Saturday, December 17 – Following last weekend’s Xmas crib show in Manarola, let’s take advantage of the (short) break from bad weather and have our other traditional end-of-year hike to… you probably guessed it: Mt.Manico del Lume! The idea this time is to get there by walking along the scenic ridge 2G trail between Val Fontanabuona and the Tigullio shore. More specifically, the plan is to catch a bus to S.Maurizio dei Monti and walk to Monte Pegge, so as to have our lunch break at the Margherita hut lookout point ( first part of https://portofinotrek.com/it/da-rapallo/50-130-montallegro-monte-pegge-manico-del-lume-caravaggio-santa-maria-del-campo.html#/1-passante_per-rapallo )
Should things go amiss (i.e. if there are train delays), https://portofinotrek.com/it/da-rapallo/111-344-montepegli-manico-del-lume.html#/1-passante_per-rapallo might be a backup plan.
After lunch, we’ll try to reach Mt Lasagna first and then Mt Manico del Lume, where a memorable 360 degree view awaits us, as well as the chance of adding our signature to its guestbook. For coming back to Rapallo, the most straightforward way is probably along the entertaining trail with chains, as it’s way clearer than the path through the woods.
Overall, hike takes around 3,5 hours and is rated as E (medium, but becomes a challenging EE in the short section with chains), with 800 metres elevation gain. Needless to say, hiking shoes are recommended and you should not suffer greatly from vertigo.
How to get to Rapallo, and how to come back alive:
On Saturday, 17 December, let’s meet at 11:07 at the entrance of Rapallo station.
Suggested trains are:
for those travelling eastwards
REG 12345 – 10:11 Genova Principe ( 10:20 Genova Brignole) – Rapallo 11:07
for those travelling westwards
REG 3261 – La Spezia 09:50 Rapallo 10:40
for those travelling southwards (*)
REG3015 – 07:32 Milano Lambrate – Rapallo 10:02
We’ll then catch the 11:25 bus from Rapallo to S.Maurizio dei Monti ( https://www.amt.genova.it/amt/trasporto-multimodale/linee-bus-provinciali/tigullio-occidentale/rapallo/ ), which we’ll reach at 11:40.
Return will be from Rapallo, after 6:00pm. If we have time, we can also check the many Christmas cribs spreaded around town (and allegedly there’s also an Alpine choir singing along the streets)
(*) if you’re coming from afar, you may consider getting the (brand new!) regional weekend pass for 22 euro. For some odd reason, Trenitalia decided to call it Weekend Insieme ( https://www.trenitalia.com/it/treni_regionali/promozioni-regionali/promo-weekend-insieme.html ) but you’re perfectly entitled to travel on your own.
As usual, if you have doubts, questions, Hamlet-like dilemmas… feel free to write me (at vidlothianATgmailDOTcom) or call me (at +39 329 7203364)
Liguriah 