LIGURIA MOUNTAINS ITINERARIES

Enrico Pelos

General

Many itineraries are interesting in  Liguria. Here are some of them on the web. Trekkers and tourists can walk together on the old paths, once called  “commercial routes”, such as the "Slate Path" or the "Columbus Itinerary" ,which allowed the transport of the inland products to the coast ports.The "High Way of the Ligurian Mountains"  includes also some tracks of the "Salt ways", which were important in the commercial exchanges between Liguria and other regions.The natural environment is still savage  in many places, also thanks to the creation of many protected areas and parks, making it possible to pass from hills to mountains  in a few minutes. The creation of cultural parks,itineraries linking different resorts which have become famous thanks to a writer (as for ex. Caproni in the Trebbia Valley), also pleases the tourist who wants to discover the cultural aspect of the walk,on the same tracks once followed by pilgrims, by medieval monks or by the Romans.

(published on the web 20/9/2000)