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Passo Alpicella is located at 710m above sea level and is part of the 42nd stage of the Alta Via dei Monti Liguri. It is located on the watershed ridge between Val di Vara and Valle del Magra, offering open views that on clear days reach the Apuan Alps and the Gulf of Poets.

This place is characterized by a depression on the stream that over the years has created a real basin with crystal clear waters. Once you reach the stream you will find two fairly large but low pools, if you continue down the stream you will find the waterfalls and even further down the basin, near an ancient stone building right on the river.

to Malaspina Castle, where today you can visit the porticoed courtyard. A marble shield with a lion and two branches of Spino Secco, the family crest, welcomes you. Once you enter the loggia, a double staircase leads to the two wings of the castle: on one side, the noble rooms dating back to the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, on the other, in the direction of the Apennines and the village of Bagnone, the defense tower from which you can enjoy a wide view of the entire valley. Today, a small passage that the inhabitants call “riulin”, ravelin, allows you to go along the tower and the defense system facing the mountains and leave the village in the direction of the small sanctuary of the Madonna della Neve.

Bagnone Castle is located on the highest hill and is clearly visible as soon as you enter the town. It is dominated by an imposing cylindrical stone tower, crowned by corbels of the plumbing system with archers and larger openings framed by frames. The tower remains the only surviving structure of the castle, which has now completely disappeared and is partly incorporated into smaller buildings of the villa of the Counts Ruschi-Noceti. The castle is privately owned and cannot be visited.

The Borgo di Bagnone is a medieval village on the Tuscan-Emilian pre-Apennine hillsides. It is characterized by the waterfalls that flow on the right side of the village, formed in the rock by the flow of the Bagnone Torrent. The oldest part of the village stands on the left side of the Bagnone Torrent, from which it took its name. The circular tower located in this area of the village served to control the valley's traffic and was connected to other similar towers: Malgrate, Groppoli and Mulazzo.

The path passes for a few hundred meters along the bottom of the stream, which is best avoided by bike if you don't want to get a foot bath.

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Aulla is a comune in the province of Massa-Carrara, in the historic Lunigiana region of Tuscany. It is situated in a valley, at the confluence of the Magra River and the Aulella Stream, not far from the border between Tuscany and Liguria. The town has a population of about 10,456 and an area of 59.8 km². Aulla is an important stop on the Via Francigena, the historic pilgrimage route linking Canterbury in England to Rome. Some of the main attractions in Aulla include the Abbazia di San Caprasio, the Fortezza della Brunella, and the Borgo di Bibola.