'Peaceful' is the adjective which duly describes that morning on the western bank of Sabato River in the Picentini Mountain Range. The little patches of sky discernible above the hazelnut forest canopy were faintly illuminated by the horizontal beaming of the newly-risen sun. But no direct light was to soon reach the bottom of the deep valley. The only motion was made by the … [Read more...]
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Trekking the Picentini Mountains day #2 – Climbing Pizzo San Michele and Monte Mai
As it was instructed, the alarm broke the prevailing silence at 6 am. Darkness was still deep, and the air piercing-cold. So I decided to rather hit the snooze button and enjoy my sleeping bag's warmth for a while longer. Better than the alarm, the first morning sun-rays, finding their way through the oaks' canopy, obliged me to get up and behold the beauty of this excellent … [Read more...]
Trekking the Picentini Mountains day #1 – From Pompei to Fisciano and to Pizzo San Michele
The weather had readopted its usual, sunny and warm mood, I witnessed as I got up this morning. The previous day, I had to delay my scheduled departure because of storms wandering over the Italian region of Campagna. But today was the day. It was the right time to leave Pompei and head to the Picentini Mountains in search of a new, great adventure. I spent the morning … [Read more...]
Photos: Pizzo San Michele, Picentini Mountains, Campania, Italy (2017)
You'll see in this photo album the pictures I took while climbing the Pizzo San Michele peak: one of the peaks I climbed during a 4-day trekking trip in the Picentini Mountains range in Campania, Italy. Here you may read about all the details of that memorable adventure. … [Read more...]
Photos: Monte Mai, Picentini Mountains, Campania, Italy (2017)
In this album, you'll see the photos I took while climbing Monte Mai: one of the highest peaks of the wild Picentini Mountain Range, located in central Campania, Southern Italy. The view from the top was astounding and was reaching all the way to Vesuvius and Naples with its wide gulf. You may here read the story of that 4-day trekking trip in the Picentini Mountains. … [Read more...]
Photos: Sabato River Valley, Picentini Mountains, Campania, Italy (2017)
Sabato River is located in Campania, Southern Italy. It originates from Monte Terminio in the Picentini Mountains Range and runs for about 50 km through the provinces of Avellino and Benevento. Its name is often confusedly attributed to the the identical modern Italian word for Saturday. But in fact, the name preceeds Christianity and the import of the Hebrew word for … [Read more...]
Photos: Pompei, Campania, Italy (2017)
During my recent trip to Campania, one day I wound up in the town of New Pompei. As I there found a great hostel to settle down for a while, and the atmosphere and location of the town itself I found them quite ideal for the purpose, I set there my base for exploring Campania's beauty. Some of the trips I undertook setting off from there were the nearby Ancient Pompei, the … [Read more...]
Photos: Fisciano & Calvanico, Campania, Italy (2017)
It was one extremely hot and dry summer afternoon I was getting off the train at the station of Fisciano in Campania, Southern Italy. I shouldered my heavy backpack and set off striding the first steps of a great many that were to come during the following four days. It was the beginning of my Picentini Mountains trekking trip. In this album, you'll see some photos I took … [Read more...]
Photos: Salerno, Campania, Italy (2017)
Salerno is a city located on the Tyrrhenian Sea coast in Campania, Southern Italy. During the early Middle Ages it was the capital of the independent Lombard Principality of Salerno. In that period operated in the city the Schola Medica Salernitana: the first medical school in the world. You will see in this album a few pictures I took while strolling around it for a few … [Read more...]
Photos: Serino & Solofra, Campania, Italy (2017)
Serino and Solofra are two towns, with 7 and 12 thousand inhabitants respectively, located in the province of Avellino in Campania, Southern Italy. I happened to pass by these two towns, and walk the distance between them, on the last part of a trekking trip in the Picentini mountain range. See here a few pictures I took in around these two cute towns and the mountainous … [Read more...]