Recco – Sunday, 17th March – It seems like a rather warm weekend is ahead of us: anyone up for a hike in the Recco inland? If I’m not mistaken, ATP/AMT buses decided to extend their Recco-Colle Caprile service to Calcinara: if that’s true, it would be wonderful news for us, as it means we will have a very good chance to conquer three famous mountain peaks that we’re still missing: Becco, Bado and Croce dei Fo’. However, for this Sunday I would stick to something shorter, as there won’t be that many trains back due to Trenitalia doing some maintenance work.
Plan then is to catch a bus from Recco to Calcinara, reach the panoramic peak of Mt Cornua and hike to Recco via the unexplored Testana/Corticella trail (#14 on https://www.lookyhotel.com/images/GP_descrizione_sentieri_confoto.pdf ). Trail 14 follows an ancient trade route and is said to be very scenic, with sweeping views over the Paradise Gulf accompanying our walk down to Recco. We’ll also be able to discover the old hamlet of Testana, with the church of S.Margherita d’Antiochia.
Hike should take slightly more than 3 hours and is rated as E (medium). Or T/E (easy/medium) according to https://portofinotrek.com/it/da-recco/132-trail-ad-anello-corto-da-testana-a-monte-cornua-e-monte-del-pre.html
By 4:30 we should be back in Recco, in time for the 5:xx train to Genova or Sestri Levante.
How to get to Calcinara, and how to come back alive:
On Sunday, 17th March, let’s meet at the entrance of Recco train station at 10:57. The bus to Calcinara leaves at 11:15 ( https://www.amt.genova.it/amt/trasporto-multimodale/linee-bus-provinciali-old/golfo-paradiso/ ).
If possible, try to pack lunch, since we’ll only have 18 minutes to catch the connecting bus. (if we miss the bus, we could consider doing the hike in the reverse direction, but that would be much more demanding)
Suggested trains are:
— if you travel eastwards
REG – 10:11 Genova Principe (10:20 Genova Brignole) 10:54 Recco
— if you travel westwards
Reg – 09:50 La Spezia Centrale – 10:57 Recco
— if you travel southwards (*)
Reg – Milano Lambrate 07:32 (Milano Rogoredo 07:38) Recco 09:49
Return will be from Recco, probably around 17:00.
As usual, if you have doubts, questions, Hamlet-like dilemmas… feel free to message me ( vidlothianATgmailDOTcom ) or call me (+39 3297203364)
Liguriah 