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This circular scenic walk circumnavigates the beautiful and most preserved medieval hamlet of Cervo (officially classified as one of the most beautiful in Italy). We will walk through different vegetation environment that constitute the "Mediterranean macchia". The walk starts in the square at the top of Cervo by the old Feudal Castle and descends rapidly down a footpath towards the sea and the famous beach of "Porte ghetto". At the bottom a sharp turn to the left will take us on the historic old Roman road, a remnant of this ancient route that conducted to Gaulle. Another sharp left leaves the road and climbs steeply amongst olive trees - an abandoned land which is being recolonized by spontaneous vegetation such as the maritime broom and the Aleppo pine.
We then enter the small country park of Ciapa, with thick woodland of Maritime Pine. We keep on the right and reach the promontory that separates Cervo from Andora. Here the view is truly stunning of the sea below and on very clear days, which is often, you can admire the Tuscan coastline. We take a sharp left and arrive on the "colle of Castellareto" which is the first nucleus of the local inhabitants even before the Romans. We keep walking through lovely countryside and it is here that in Spring, the flowers of rare wild orchids can be spotted in the grassland. We walk past the masts on top of the hill and take the sharp road heading south in thick woodland. Eventually the olive groves recolonize the land and we eventually come past some ruins from which the old chapel of San Giuseppe stands proud. Here we leave trail marked 1 and we take no 21 where further down we cross an old bridge and through olive terraces we reach the old square at Cervo. A visit to this medieval village is a must with it's impressive church of St.John the Baptist, beautiful historic palaces, a small museum of the olive oil, and of course lovely trattorias and bars perched high up with fantastic vistas over the dramatic sea below. |
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