GUIDED TOUR

5 DAYS / 4 NIGHTS

AVERAGE LEVEL

30 KM

MAX 16 PAX

A traverse of the Pollino National Park, a massif surrounded by coloured valleys and streams flowing down and rocky mountains that preserve jealously the best examples of the rare Loricato pine.

The last stage will bring you to the Tyrrhenian coast: in Maratea you will enjoy a unique view.

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Day 1

Arrival in the Pollino National Park

Independent arrival in the Pollino National Park and accommodation in hotel in Viggianello or Rotonda. Easy tour in the village, dinner and overnight stay.

Gradient: 200m

Duration: 3 hours

Length: 4km

Day 2

Sierra Of Crispo and the Garden of the Gods

Transfer by van (30 minutes) to Colle Impiso (1573 m) and start of trekking. You will walk up to the Piani of Pollino where we will meet the first centuries-old Loricati pines. From here you will go on to the Grande Porta of Pollino, at an altitude of 1958 m, up to Sierra of Crispo (2056 m), known as “the Garden of the Gods”. Return to the hotel and overnight stay.

Gradient: 680m

Duration: 6 hours

Length: 12 km

Day 3

The Ancient Beechwood of Cozzo Ferriero

Transfer by van (30 minutes) to Fasanelli refuge. Besides the Loricato pine, the Pollino National Park has the merit of preserving a strip of an ancient beechwood, untouched by logging for ages. It’s a stark forest, wilderness, not very touristy, despite the millenary presence of man that has a deep cultural connection with it. Return to the hotel for dinner and overnight stay.

Gradient: 569 m

Duration: 6-7 hours

Length: 9 km

Day 4

Maratea

Transfer by van (about an hour and a half). Walking up through narrow alleys, you will reach the old town of Maratea. From here, after a short refreshment break, you will climb up a narrow path immersed in the Mediterranean scrub up to Madonna degli Ulivi and, finally, crossing the dizzy old town of Maratea, you will arrive to the statue of the Redeemer. From this point you will admire the whole Gulf of Policastro and, on the clearest days, it is possible to see Stromboli. After enjoying the glorious landscape of the coast, you will walk down to Maratea along a scenic road to the old town. Dinner and overnight stay.

Gradient: 300 m

Duration: 3 hours

Length: 5 km

Day 5

Breakfast and end of services

Breakfast, transfer to Maratea station and end of services.

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