The motto of this excursion is: "Il Tancia as you have never seen it before". We will explore the mountainous saddle that straddles the Sabina and the Reatino, interposed between the highest peaks of the Sabine MountainsItaly.

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WHERE SHALL WE GO?

• Pass of the Tancia (800m)
• Cypress forest of Salisano
• Top of Mount Ode
• Valley of the Galantina stream
• Grotto of San Michele Arcangelo

WHAT SHALL WE SEE/DO?

• The wonderful agricultural pastoral landscape of the Tancia basin with its soft flat meadows alternating with rugged valleys
• The centuries-old cypress forest of Salisano overlooking the Farfa Valley steeply with centuries-old specimens introduced artificially but now part of the wood.
• The breathtaking views of the basin from the Cima del Monte Ode.
• The plain and the tavern of Fatucchio, once a refuge for travelers
• The ruined castles of Fatucchio and tancia once sentinels of the pass and home to ranks of peasants / shepherds
• Le Pozze del Diavolo, the famous waterfall on the Galantina stream
• The cave of San Michele is an extremely important place of Michaelic worship which replaced the cult of the Goddess Sabina Vacuna