Distances and excursions to Roccaforte del Greco (R.C.) Italy

NATURALISTIC DISTANCE FROM GHORIO TO WALLOON COLELLA

Covering in car the road that comes down from the country to the Ghorio fraction, on the left it leave a asphalted narrow lane just all’altezza of a hairpin curve that is opened after some meter from the sport field. Left l’auto, (but it would convene to park it to Ghorio and then to return behind, for approximately a kilometer, on foot), to continue in this direction until two crossroads (always maintaining itself on the left). In localita’ Walloon Scale some casolari are met. From it is here gia’ possible to notice under the street tracing the Colella Walloon. To come down until the gravel bed of the fiumara, to watch it and risalirre the affluent small letting to the own dicasolari right a group. Continuing the walk arrivera’ to the pool d’acqua that shape to the feet of the cascade, nearly dry in summer, than in country is called Smells extremities (great pool) and that it has been also renamed Cal’nero (in grecanico “sogno svanito”). Between round-trip in time previewed for this excursion it is of approximately three hours. E’ to ask precise information in country well before taking risks itself why the identifying one lacks totally.

FROM LICORDARI TO PUNTA D’ATO’
Left SS 183, to turn to right for Roccaforte of the Greek. After avr exceeded the crossroads for Saint Lorenzo and Peripoli, it is come down until the bridge on the Pisciato torrent. The road then knows them and, after a retilineo feature from which sipuo’ to see Roccaforte, begins and to come down until Licordari. Here it is abandoned l’auto in order to continue on foot on a track sterrata on the left that, after a first feature of light, inerpica climb with of the hairpin curves until earning the sight of Roccaforte, I saddle Tightened of Messina and dell’Etna. Between the vegetation, always piu’ driven in, the chestnut trees yield the place to the pines. The track is made less steep after that carried out to right the successive crossroad, in order then to enter the road asphalted that orta to Roccaforte. If in ridiscendere to the country the place of the Colella landslide is wanted to be observed, is necessary to leave the road after 500metri and going up on Tip d’Ato’, a costone that it has on the top of the pines it burns to you