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"Hiking & Walks" |
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Lago di Piano |
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The small Lake Piano, situated in the Val Menaggio between Lake Como and Lake Lugano, is a protected natural oasis and is a breeding place for many types of water birds. The easy trail leads along the foot of Monte Galbiga through woods and fields. Very interesting is the Castel San Pietro, a medieval fortified rural group of houses on the penisola "Brioni". You will also follow part of the ex trainline Porlezza - Menaggio supressed in 1935 and now converted into a cycle and foot path.
- starting point: La Santa 377 m - 5 km from Menaggio |
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Route From the bus stop “La Santa”, cross the main road and pass the little church “La Santa” on the left side. Take the path / stairway to the left which leads down to a crossroad. Follow the sign for Bene Lario. Ignore the cart track “Portaiola antichi Mulini” and pick up the road leading uphill to Piazza Comunale. Then follow Via Cavour which leads to Piazza Garibaldi. Here you pick up Via del Torchio on the right, which soon becomes a cart track. It leads to the old wash house “Lavatoio del Lembra” and from there to “Antichi Mulini” (sign) (old mills). Here begins the protected oasis of Lago di Piano (sign and map). Continue to the left. The cart track becomes a path with view of a large reedy area. You soon reach the southern shore of the lake, which you follow for about 500 m. You then reach a private property with a not very evident fencing and here you pick up the trail going uphill to the left, which after ca. 30 m ends, on a large cart-track; turn right. You soon arrive at ex camp site “ok la rivetta” where we recommend a stop on the little public beach. Continue ca. 200 m on a tarred road and then turn right. After ca. 300 m you see “Castel San Pietro” up on the right. Follow the alley leading up to the old settlement with its houses clustered close to each other and with only one entrance closed by a gate. The stone wall, the small arched windows, the narrow passages give the idea of a fort and how it used be in the Middle Ages. Turn back to the beginning of the alley and take to the right. You soon reach a cycle / footpath which you follow to the right. This path follows the itineray of the ex trainline Porlezza - Menaggio supressed in 1935 and now converted into a cycle and foot path. The continuation as far as Menaggio is foreseen within 1010. Soon you reach the “casa della riserva” with picnic tables, an information office, a small ecomuseum and the possibility of hiring rowing boats and mountainbikes tel. 0344 74961. From here follow the lake and just past the entrance of camp-site Ranocchio, turn right in order to continue on the cycle- / footpath which leads back to BENE LARIO. When you reach the tarred road turn left to reach again the bus stop at "La Santa". |
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tel. +39 338 6085190 |
e-mail info@milohouse.it |