Those who respect themselves walk and enjoy meter by meter. I feel sorry for these poor donkeys - the sometimes "disproportionate" human loads they have to drag up in the scorching heat day after day is horrific even for the observer!

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Rocco 🇩🇪

September 19, 2019

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Path from the old port to the mountain top (about 360 meters in altitude) either on foot or by gondola or by donkey (-). The "transport" of vacationers who are unwilling or unable to walk with whipped, sweating donkeys is disgusting.

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jomi

July 3, 2021

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It's a good 300 meters difference in altitude and 588 steps. Quite challenging in the blazing sun. That's why I did it at 09:00 in the morning. Then the steps are still in the shade and you can enjoy going down and up. There is also a gondola that goes up quickly. And you feel sorry for the donkeys because the tourists get fatter from year to year, but not the animals. One should introduce a kilometer limit, the others should go into the gondola.

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