"Prati di Cottanello" round hike

Transhumance lanscape hike on the Sabini Mounts           

 

 

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It's a voyage back in the peasant memory, to rediscover the landscape of “monticazione” (cattle summer grazing at high altitude). The pastures that reach 800m, today like the Middle Ages are frequented by many animals: horses, cows, sheeps and goats are often found together with pigs in the wild.

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WHERE SHALL WE GO?

  • Cottanello's lawns highplain
  • The ancient Cottanello Marble caves
  • San Cataldo Medieval Hermitage

WHAT SHALL WE SEE/DO?

  • The beautiful pastoral village of "Casette di Cottanello" inhabited only by livestock
  • The beautyful mountain landscape shaped by karsism and used as pasture by yesterday's and today's cattle
  • The reinassance caves of the Cottanello Marble

 

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TECNICAL INFO
Price fixed price up to 10 pax: 150€ , Price for each person exceeding 10: 15€ (for instance: if the group is 12 pax the price is 150€ + 2x15€ = 180€)
Path lenght 6 km
Total height difference 60m about
Duration 4h including stops
Difficulty T (easy)

Location

Cottanello (RI), Italy

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