Campocatino hiking guide
Campocatino hiking guide in a way to speak about Campocatino and one of the best hike and trail to be visited in Tuscany with a local expert guide in the awesome environment of the Alpi Apuane natural Park. Contact us for further information.
Campocatino is a small village of stone houses born to give refuge to shepherds during the summer season Campocatino hiking guide.
Once upon a time shepherds used to move down in the lowlands in September in order to feed animals with fresh grass in cold season. In May they also used to move on the mountain meadow like the one in Campocatino.
All the houses of Campocatino were completely abandoned after the Second World War due to a new way to live and due a new kind of economy. Now the houses are almost all refurbished for private purpose and summer vacation.
Our guides usually start from Campocatino and reach the small church surrounded by the woodland dedicated to San Viviano. San Viviano is an interesting figure for locals that use to pray for. Every year there are two processions to move the statue from Campocatino to the church and vice versa. The surprising thing is that the church has been made with the natural roof of a sort of cave where San Viviano used to live in hermitage. This and other interesting things will be explained by our guides to you and your group if you would to walk with us.
From Campocatino to San Viviano church there is a quite easy hiking trail, mainly fresh in the summer and comfortable in spring and autumn. It takes about 1,5 hour to go and the same time to come back for the same way. It doesn’t need particular skill but only to be in good health and in good shape.
In case you like to walk more in the Campocatino hiking guide, it’s possible to start the trail from Vagli Sopra and reach Campocatino walking on the ancient track among the chestnut trees. In this case we need about 4-5 hourse in total.
Anyway, if you are interested on this awesome hikes with our guide contact us for further information and for booking.