The tourist Path of Monti Carricini stretches over about 13 km, in the Municipality of Montenerodomo and partly in Colledimacine. You may walk it starting from four different points: Fonte della Selva, Mura megalitiche della Pineta, Iuvanum and near Colledimacine, and you can vary the route as you wish. This unpaved path keeps you into direct contact with nature, in the muffled sounds of water flows and local fauna, offering breath-taking views also on the remains of megalithic walls of Monte di Maio and Colle della Guardia which were built in pre-Roman times to surround the “oppida”, fortified defence cities.

The highest part of the path reaches 1276 metres in Colle della Guardia, located at the centre of the hills between the valleys of Sangro and Aventino rivers, where Carricini people built an “oppidum” to check all the routes of the territory between Monti Pizzi and Monte Pallano, in the years from VI to IV centuries Before Christ.

Walking downhill from Colle della Guardia you will get to “Fonte Lescie “ and then reach the crest of Monte di Maio, formed from a small mountain chain between 1136 and 1234 m. A must-see of the path is the broad clearing "Chiara di Monte di Maio", where are the ruins of a big "oppidum" and its majestic ring of walls up to 3,80 meters high and 3,60 meters wide. Downhill "Chiara di Monte di Maio", on the Marsabilia route, there is the respective fountain.

Immerse yourself in the nature and in the wonderful landscape around walking on this interesting path. It takes about 4 hours for its full length.

[Credits | Text: Ottavio Di Renzo De Laurentis | Translation: Mirella Rapa | Voice and music: Studio Qreate | Photo: Laura Di Biase]