Route
From the bus stop at Breglia turn left and pass in front of the hotel Albergo Breglia. During the first part of this walk you will follow the signs of two different trekking routes: the Via dei Monti Lariani, (red, white, red 3), a marvellous hiking trail of 125 km, and the Sentiero delle 4 Valli, another beautiful hiking trail of 50 km (the 3 crossed with a stripe) as these two hiking routes, for a brief stretch, follow the same itinerary. You leave the hamlet Breglia behind you and cross a small wooden bridge near the spring of Troi. From here it goes uphill through the woods to the area called Ponte, where there are many summer houses and a holiday camp. You reach a small road and follow it downhill to the pastures of La Piazza. At the intersection, where there is a little chapel called "del Bergum”, turn right. Pay attention, the two hiking trails split here. The 4 Valley Trail leads immediately again to the right, the Via dei Monti Lariani continues straight on, so go straight on. You pass an area with barbecue and pic-nic tables used in the summer for some of the local village feasts and at the end of La Piazza go left. Near an isolated house you leave the cart track and pick up the trail down along the fencing of the house through the woods. The not very clear path leads to a fountain with 3 arcades. From here an old mule track leads down to the hamlet Barna with its lovely church square. Pay attention to the signs on the houses and follow the mule track called "La Pendola", because of enormous boulder blocked in the gorge, down into to the valley of the river Sanagra. The mule-track ends up in a cart track which you follow left to Mulino Chioderia where there is a typical inn with trout farm. At this point you leave the Via dei Monti Lariani that continues across the bridge in front of the inn called La Vecchia Chioderia; you now follow the trail signs in the direction of Mulino della Valle and Piamuro along the bank of the river Sanagra. At Mulino della Valle you leave the river and follow the cart track that ascends to the left to the chapel dell'Artus. From here you continue straight on to Piamuro, a big pasture. You now follow the small paved road that leads down to the hamlet Loveno passing by the sport center and the church San Lorenzo. The hamlet Loveno is known for its splendid villas like Villa Garovaglio now owned by the German Federal Republic which hosts the Association “Villa Vigoni Centro Italo – Tedesco” and organizes high level meetings. Villa Mylius Vigoni lies just behind Villa Garovaglio. The park can be visited on reservation every Thursday afternoon tel. 0344 361232. Then further down in Via N. Sauro you pass Villa Bel Faggio just before reaching the road that connects Menaggio with Breglia. Follow it to the right using the side walk. About 100 m past the Hotel Loveno pick up Via per Loveno to the left which leads down to the centre of Menaggio.
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