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18 // tyrrhenian coast // Amendolea/Maesano waterfalls

An easy excursion for exceptional To get to the Menta dam: from Gambarie, follow the SS183 for 2 kms direction Reggio Calabria, waterfalls. then turn to the left at first crossroads, direction Montalto. After about 4 kms turn to the right at the The sight is at the crossroads and follow the Menta dam sign. Once end of the path... reaching the dam, follow the sloping hairpin bends as far as the end of the asphalted road.

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Departure/Arrival: After the dam, at the end of the sloping asphalted road. One can park. Drop: about 200 m. Length: 1h15 to go and 1h30 to return. System of signs: Red and white (clearly shown as far as point n.2 on the map).

Map: 1:25.000, n. 602 Gambarie section. Drinking water: A small spring at the departure. Recommendation: Be careful to not to 1 Cross the stream and follow the red and white slipper when you go up signed path on the right. Go down through the path the river bed again and that crosses some Pine and Beech groves. do not risk to climb the rocks of the waterfall. 2 Half way, at the natural viewpoint, you can Suggested period: enjoy a spectacular sight of the waterfalls. Spring, summer, autumn. What to see: 3 When you get to the stream, go up through The Menta dam (1.370 m) the river-bed for about 10 min. following the that regulates the homonymous strean. signs. Be careful not to slide on the wet rocks. Once you arrive you can swim in the emerald Vegetation: Pines, beech, Sanbucine green natural pool... orchids (yellow and violet), papilionatae 4 For the return, follow the same path you orchids, euphorbias, took on the way. brooms... Projet2VGB 7/08/05 19:24 Page 20

20 // tyrrhenian coast // Montalto

A ring path around the highest To get to the basis of Montalto: from Aspromonte point Gambarie, follow the SS183 for 2 km Reggio from which you Calabria direction, turn to the left then at the first crossroads direction Montalto. After about 15 km can admire (the asphalt in some places is not in excellent condi- the Etna and the tions), just before getting to the base of Montalto, Eolie islands... one crosses a roads that turns to the left (San Luca Polsi direction). Park in front of the crossroads and go towards the fence.

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The top of Montalto that one can make out from the path.

1 After passing the fence there is no sign Departure: of the beginning of the path; you have to do At the level of the fence, at 1.852 m of height the best you can... It is necessary to go dia- on the map. gonally towards the right, as if you are follo- wing for some metres the hand of a clock that Arrival: At few metres to shows 12h05. the departure, It is there that the excursion begins. When on an asphalted road. you reach a grove of young Beeches it will be Drop: About 300m. necessary to gradually change the direction going down slightly towards the left. Length: 1h20 on descent Soon a bit better traced a path will appear as far as the forest and you will reach a spring called Pantani di rangers shelter, 2h40 Montalto. on slope as far as the top and 20 min. on Keep going for about 10 min. you will get to a descent to reach the car. grazing; once crossed it and going straight- forward you will reach a small viewpoint. System of signs: Totally inexsistent on Looking down you can see the continuation of the first part of the path, the path going down on the left. then red-white-red on Take then the ridge and go down as far as the slope to Montalto. reaching the dirt track that passes in front of Map: 1:25.000, the rangers forest barracks, called shelter n. 602 Gambarie section. Giardini (reference forestale on the map). It is Drinking water: important to find the track because the shel- Small spring just after ter is only the point of reference. the departure but it is hard to fill the flask; fountain just before 2 Once you find the track follow it on the starting the slope. left. About 20 min. later you will reach a small Recommendation: trough beside which there is a spring and a To have a strong sense picnic area. of orientation. Suggested periods: 3 About 30 min. later walking you will have The whole year. /// to leave the track and to take a bend the /// Projet2VGB 7/08/05 19:24 Page 22

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/// small sloping red-white-red signed path.

4 15 min. later: be careful because you have to leave the main path and come back to the left following the red-white-red hardly visible system of signs. Go up following the slope as far as reaching the old barbed wire Below: fencing. View of the Ionian coast, Keep on going beside the fencing until get- shortly before ting to a viewpoint where you can admire to get to the top of Montalto 1 both the Ionian sea (on the right) and the marked out Thyrrenian sea(on the left). Keep going up by the statue of Christ the as far as the top marked out by the statue of Redeemer. the Redeemer.

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24 // tyrrhenian coast // Mundu and Galasia waterfalls An excursion through the To get to the viewpoint: from Taurianova take undergrowths, the SS 111 Oppido Mamertina or Molòchio direc- in a very damp tion. Just after crossing a stream called Marro, universe, thick follow the Molòchio-Trepitò direction. Once over with ferns, musk Molòchio keep the Trepitò direction. The viewpoint and lianas... is on one of the last bends, before reaching the village: 812 m. above sea level (see the map).

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View of the lookout where the path begins.

1 Take the path that is on the left of the Departure/Arrival: viewpoint and go down as far as the stream. The viewpoint which is in one of the sharp bends. Possibility 2 Just a few metres before the stream, you to park within the bend. will see a big rock (picture) that shows, with Drop: About 500 m. two arrows, the two paths that lead to the waterfalls.The one on the right, (crossing the Length: 1 hour from the car park stream and turning at once to the left) leads to the Galasia waterfall; to the Galasia waterfall, the one on the left 1 hour for the return (without crossing the stream at the Mundu to the rock. 20 min. from waterfall). the rock to reach the Mundu waterfall and 40 min. for the return as far as the car park. Particularity: the going is on descent and the return is uphill ! System of signs: Red-white-red.

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3 After the slope, in a small level part in the grove there are three different possible paths. Take the one in the centre that goes down. Below: The Galasia waterfalls 4 For the return, once you reach the water- (on the left) and Mundu fall, take the same path as far as the big rock (on the right). and go towards the Mundu waterfall. On the right: A rare species of prehistoric 5 From there take again the path as far as fern, called Woodwardia reaching the rock and keep going up using radicans. the same path you took on the way. Projet2VGB 7/08/05 19:24 Page 27

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Attention: To reach the Mundu waterfall, hard passage for a few metres because of slight landslides. What to see: A rare prehistorical 1 fern species at Mundu waterfall, called Woodwardia radicans (picture). Vegetation: 5 Oaks, holm-oaks, 3 4 beechs, ferns, lianas, musk, strawberry trees.

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28 // trekking associations

Amici di Montalto EOS Consorzio del Turismo Verde Via Marconi, 1 Via Roma, 100/A 89133 Reggio Calabria 89044 Locri (RC) Tel: 0965-625707 / 0965-593647 Tel: 0964-22526 Fax: 0965-620323 Fax: 0964-22526 Web page: www.amicidimontalto.it Web page: www.eos-turismo.it E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected]

Aspromonte Up&Down Ethnos Via degli Sci, 8 scarl Servizi Turistici 89050 Gambarie di San Stefano (RC) Corso Garibaldi, 597 Tel: 0965-743061 89127 Reggio Calabria Web page: www.gambarie.it Tel: 0965-817954 Fax: 0965-817954 ASSOTUR E-mail: [email protected] Associazione Operatori Turismo Cultura Sport Fondazione Mediterranea Falchi Via degli Sci, 8 Via Pio XI dir. privata, 27 89050 Gambarie di San Stefano (RC) 89133 Reggio Calabria Tel: 0965-743061 Tel: 0965-626883 Web page: www.gambarie.it Fax: 0965-591949 E-mail: [email protected] Web page: www.gambarie.it

Club Alpino Italiano GEA sezione Aspromonte Gruppo Escursionistico Aspromonte Via S. Francesco da Paola, 106 Via Castello, 2 89127 Reggio Calabria 89125 Reggio Calabria Tel: 0965-898295 Tel: 0965-332822 Fax: 0965-898295 Fax: 0965-332822 Web page: www.caireggio.it Web page: www.gambarie.it E-mail: [email protected] Gente in Aspromonte Club UNESCO Via Fontanella, 2 Casella postale 233 89030 Careri (RC) 89100 Reggio Calabria Tel: 0964-63035 Tel: 0965-650700 Web page: www.gambarie.it Gruppo Micologico Culturale E-mail: [email protected] e Ambientale Reggino Via S. Francesco da Paola, 106 Consorzio Turismo Reggio Calabria 89127 Reggio Calabria Via degli Arconti, 24 Tel: 3396109645 89127 Reggio Calabria Web page: www.gambarie.it Tel: 0965-332899 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: 0965-898979 E-mail: [email protected] Italia Nostra C/o Liceo Classico Via T. Campanella, 27 89125 Reggio Calabria Tel: 0965-818767 Projet2VGB 7/08/05 19:24 Page 29

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Jonica Holidays Naturaliter Via dei Salici, 4 piccola scarl 89048 Siderno (RC) Via Calamizzi, 6 Tel: 0964-342229 89129 Reggio Calabria Fax: 0964-380540 Tel: 3289094209 Web page: www.naturaliterweb.it Kepos E-mail: [email protected] sas Itinerari turistici Via Sbarre Sup. diram. Marconi, 23/A Pucambù Reggio Calabria Agenzia per il turismo rurale della Tel: 0965-53263 Calabria Greca Fax: 0965-53263 Via Caprera, 67/I Web page: www.kepos2001.it 89063 Melito P. S. (RC) E-mail: [email protected] Tel/Fax: 0965-783636 E-mail: [email protected] Kronos-Calabria/Accademia Kronos Casella postale 233 San Leo 89100 Reggio Calabria scarl Ospitalità diffusa Tel: 0965-650700 Via Polemo Web page: www.gambarie.it 89033 Bova (RC) E-mail: Tel: 347304679 [email protected] Fax: 0965-762227 Web page: www.comunedibova.it Lega per l’Ambiente E-mail: [email protected] Via D. Tripepi, 110 89125 Reggio Calabria Ti porto in Aspromonte Tel: 0965-811142 Corso Garibaldi, 9 Fax: 0965-811142 89050 Gambarie di San Stefano (RC) Tel: 0965-743168 Misafumera Turismo nella Natura Via Nazionale, 306/d Associazione Guide Ufficiali del 89060 Bocale 2° (RC) Parco Nazionale dell’Aspromonte Tel: 0965-677021 c/o Anna Zurzolo Mobile: 347 0804515 via Brunelleschi, 7 Web page: www.misafumera.it 89022 Cittanova (RC) E-mail: [email protected] Mobile: 348 3368079 Projet2VGB 7/08/05 19:24 Page 30

30 // lodging

// BOVA FARMS HOLIDAYS > La Spina Santa C.da Spina Santa Tel: 0965-761012 E-mail: [email protected] > San Leo C.da San Leo // CONDOFURI Tel: 0965-762214 FARMS HOLIDAYS > Gemelli Via Salinella, 45 CAMPING Tel: 0965-784095 > La Perla Jonica Loc. San Pasquale > Il Bergamotto Loc. Amendolea Tel: 0965-766219 Tel/Fax : 0965-727213 Web page: www.campinglaperlajonica.it E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] > Le Grotte di Caridi C.da Grotte, 10 Tel: 0965-727074 BED & BREAKFAST > Coop. San Leo Via Polemo CAMPING Tel: 347 304679 > Al Boschetto Via Nazionale Fax: 0965-762227 Tel: 0965-784415 Web page: www.comunedibova.it > Salinella Via Peripoli, 6 E-mail: [email protected] Tel: 0965-784097 // CIMINÀ FREE AREAS FOR CAMPINGS AND FARM HOLIDAYS CAMPERS > A’ Sena Runcatini Strada provinciale > Gemelli Via Salinella, 45 Ardore-Ciminà C.da Runcatini Tel: 0965-784095 Tel/Fax: 0964-334839 Web page: www.agriturismocimina.it // DELIANUOVA E-mail: [email protected] REFUGE > Rifugio Il Biancospino // CITTANOVA Piani di Carmelia HOSTEL Tel: 0966-963154 > Ostello Zomaro 333 3685838 Località Zomaro 329 6283539 Tel: 0966-625006 HOTEL HOTELS > Grande Hotel Aspromonte > Hotel Casalnuovo Via Carmelia, 5 Via Merano, 103 Tel: 0966-966848 Tel: 0966-655821 0966-966845 0966-655506 Web page: www.hotelcasalnuovo.com // GERACE E-mail: [email protected] BED & BREAKFAST > Uliveto Principessa Park Hotel > Bellavista C.da Rocca SS 111 km 17,700 Tel/Fax: 0964-356384 C.da Oliveto Principessa > Il Giardino di Gerace Via Fanfani, 8 Tel/Fax: 0966-610476 Tel/Fax: 0964-356732 Web page: www.ulivetoprincipessa.it Web page: www.ilgiardinodigerace.com E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Projet2VGB 7/08/05 19:24 Page 31

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HOTEL // S. STEFANO > Hotel La casa di Gianna IN ASPROMONTE Via Paolo Frascà, 4 BED & BREAKFAST Tel: 0964-355024 > Home Sweet Home 0964-355018 Via Nazionale, 8 Fax: 0964-355081 Tel: 0965-744000 Web page: www.lacasadigianna.it E-mail: [email protected] HOTELS > Grande Albergo // MAMMOLA Viale dei Tramonti, 15 FARMS HOLIDAYS Tel: 0965-743012 > Cannazzi C.da Cannazzi > Hotel Centrale Tel: 0964-418023 Piazza C. Mangeruca, 22 > Rifugio Montano Valle Spana Tel: 0965-743133 C.da Valle Spana Fax: 0965-743141 Tel: 0964-414598 Web page: www.hotelcentrale.net E-mail: [email protected] REFUGE > Hotel Degli Abeti > Rifugio Montano Valle Spana Via degli Abeti C.da Valle Spana Tel: 0965-743242 Tel: 0964-414598 0965-743243 > Hotel Excelsior Piazza // ROCCAFORTE C. Mangeruca, 1 DEL GRECO Tel: 0965-743049 FARM HOLIDAYS 0965-743040 > Az. Agrozootecnica Agriturismo E-mail : [email protected] C.da Monaca > Hotel Il Ritrovo Tel: 0965-28352 Via Garibaldi, 15 Tel: 0965-743021 // S. CRISTINA 0965-743022 IN ASPROMONTE Web page: www.gambarie.com FARMS HOLIDAYS E-mail: [email protected] > Calabretto > Hotel Miramonti C.da Calabretto Loc. Lubrichi Via degli Sci,10 Tel: 0966-878800 Tel: 0965-743190 > Di Rossi Antonino Via Nazionale Fax: 0965-743048 Tel: 0966-878800 Web page: www.hotelmiramontigambarie.it // S. ROBERTO E-mail: [email protected] FARM HOLIDAYS > Romeo Rijtano // VARAPODIO Via per Militino, 18 ALBERGO Tel: 0965-755301 > La Pergola 0965-897952 Via Garibaldi, 36 HOTEL Tel: 0966-81133 > Hotel Dei Faggi C.da Pidima, 86 Tel: 0965-743219 Projet2VGB 7/08/05 19:24 Page 32

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