Cilento National Park Walking Holiday

Walking Off The Beaten Track!

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The ‘Cilento E Vallo Di Diano’ is a National Park boasting some of the few remaining wolves in Europe and 1800 species of plants, including a few that are endemic to the area. The real joy of the trip is the tranquility that you will find, roaming between the little medieval villages, the forests and limestone hills, linked in the valleys by ancient stone bridges over limestone canyons. There are remains of mills and tiny chapels. An ideal Italian walking tour for the slightly more adventurous walker.

Cilento is an undiscovered Italian wilderness where you can really enjoy the sensation of having the whole place to yourself. From the tiny village of Felitto, we descend into a gorge full of ancient caves and ruined watermills.

The next day we take a bus to Laurino and follow the canyon below the village to arrive at a small medieval bridge which leads to the little church of Sant’Elena. An optional visit brings us to the cave of St. Michael and from here it is an easy trail down to the village of Valle dell’Angelo, the ‘Valley of the Angel’, where we stay in the town centre. A short walk to the tranquil little village of Piaggine leads into a valley, adorned with maquis, olive groves and orchards to reach the small town of Sacco and its cathedral before continuing up to Roscigno Vecchio.

From Roscigno we climb up Monte Pruno, a beautiful viewpoint, then on to Sant’Angelo a Fasanella, one of the most interesting little towns in the area. The route then reaches one of the most picturesque sites in the National Park, the Risorgenza dell’Auso, where the river Auso resurfaces after running underground. A short transfer brings us to the high plain of the Alburni mountains, a wild calcareous mountain chain with many caves, huge beech forests and rocky outcrops. This is an area where wolves still wander and with a large variety of bird life. We walk along easy muletracks to the viewpoint of ‘Il Figliolo’ overlooking the plain of Salerno, the sea and the mountain plains.

This is a moderate tour and most of the walks are on good paths, but sometimes overgrown sections cannot be avoided!

The trip can be extended to visit Paestum, Pompeii, Salerno, Naples or the coast, details are included in the detailed dossier. This trip can also be linked with the Amalfi Coast to create a longer holiday.

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Inn to Inn 9 days
Duration: 8 nights / 9 days
Tour Code: JCN
Grade: Moderate
Day Stages: Minimum 9km, max 15km.
Start any day April - November Home
SELF-GUIDED Dates 2009

Your Accommodation
8 nights/9 days - Nights 1 & 2 we spend just outside the medieval village of Felitto where we stay in a good agriturismo.

Nights 3 & 4 in Valle dell’Angelo are spent in a new comfortable village hotel, overlooking the pretty town square.

Nights 5 & 6 are spent just outside of the small town of Sant’ Angelo on the south side of the Alburni mountains, in a recently restored farmhouse, which also boasts a swimming pool.

Our last two nights are in a comfortable agriturismo, just outside the town of Scorzo - Sicignano, underneath the towering Alburni mountains.

Sherpa Notes

Accommodation & Meals
Dinner, bed and breakfast on 6 nights, bed & breakfast on 2 nights using agriturismo (farmhouse with guestrooms) on most nights except in Valle dell’Angelo where we use a restored village hotel. All accommodation is ensuite.

Way Marks
Only a very small part of the route is waymarked; elsewhere it is necessary to follow the route descriptions provided together with the maps.

Travel
via Air: British Airways (BA) Gatwick to Naples. From Naples central station it is less than 11/2 hour to Capaccio by train. You will be met on arrival at the station and transferred to your accommodation in Felitto. At the end of the tour take a bus from Scorzo to Naples which takes approx 2 to 21/2 hours

Consider extra nights in Naples and take the short train journey through to Pompei

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