Tenaglie → Melezzole

Walking distance 22.6 km

Stage information

Difficulty: moderate

Climb 650 m over 23 km from Tenaglie to Melezzole, passing San Martino and Baschi, a full day on foot.

Before leaving Tenaglie, locate Castello di Carnano on the map. It is close to the starting point.

Look for these places on the stage map: San Martino, Ponte, Acqualoreto, and Santa Restituta.

Castello di Poggio
Castle · < 100 m from the trail as the crow flies
A castle with Byzantine roots, fought over by Todi, the Apostolic Chamber and Orvieto for its strategic position. Bought in the late 1800s, it became home to the American comic actor Jimmy Savo and his wife Lina, who ran an art centre here.
Castello di Carnano
Castle · 200 m from the trail as the crow flies
Castle built by the Baschi counts to guard their mountain frontier, with a keep and walls that appear whole on a 1583 print. After 400 years of abandonment, it is said to be where Saint Francis of Assisi decided to found the Third Order.

Grotta Bella
1.4 km from the trail as the crow flies
Cave. Grotta Bella is a cave and archaeological site located near Avigliano Umbro in Italy.
Roverella di Ontorello, Guardea
Monumental tree · 600 m from the trail as the crow flies
Italy’s monumental tree register identifies this specimen as Quercus pubescens Willd. It records a height of 22 m and a trunk circumference of 515 cm.

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