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Without any doubt, this is the most interesting, complete and scenic route at Mount Subasio.
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Departure altitude 469 m
- Altitude of arrival 313 m
- Distance 15.5 km
- Walking time 6 hours 30min
- Difficulty: Easy
From our hotel go through Porta Cappuccini (469m), and walk through a steep path into the pine forest. Then you get to the picnic area and to the road that leads to Mount Subasio. Near “Eremo delle Carceri” leave the main road (strada provinciale 251 di San Benedetto) and go up the Fosso delle Carceri.
From here you get to the Refuge of Vallonica (1059 m), where you can see experimental works with medicinal plants by the Institute of Botany, Faculty of Agriculture of Perugia. Continue to Sasso Piano (1125m) and then to Fosso Rosceto until the Mortaro Refuge (1284m).
Mortaro was used as an observatory during World War II. After the junction with the trail leading to “San Giovanni di of Collepino”, walk through a barren pasture and reach “Fonte Bregno”. Here, next to the source you can use a small shelter with a fireplace. You’re now at an altitude of 775 m. Walk through path 56 and the path and the lake Sasso-Rosso you get to Poggio Caselle. Continue among scented broom, juniper, honeysuckle and olive trees and you’ll finally get to “Fonte Bulgarelle”, at the entrance of Spello.
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