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Itinerary n. 4 •
The trekking of the street robbers
( Montalcino - Vallafrico - Manachiara
Barbi - Caggiolo - Ripa )
livello max. m. 514 livello min. m. 229
 Roads:
From Montalcino to Bagno Vignoni on field-paths This is a beautiful,
but very long hike, which will take you through a scarcely inhabited
area to the Val d'Orcia. The direction is similar to the one of
itinerary Nr. 10, but the route differs. At the beginning you
need to walk for about fourkilometers on the main road in the
direction of S.Antimo. Then you turn left on a farm road, which
takes you to thefarm Fattoria dei Barbi. After a few hundred meters
again turn to the left and walk down to  the
farm Vallafrico and from there to the farm Manachiara, which overlooks
the valley of the Asso. From Manachiara, take the road leading
down to the ditch of Manapietra. Following this route you will
get to the farm Pinsale and immediately thereafter to the farm
Barbi. These places are historically tied to tales about two highway
robbers, who lived in these woods between the XIX and the beginning
of the XX century. Their names were Bruscon and Braicche. Walking
downhill from Barbi you will come to Molin del Fiore. After this
evocative and fascinating place you have to go over the railway
line and  once
on the other side you need to find the road to Caggiolo. After
Caggiolo, always keeping to your right, you will come to the castle
Ripa, after only a few kilometers walk on the path through the
woods. The visit of the castle is highly recommended, especially
as from the castle you can enjoy a fantastic view over the gorge
of the Orcia. Take the municipal road, walk for about one kilometer
and then turn right, downhill in direction of Mulina From there
you have to follow the wartorn but beautiful, exposed river-bed
and after about half an hour you will reach Bagno Vignoni. |
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