THE VILLAGES ITINERARY

This loop itinerary, long but with a small and well-distributed elevation gain, takes you to visit the main hamlets of our territory. Those that today are hamlets of the municipality of Bevagna invariably originate as fortifications, often Lombard, and present surprisingly well-preserved historic centers.
Try to enter on tiptoe, within the walls of the ancient fortresses, and discover how these villages, in other parts of Italy desolately empty, are instead inhabited and alive. Artists and professionals have in fact chosen them as a retirement place or as a place to live and work, along with the many Umbrians who, understanding the inestimable value of living on a human scale, have never left them. An example of the “well living” that characterizes the Umbrian rural landscape and makes it appreciated in the world.

Height difference: 750 m
Km: 30,1
Duration: 3h30 (visits of hamlets excluded)
Difficulty: BC (cyclists with good technical skills) for Mountain bikes and E-Mountain bikes.
Signage: mostly absent; from Castelbuono to Pian d’Arca, signs from the Cammino degli Angeli.
Water along the route: present in the villages crossed.
Recommended season: year-round, but, in the summer months, should be tackled in the early morning hours.
Trail type: the itinerary is on dirt or gravel farm roads, with very low or no vehicle flow, on dirt-bottomed forest roads and trails.
Points of interest: Camping Pian di Boccio, Torre del Colle, Castelbuono, Sculpture Park, Pian D’Arca (site of Francis’ sermon to the birds), Cantalupo,

ROAD MAP

Dal Piazzale dell’Accoglienza, per un bell’itinerario collinare tra i vigneti, raggiungerete il Camping Pian di Boccio (possibilità di ristoro). Leave your vehicle in Torre del Colle, a village that retains its medieval castle charm. Affiliated with the Ghibellines, it was an important garrison over a vast surrounding territory for centuries.
For more:
https://www.iluoghidelsilenzio.it/castello-di-torre-del-colle-bevagna-pg/
The vineyard now yields immense expanses of olive trees, leading us to Castelbuono and its Sculpture Park. The hill of Castelbuono has been inhabited since the remotest antiquity, but it is around the 10th century that it seems to consolidate, after a long process of castellation, into the present city walls.
For more:
https://www.iluoghidelsilenzio.it/castello-di-castelbuono-bevagna-pg/
http://www.prolococantalupocastelbuono.com/default2.asp?active_page_id=264

A ridge covered with olive trees leads us, following the Cammino degli Angeli and part of the Sentiero degli Artisti, to Limigiano. The ancient castle and abbey (the church of St. Michael the Archangel can be visited) have marked the history of these places and, even today, the inhabitants challenge the “castellans” of the neighboring villages in an exciting competition, the Palio del Sasso.

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