Places of interest13 June 2019

The new Alta Via del Golfo dell'Isola hiking trail connects four beautiful towns

Alta Via del Golfo dell'Isola is a new hiking trail immersed in the midst of Western Riviera's hills and mountains, overlooking the sea, and joins four beautiful towns in the Savona province: Bergeggi, Spotorno, Vezzi Portio e Noli.

Spotorno

Spotorno

Alta Via del Golfo dell'Isola is a new hiking trail immersed in the midst of Western Riviera's hills and mountains, overlooking the sea, and joins four beautiful towns in the Savona province: Bergeggi, Spotorno, Vezzi Portio e Noli.

This new trail is, in fact, perfect for discovering the fascinating area, along a beautiful ridge overlooking the sea while crossing great scenic landscapes of environmental interest.

[Noli, credit https://bikelist.org/]

It is a 25km-long trail divided into 5 legs, all very approachable as the longest leg takes about 2h and 15 min and the highest difference in altitude is 380mt.

Beside hiking, the new Alta via “Golfo dell’Isola” trail offers great opportunities for other exciting sports such as mountain biking, paragliding - the take-off spot is close to the first leg of the trail, and climbing.

[Vezzi Portio]

Here the 5 legs  - eastward direction:

Leg 1 – from Noli to Le Manie

  • distance: 6,2km

  • altitude difference: 380m

  • hiking time: 2h 15′

Leg 2 – from Le Manie to Vezzi

  • distance: 5,5km

  • altitude difference: 160m

  • hiking time: 2h

Leg 3 – from Vezzi to Colla Trevo

  • distance: 6,7km

  • altitude difference: 250m

  • hiking time: 2h 15′

Leg 4 - from Colla Trevo to Gola S. Elena

  • distance: 3km

  • altitude difference: 130m

  • hiking time: 1h 15′

Leg 5 –from Gola S. Elena to Bergeggi

  • distance: 3,5km

  • altitude difference: 75m

  • hiking time : 1h 30′

For more information: www.ilgolfodellisola.it/alta-via-golfo-dellisola

Deborah Bellotti

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