Fonte La Castellana, Sarnano

Fonte La Castellana: location

The property is in contrada Piane di Tenna, outside the historic center of Sarnano. The other places to stay in the municipality are on the page where to stay in Sarnano.

Fonte La Castellana: services

Rooms and the restaurant are the two services of the house.

Fonte La Castellana: what to see nearby

Among the hikes suggested in the Sarnano area is the one through the Valle dei Tre Santi. It starts from Giampereto, where the dirt road becomes a mule track, and climbs through the woods following the red and white trail markers and the stone cairns; near the gorge, the route leaves the main trail for a narrower track between rock walls, with steep stretches and passages over the boulders of the stream. In the middle of the gorge a narrow gap hides a waterfall.

Beyond the gorge the trail crosses a beech forest and continues uphill for about 2 km toward the meadows of Bolognola, which overlook the ridges of the Sibillini. The valley's original name was Tre Salti (Three Leaps): tradition linked them to the devil's joy whenever someone sold him their soul, and to dispel the superstition they became Tre Santi (Three Saints). The hike requires hiking boots and should be avoided in the rain, because the gorge is subject to flash floods.