Onferno in Valconca – loop hike

3. Onferno Caves – Viewpoint Ripa della Morte loop from Fratte

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