Transhumance in Sila, an experience only
"The journey begins very early, at dawn, with the intoxicating scents and colors of the campaign on the Ionian Sea. At the vaccherizzo, prepare the horses and while the gates are opened the herd leaders are set in motion, following an instinct that goes far beyond its own history. The group is moving smoothly towards the pastures of Sila and the dust that animals raised stamping makes strange sensations. An eerie silence with only the sound of hooves, the bells and the cries of the shepherds to herd.
After lunch, we arrive at the first stop on Caraconessa, next to the bed of a broad stream, then the camp and snacks prepared on the basis of only Calabrian products, meats, cheeses, anchovies e.. local wine, Ciro doc. After the Controra there are animals, and again determined to get to the place of bivouac for the night on time. Arrived over Umbriatico one focus of Susan Cona, historic step for the local transhumance, it's time to light a fire for dinner, and prepare a bed for the night .... a carpet of gorse. Under the stars.
dawn, breakfast ... coffee and fresh milk ricotta podolica. There is a fountain of lava source, and again. The herd knows the road crosses the torrent of ESA, under Verzino, then passes the area Reporo, so you can reach the campaigns Caccuri and stay in the territory of Cerenzia. The air begins to cool and the Mediterranean has now been replaced by vegetation of high mountains, the landscape is dominated by forests of chestnut, oak.
In the afternoon, continue near Castel Silano, pass under San Giovanni in Fiore and arrive in the Sila National Park. For the second night we stopped to pass the bandit, camp under the pines and chestnut trees. It lights the fire and prepare the meal on the grill. You sleep with the fire lit.
The next morning, breakfast and a short walk now to get in the flower business in Colle, near the Lake Ampollino, at an altitude of 1,800, in Sila. A big barbecue in the shade pines, and in the afternoon return to the farm to pick Cirò. At sea.
With the shuttle, arriving on a farm in the late afternoon we pass close to the sea and breathe the fresh air of the Ionian Sea. The coast is a cirotana ecosystem integrity and grace, not a house, a building. A large forest of pines and eucalyptus trees that runs along fifteen kilometers of sand dunes and pebble beaches, where flowering specimens of the rare "white broom." And for another two days, the countryside and sea. "
After lunch, we arrive at the first stop on Caraconessa, next to the bed of a broad stream, then the camp and snacks prepared on the basis of only Calabrian products, meats, cheeses, anchovies e.. local wine, Ciro doc. After the Controra there are animals, and again determined to get to the place of bivouac for the night on time. Arrived over Umbriatico one focus of Susan Cona, historic step for the local transhumance, it's time to light a fire for dinner, and prepare a bed for the night .... a carpet of gorse. Under the stars.
dawn, breakfast ... coffee and fresh milk ricotta podolica. There is a fountain of lava source, and again. The herd knows the road crosses the torrent of ESA, under Verzino, then passes the area Reporo, so you can reach the campaigns Caccuri and stay in the territory of Cerenzia. The air begins to cool and the Mediterranean has now been replaced by vegetation of high mountains, the landscape is dominated by forests of chestnut, oak.
In the afternoon, continue near Castel Silano, pass under San Giovanni in Fiore and arrive in the Sila National Park. For the second night we stopped to pass the bandit, camp under the pines and chestnut trees. It lights the fire and prepare the meal on the grill. You sleep with the fire lit.
The next morning, breakfast and a short walk now to get in the flower business in Colle, near the Lake Ampollino, at an altitude of 1,800, in Sila. A big barbecue in the shade pines, and in the afternoon return to the farm to pick Cirò. At sea.
With the shuttle, arriving on a farm in the late afternoon we pass close to the sea and breathe the fresh air of the Ionian Sea. The coast is a cirotana ecosystem integrity and grace, not a house, a building. A large forest of pines and eucalyptus trees that runs along fifteen kilometers of sand dunes and pebble beaches, where flowering specimens of the rare "white broom." And for another two days, the countryside and sea. "
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