The Province of L'Aquila (Provincia dell'Aquila) is the largest, most mountainous and least densely populated province of the Abruzzo region of Southern Italy. It comprises about half the landmass of Abruzzo and occupies the western part of the region. It has borders with the provinces of Teramo to the north, Pescara and Chieti to the east, Isernia (in Molise region) to the south and Frosinone, Rome and Rieti (in Lazio region) to the west. Its capital is the city of L'Aquila. The Province of L'Aquila includes the highest mountains of the Apennines (Gran Sasso, Maiella and Velino-Sirente), their highest peak, Corno Grande, the high plain of Campo Imperatore, and Europe's southernmost glacier, the Calderone. The province's major rivers are the Aterno-Pescara, Sangro, Liri, Salto, and the Turano; its major lakes are Lago Scanno and Lago Barrea. It once included the largest lake on the Italian peninsula, Lago Fucino, which was drained in one of the 19th century's largest engineering projects. The lake basin is today a flourishing agricultural area and an important technological district.
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The path leads from Pescasseroli to the beautiful grassland of Macchiarvana (great clearing used in winter as a cross-country ski run) through beautiful beech forests with monumental trees. The route does not present difficulties and is suitable for everyone.
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The route leads from the village of Civitella Alfedena to the Molino meadows, in the Camosciara integral reserve area.
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Parking in the square in the valley (equipped with services and bar) continue towards the Camosciara along 3 km of paved road closed to traffic and in moderate ascent, passable on foot, by carriage, by train or by bike. From the square there are two paths. In the square of the Camosciara there is a small bar.
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The trail crosses the beautiful pinewood of Pino nero di Villetta Barrea (special ecotype at forest level) and then goes into the beech forest until it comes out on the grasslands of Monte Mattone. Beautiful view of Lake Barrea and the Camosciara. We then descend into beech forest up to the road to Scanno
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Really beautiful view from the view point, definitely worth the walk - about 20mins from the town. There’s very little signposting though and mixed signs! So I’ve written our route below. To get to the view point in my images: Find “Sentinero del Cuore” on Google maps and head there. Park on the roadside just further down from the bottom of the road in picture 1. You can’t park anywhere down the road shown in 1 and it’s a dead end. Follow the main track, ignoring the side roads (2 and 3) Go up the ‘no entry’ road (that says private property) and then take the path up hill to the right of the house (4) Take the left turn into the path through the gate (there’s a monastery on the path to the right and a different view point straight on) Follow the main path ignoring the signposted right route (5) and stay on this path Follow the path around through the trees, you’ll see some orange paint on the trees to show you’re going the right way (6) Go up the rocky path uphill and then uphill again, ignoring the path to the right (7) Keep going uphill staying on the main wide path and then into the woods a short distance, where you’ll see the view point wooden sign (8) and the view point and a red bench are on the right :)
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