Cerchiara di Calabria → Civita

Stage information

Difficulty: moderate. Difficulty recorded in the catalogue.

16 km from Cerchiara di Calabria to Civita. From the Fontana Vecchia you cross the bridge over the Gola del Caldanello and climb the Sellaro mountains on CAI path 946; in late spring the peonies are in bloom. You reach the Santuario della Madonna delle Armi, beside the Basilian monastery of Santa Maria delle Armi against its cliff, then an old mule track takes you over the Ponte del Diavolo into Civita, an arbëreshë village above the Raganello gorge.