Trekking 26 Torale - Pischiello - Poggio Bandito - Capuchin Friars Monastery
- Trail Conditions: On foot, By bike, On horseback
- Interest: Flora, Panorama
- Departure: Torale (334m)
- Duration: 4 hour/s 30 minutes
- Difficulty Level: E - Hiking (level)
- Length: 13.72 km
Starting from the church of the Saints Cosma and Damiano in Torale (334 m), take the gravel road, in the direction of the cemetery, which leads to Pischiello avenue. At a votive aedicule, near the avenue of cypresses, turn left climbing towards the Pischiello Farmstead. The monumental cypresses along the avenue, about 3 km long in total, will accompany us all the way to the intersection before the buildings, which are the centre of the Pischiello property (342 m), belonged to Count Sorbello. Turn left on a gravel road which rises steeply, passing Casa Renaglia until it reaches the Cima del Poggio del Bandito (610 m), at first crossing ancient olive orchards then stretches of woods of varying thickness, with of specimens of pine, oak and the typical scrub plain of broom, juniper, cistus and heathers. Once you reach the top, take the crest path going to the right to Le Guardie, with great views of Mount Tezio and Mount Acuto and of course the Trasimeno lake. Cross pastures and a stretch of pine forest. At the pine forest you leave the itinerary no. 50 and take a trail on the right advancing among the pines and proceeding into the woods. In this stretch of the trail you may note a strong presence of heathers and its seasonal flowerings. Following the trail signs you will reach the monastery of Cappuccini. The unsurfaced road skirting the monastery will bring you to the entrance of a trail, which first crosses an olive orchard with specimens hundreds of years old, where wild horses are present, then a patch of vegetation which leads us to some houses surrounded by green. From here, take a shady trail which reaches the Pischiello Villa. We cross the area of the villa and its numerous annexes, to find again a stretch of the road we already hiked over in the beginning. From here you will reach Torale in a short time.
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