팔레르모‬에서 가장 멋진 ‪8‬개의 협곡

A fascinating path through a narrow valley with lush vegetation climbs 280 meters in altitude (between 120 and 400 meters). It winds through a rocky landscape, requiring some scrambling in places. The valley, with its rock faces on both sides, offers magnificent views down to the districts of Palermo around San Lorenzo and up to the mountain.

The path from the village into the gorge is blocked; there is no longer any way through on the indicated route.

When the river has water (in winter), it cannot be crossed.

Parts are extremely steep and rocky. Views from a bird's-eye perspective.

Excursion to the Princess's Pit, starting from the Battaglia tra direction Zottafonda, climb up to the Pit where it is possible to find snow until late June.

Be careful, the road surface is very slippery when it's wet. Unfortunately, I fell on a dry day. It can be wet in the bends and the road is very slippery in places. But it's a very scenic descent.

As soon as you arrive at the site you will find the car parking area, campers are not allowed to enter, bring rock shoes and a swimsuit! Once you arrive at the parking lot you can choose to continue on foot to the ticket office (about 1 km downhill) or by shuttle (which I recommend) at a cost of €2.50 return without timetables and very available. Once you arrive you will find a refreshment point, a small bazaar to also buy rock shoes (mandatory), bathrooms, security lockers (€3) ... all that remains to say is enjoy this little paradise!

The Tiberio Gorges, a Geopark site recognized by UNESCO, are located in the Pollina River at 100 m. above sea level between the municipalities of San Mauro Castelverde and Castelbuono, in the Madonie Park. The gorges take their name from the village of Tiberio, a farmhouse in the municipality of San Mauro with noble origins, today almost uninhabited, while in the past inhabited by a hundred people. The gorges as a whole are about 450 m. long and can be divided into three areas. The first part, about 100 m., stands out imposingly to the gaze of the visitor just arriving in the riverbed, is full of caves and can be explored on foot; the central part, the most fascinating and evocative, about 250 m. long and even more than 50 m. high, can only be crossed with dinghies because the depth of the water exceeds 8 m. even in summer, halfway there is a large boulder that in the past was used as a secret passage; the last part, about 100 m long, looks like an enchanted lake, a sort of primordial earthly paradise. The Gole di Tiberio is a geosite of the Madonie Park (classified as G4 in the relevant geological guide) of significant geomorphological and landscape interest. The limestone rocks were formed in the Upper Triassic more than 200 million years ago, while the lifting of the rocks and the consequent formation of the gorge occurred starting from the Miocene, about 23 million years ago. The geosite consists of a fluvial-karst gorge carved by the Pollina river in correspondence with limestone rocks; furthermore, along the walls are visible morphologies linked to fluvial action and karstism. Source: https://goleditiberio.com/gole-di-tiberio/