{"id":3168,"date":"2014-04-15T15:46:38","date_gmt":"2014-04-15T15:46:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.italygreentravel.com\/?p=3168"},"modified":"2014-08-15T22:43:12","modified_gmt":"2014-08-15T20:43:12","slug":"the-alta-via-dei-parchi-green-adventure-apennines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/2014\/04\/the-alta-via-dei-parchi-green-adventure-apennines\/","title":{"rendered":"The Alta via dei Parchi hike: the green adventure in the northern Apennines is ready!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What could be better than slow, sustainable and close-to-home tourism? Doing it while you\u2019re discovering beautiful Italian Appennines! This year<strong> It.a.c\u00e0<\/strong>, the <strong>Festival about sustainable tourism<\/strong>, starts this way\u2026 and the green adventure is guaranteed!<\/p>\n<h3>Learning sustainability by travelling<\/h3>\n<p>The sustainable tourism Festival, now in its sixth edition, will start on <strong>May 30th<\/strong> in the ancient &#8220;Palazzo del Governatore&#8221;, in the historical centre of <strong>Parma<\/strong>, the quite and elegant Emilian town. Here, several guests, including Jacopo Fo, Marco Boschini, Ivan Stomeo and Pierluigi Musar\u00f2 will talk about Learning sustainability by travelling. The prize-giving of national contests \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.adottaunturista.org\" target=\"_blank\">Adotta un turista<\/a>\u201d (Adopt a tourist) and \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.raccontalatuacitta.it\" target=\"_blank\">Racconta la tua citt\u00e0<\/a>\u201d (Tell your city), organized by ViaggiVerdi and It.a.c\u00e0 Festival, will take place during the same conference.<\/p>\n<h3>Saturday, May 31st: it\u2019s time to set off!<\/h3>\n<p>But the experience is what really matters.\u00a0For this reason, on Saturday May 31st morning we will leave on foot, or with<strong> Nordic walking<\/strong> sticks, to slowly discover one of the most striking route in the Italian Apennines, the Alta via dei Parchi, which passes through all the Emilia-Romagna region.<br \/>\n<strong>Nature<\/strong> is the great protagonist of the route: glacial cirques, enormous high-flying meadows, amazing lakes, endless beech forests\u00a0and chestnut woods, clear brooks, badlands and faint spring blooms. Also inhabitants will be there to tell places, with fragrant foods of their <strong>local cookery<\/strong>, their ancient <strong>recipes<\/strong> and<strong> traditions<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-3168 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/2014\/04\/the-alta-via-dei-parchi-green-adventure-apennines\/escursioni-monchio\/#main'><img width=\"270\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/04\/escursioni-monchio-270x200.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/2014\/04\/the-alta-via-dei-parchi-green-adventure-apennines\/parco-cento-laghi-2\/#main'><img width=\"270\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/04\/parco-cento-laghi-2-270x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/2014\/04\/the-alta-via-dei-parchi-green-adventure-apennines\/crocus\/#main'><img width=\"270\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/04\/crocus-270x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>The Parco dei Cento Laghi<\/h3>\n<p>The route starts discovering the <strong>Val Cedra<\/strong> and the <strong>Parco dei Cento Laghi<\/strong> (the &#8220;One-hundred-Lakes Park&#8221;), one of the \u201cAlta Via dei Parchi\u201d initial stretchs in the province of Parma, where beech forests are interspersed with rivers and glacial lakes.<br \/>\nAfter a wild <strong>pic-nic surrounded by nature<\/strong>, we will keep on our trip with a walk through the striking mountain villages of <strong>Riana<\/strong> and <strong>Casarola<\/strong>, birthplace of the italian poeta <strong>Attilio Bertolucci<\/strong>. We will listen to local stories, and then we will watch the engaging movie \u201cAlta Via dei Parchi. Viaggio a piedi in Emilia Romagna\u201d (Alta Via dei Parchi. Walking trip in Emilia-Romagna), a documentary by Serena Tommasini, with<strong> Enrico Brizzi<\/strong>, an Italian writer.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KC2-w0pm4-I\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>The Valle dei Cavalieri and Cerreto Alpi: discovering community tourism<\/h3>\n<p>On Sunday, June 1st, and Monday, June 2nd, we will move to the real Appennines\u2019 mountain, the <strong>Alpe di Succiso<\/strong>, with its wonderful views. Our route goes on endeed visiting the glacial <strong>lake Mesc\u00e0<\/strong>, still showing its stretch of water in this season. Then we will explore the <strong>Valle dei Cavalieri<\/strong> (&#8220;Valley of the Knights&#8221; translating the italian name) and its beautiful fortified hamlets, where strong and brave communities live making territory a resource against Appennines depopulation.<\/p>\n<p>Itinerary will end on Monday, June 2nd in <strong>Cerreto Alpi<\/strong>, where we will meet the renowed community of the <strong>Briganti di Cerreto<\/strong>, who turned their endangered mountain village into one of the best examples of community tourism in the world.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-3168 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/2014\/04\/the-alta-via-dei-parchi-green-adventure-apennines\/mulino-cerreto\/#main'><img width=\"270\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/04\/mulino-cerreto-270x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/2014\/04\/the-alta-via-dei-parchi-green-adventure-apennines\/lago-mescia\/#main'><img width=\"270\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/04\/lago-mescia-270x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/2014\/04\/the-alta-via-dei-parchi-green-adventure-apennines\/castagne-briganti\/#main'><img width=\"270\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/04\/castagne-briganti-270x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>The taste of a journey, living as a local<\/h3>\n<p>Three days into the nature, between tastes, fragrances, stories and personalities that make this wonderful stretch of the Northern Appennines unique, even if near to home. These three days will be the real opening event of the It.a.c\u00e0 Festival, that will walk through the highest road of Emilia Romagna region, to ideally arrive in Bologna, the very heart of the Festival. In fact, \u201cIt a c\u00e0\u201d means in the italian dialect from Bologna\u00a0\u201cAre you at home?\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><em>Cover photo: Casarola, ph. by\u00a0Luca Gilli<\/em><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Info and reservations:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/the-alta-via-dei-parchi-hike\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Alta via dei Parchi hike<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What could be better than slow, sustainable and close-to-home tourism? Doing it while you\u2019re discovering beautiful Italian Appennines! This year It.a.c\u00e0, the Festival about sustainable tourism, starts this way\u2026 and the green adventure is guaranteed! 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