Petilia Policastro (Chiesa di San Francesco) → Santuario della Santa Spina

Stage information

Difficulty: easy. Distance-based estimate; it does not assess terrain or current conditions.

From the Church of San Francesco di Paola you pass the town's churches and the Paternise quarter to Grofficelle, then follow an old drove road down into the Soleo valley. A stone bridge on two granite piers, with a monstrance carved on its arch, takes you across, past a spring flowing from a stone angel's mouth, and steps climb past the Via Crucis shrines to the Sanctuary of the Holy Thorn. About 4 km.