セリコのおすすめウォーキング＆ハイキングルート

A nice short walk, easy to manage even with children. You can also spot wildlife.

Charcoal burning is an ancient craft that is now almost extinct, but in the past it was a decisive factor in the industrialization of entire regions: the blast furnaces of the iron and steel industry, for example, depended on charcoal to reach the operating temperature necessary for melting ore. As a result, entire regions were once completely deforested by charcoal burning, and it is only thanks to later reforestation that forests have grown again and nature can be seen.

Functioning fountain in the pine forest in front of the Cupone viewing centre, picnic area

small fountain of very fresh water, in the pine forest between Lake Cecita and the Cupone centre

Very beautiful wildlife and nature trails to do on foot or by bike

In this stretch of wood we meet the Cecita river, which flows into the Cecita lake – it is the largest lake in the Sila and in Calabria.

In the past it was very common to produce charcoal through an ancient procedure of cooking the wood which was thus transformed into charcoal.

usually active the fallow deer and deer enclosures