Pantasina-Pianavia-Prelà Castello-Casa Carli-Pantasina

The starting point of the hike is the church square in Pantasina.

Walk into Via Santuario (arrow in Fig. 1) for about 150 metres past the Azienda Agricola Pino. After a few metres, turn right into a small side street (arrow in Fig. 2). After about 30 metres, the small road turns into a mule track. Follow the path, which climbs steeply in places, keep right at a junction (Fig. 4) and continue climbing until you reach the provincial road again (Fig. 5). Cross the provincial road. After a few metres uphill, the mule track branches off to the left. Follow the path uphill to the ridge. Keep right at the fork (Fig. 6). It will take you about 15 to 25 minutes to reach this point. Now follow the path uphill. After another 10 to 20 minutes through the forest, you will reach an open, stony slope from where you have a beautiful view of Pantasina. Cross the open area and follow the path through the forest further uphill. After another 10 - 15 minutes you will come to a fork. Take the path straight ahead (Fig. 7). You will reach a saddle from where you have a marvellous view of Tavole and Villatalla in Val Prino. Monte Faudo rises up in the background. Turn right at the fork (Fig. 8). Follow the stony path downhill. After a short distance, you will come to the provincial road, which you cross (fig. 9).

Now follow the path (figs. 10, 11, 12, 13), which soon turns into a track. You reach a house (fig. 14), before which you turn right and follow the steep, stony path downhill (fig. 15). You come to a path (fig. 16), from which you turn left after a few metres onto a path (fig. 17). Follow this path, which soon becomes very steep and stony downhill and meets a path (fig. 18). After a few metres, turn right onto a stony path (fig. 19) and continue downhill (figs. 20, 21, 22, 23). You reach the first houses of Pianavia, turn right (fig. 24), follow the little road downhill and come to the provincial road, which you cross (fig. 25). Now follow the road that leads downhill to Prelà Castello.

After a short distance, pass the cemetery on the right next to the road and turn right at the end of the cemetery wall onto a narrow path (Fig. 26). Follow the path downhill (Fig. 27). After a few steps, you will reach the road again, which leads into the village (Fig. 28). Cross the village and take the path downhill to the right of the church (figs. 29, 30). After a short distance, turn right onto a narrow path (Fig. 31), which in part leads very steeply into the valley to some houses (Fig. 32). Follow the path, which curves slightly uphill and joins the provincial road (fig. 33). After a few metres, turn left (Fig. 34). The steps turn into a narrow path which you follow uphill. The path soon joins the provincial road (fig. 35), which you follow uphill. You reach the village of Case Carli. There, turn left into a small road leading uphill into the village (fig. 36), cross the village (figs. 37, 38, 39) and climb the steps to the provincial road (fig. 40). Follow the road (fig. 41).

At the fork in the road, take a sharp right (Fig. 42). After a few metres uphill, take a sharp left onto a path (fig. 43), which leads steeply uphill to Pantasina. Follow the path, after a few hundred metres the path meets a path (fig. 44), turn right (fig. 45) and continue uphill along this path, which is partly concreted. You will reach the church of San Cosmo e Damiano (figs. 46, 47), bypass this church and continue along the small road until you reach a group of houses (fig. 48). From there you have a beautiful view of Pantasina (fig. 49). Keep left there and stay right at the next fork in the road (Fig. 50). After a few metres you will come to a small square with the church of San Giuseppe (Fig. 51). Continue straight ahead to the end of the road, turn left there and after a few metres turn right (figs. 52, 53). Follow the provincial road downhill. After about 300 metres you will reach the church square of Pantasina.

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