Discover Levie
Start your trip with a stroll through Levie. Take advantage of its shops, restaurants and bars, but above all, its cultural wealth! Take the Com'è l'acqua pendi" interpretation trail which will take you on a tour of the village through the path of the water, and stop off at the Alta Rocca Museum to find out more about this emblematic region, home to numerous prehistoric and medieval sites.
🅿 on the right as you pass the church of Saint Nicolas
Carbini, the Giovannali village
Leave Levie towards Carbini. The road that leads you there is shady and winding, until you are greeted by the sumptuous Romanesque church of San Giovanni Battista and its bell tower. Take in the magnificent views of the village and surrounding area on the Giovannali path which traces the tragic history of the brotherhood of the same name, through the narrow streets and districts of Carbini...
🅿 Enter on the right, on the football pitch
The hamlet of Tirolo
Get back on the road, and don't forget to turn (right) towards Tirolo once you have passed the hamlet of Orone. Drive at a leisurely pace along the RD248, a small, little-travelled road that leads quietly down to the hamlet of Tirolo (in the commune of Levie). The granite houses here are charming, and from the church you can see the Aiguilles de Bavella in the background.
The hamlet of Pantano
Management Pantano (commune of Levie)! After a few tight bends, you arrive in the little hamlet, making your way between the houses, imagining what life might have been like fifty or so years ago. Imagine crops growing around the few piles of houses, between streams and paths framed by low walls.
The hamlet of Foce di Mela
Continue along the road, passing the hamlet of Foce di Melabetween forests, streams and rivers. It's hard to believe that this village is part of the municipality of Mela, on the other side of the valley. Just a few decades ago, the mule track linking the village to its hamlet was lined with terraced crops and large fields, of which little remains today.
Along the river
Continue along the smaller road, even narrower and more winding, built at the end of the 19th century as a "chemin de grande communication". Follow the Fiumicicoli river on your right, under the canopy of the Valdu Grossu forest to the end of this itinerary.
At the source
At the end of a route made up of hamlets and bends, you have arrived at the Caldane baths. Reward for daring to venture out on the secret back roads of the Alta RoccaNow you can enjoy the naturally warm waters of the thermal spring from the Rosa de Caldane estate.
Known since Roman times, it has been used by the region's inhabitants as a thermal bath and for washing clothes. Visit mill dates back to the 18th century. From 1960 onwards, the Sereni family developed the site to become today's domain. Its name is a tribute to the owner's sister, who was swept away by the waters of a violent flood in 1993.
The thermo-mineral waters of the spring gush out of the granite subsoil at about 38°C driven by natural gases. They have interesting curative properties in the fight against skin diseases, rheumatism, inflammation of the ENT system, etc.
