Sunday, 16th October – As the leaves change colors, would you believe that we have not swum in the blue Framurese waters yet this year? Let’s put an end to this appalling piece of statistics by having our (likely) last hike&swim of the year end on the beach of Torsei or Porto Pidocchio. Water temperature is expected to be 20 degrees, a bit chilly but possibly still pleasant after a hike.
Plan is to start from Deiva Marina, which will be throwing a festival to celebrate the start of autumn: from there we’ll head towards Framura by taking the trail of cork trees and the Castellaro di Vigo trail; the latter path features traces of ancient civilizations, which date back to 2000 years ago and which we always failed to find; after checking the map that was uploaded on https://catalogo.beniculturali.it/detail/ArchaeologicalProperty/0700373744 , perhaps we can uncover them this time. The trail will end in Castagnola, where we can walk down to Framura while doing some chestnut harvest.
Overall, hike takes around 3 hours, has 350 mt of vertical gain and is rated as T/E (easy/medium).
Return will be from Framura railway station, perhaps around 5pm.
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How to get to Deiva Marina, and how to come back alive:
On Sunday, October 16, let’s meet at 10:59 am at the entrance of Deiva Marina railway station
Suggested trains are:
– if you’re travelling eastwards
Reg 9:11 Genova Principe (9:23 Genova Brignole) 10:54 Deiva Marina
– if you’re travelling westwards
Reg 10:15 La Spezia Centrale – 10:59 Deiva Marina
– if you’re travelling southwards
REG 07:32 Milano Lambrate 10:54 Deiva Marina
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(*) if you’re coming from afar, you may consider getting the 3 day regional pass for 29 euro.
As usual, if you have doubts, questions, Hamlet-like dilemmas… feel free to message me ( vidlothianATgmailDOTcom ) or call me (+393297203364)
Liguriah 