Walk 4 - Castelluccio and the Pian Grande

You shall not leave the Valnerina before you climb up to Castelluccio, in the heart of the National Park Monti Sibillini and admire one of Italy’s most beautiful landscapes.
Take the road from Norcia to Forca Canapine, as we gain altitude quickly, we will stop at Forca del Piano. We will have an unforgettable landscape in front of us: a large valley with the village of Castelluccio on a little hill, and the massive of the Monti Sibillini all around, with the Monte Vettore (2476 m.) dominating the area . Before we enter the endless green fields of Pian Grande, with its pastureland, june flowers and tasty lentil grown close to the village, we will get lost in memories and the legend of della Sibilla.
Otherwise, we can just imagine the long travelling teh shepards had to do each winter to reach the pastures in Maremma. We will stop in Castelluccio, that has retained some of the oldest traditions, like writing down on the walls the main happenings in the village, in an often very straightforward dialect. Our itinerry could end with a descent to Visso, stopping in Valleinfante di Castel Sant'A ngelo on the Nera where, out of two “nostrils” in the rock, the fresh waters of the Nera start from.