Trekking · Loop
Cappelle → Valogno
Twelve kilometres in a loop along old paths carved by water over millennia, enclosed between walls of yellow tuff up to 30 metres high. You cross old chestnut woods and brush the edge of dormant volcanic calderas. On days when the tramontana wind blows, the view stretches from Monte Massico to the Domitian coast and on to the Gulf of Gaeta.
- Length
- 12 km
- Type
- Loop
- Elevation
- Moderate
- Grade
- E (hikers)
Pilgrimage
Via Francigena del Sud
Casale di Carinola has long been touched by the routes of the Via Francigena del Sud, which from the sacred places of central Italy leads to the embarkation ports of Apulia for the Holy Land and to the sanctuary of Saint Michael on the Gargano.
Today's pilgrims and cyclists find here an ancient hospitality infrastructure — the same one that, in AD 61, fed and refreshed the Apostle Paul with wine and lupin beans. Walking through Casale literally means following footprints two thousand years old.
Local trails
Corriole Waterfall & CAI trails
A short walk from the centre, paths marked by the Italian Alpine Club (CAI) connect Sessa Aurunca to Carinola through striking tuff banks and old monasteries, ending at the clear waters of the Corriole waterfall: a quiet paradise for slow travellers.
Coming soon
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