{"id":14163,"date":"2017-11-27T18:06:25","date_gmt":"2017-11-27T18:06:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.adrianwood.ch\/?page_id=14163"},"modified":"2017-11-27T18:06:25","modified_gmt":"2017-11-27T18:06:25","slug":"08-20-san-martino","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.adrianwood.ch\/?page_id=14163","title":{"rendered":"08-20 San Martino"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Monday, August 20, <\/span>Camoglieres<\/span> \u2013 <\/span>Caricatori<\/span> \u2013 Colle <\/span>Pertus<\/span> (1370) \u2013 San Martino \u2013 Centro <\/span>Culturale<\/span> Borgata<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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We awaken at the wonderful <\/span>Locanda<\/span> del <\/span>Silenzio<\/span> at <\/span>7 o\u2019clock<\/span>, prepare ourselves for the days\u2019 hike and wander off to breakfast, only to discover we have to wait until <\/span>8:30<\/span>. In this beautiful garden, that\u2019s no problem. And the breakfast is worth the wait: bo<\/span>wls of fresh fruit, muesli, sausage, bread, cakes: at this kingly brunch, there\u2019s no shortage of delicacies.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Bellies full, we shoulder up our backpacks and head downhill, very briefly. <\/span>Adrian<\/span> suspects we\u2019re not on the right trail. A brief reconnaissance confirms his suspicions, so we reverse face and head back up toward the village, where we leave the yellow rectangles of the P.O. for the lilac stripes of \u201cIl <\/span>sentiero<\/span>dei<\/span>ciclamini<\/span>.\u201d The cyclamen trail skirts a side valley, and saves us, first, the descent and later, the ascent, to and from the <\/span>village<\/span> of <\/span>Macra<\/span>. The trail is lovely, easy walking, views across the valley. Unfortunately, however, the only sign of cyclamen is a stand of glistening green leaves on the banks of a stream as we reach the ruined village of <\/span>Langra<\/span>. <\/span>Here we make a sharp turn to the right to rejoin the P.O. and begin a sweaty, one-and-a-half-hour climb to Colle <\/span>Pertus<\/span>. We walk past one of the many deserted chapels in the region. Several viewpoints beckon the photographers for confirmation. The exact location of the Colle <\/span>Pertus<\/span> is, like that of many of the passes we cross, not so certain. When it\u2019s clear that we\u2019ve reached the top, we spread out for lunch, some people seeking shade (a rarity on this exposed south flank), others happy in the sun with a view of the middle of the <\/span>Maira<\/span> valley.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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We head downhill via the villages of <\/span>Centenero<\/span> and <\/span>Caudano<\/span>. A resident in <\/span>Caudano<\/span> applauds when he hears we come from <\/span>Switzerland<\/span>, then proudly shows how he is converting a former stall into a bar and restaurant to supply the hikers that walk <\/span>increasingly frequently pass<\/span>ed<\/span> his house.<\/span>Caudano<\/span> is also the site of an old hospital that 600 years ago sheltered plague sufferers.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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We continue along the mountain flank to the <\/span>church<\/span> of <\/span>San <\/span>Peyre<\/span> (San Pietro in Italian). Now there are 2 more hours to San Martino, and as is so often the case on this trail, there is a lot more altitude change between these two places than one would think. So once again it\u2019s down, down, down so that we can climb back up again. The dark clouds that started to appear at San <\/span>Peyre<\/span> draw nearer.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Under a black sky and occasional thunder rolls, we move at a trot through the woods to Centro <\/span>Culturale<\/span> Borgata. This pension, opened in 1990 by Andrea and Maria Schneider, Austrian and German, has<\/span> become a cultural center for German speaking tourists. We claim our mattresses in the dormitory, then settle in for showers and beer or tea in the sitting room. For dinner, we once again get the royal treatment: 3 antipasti, including a salad; as a main course, chicken soup with vegetables, and a fresh fruit salad for dessert. For evening entertainment, you can\u2019t beat sitting on the balcony and watching the moon and the Milky Way.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Once again, it was a full day, with many new experiences and good walking.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Monday, August 20, Camoglieres \u2013 Caricatori \u2013 Colle Pertus (1370) \u2013 San Martino \u2013 Centro Culturale Borgata We awaken at the wonderful Locanda del Silenzio at 7 o\u2019clock, prepare ourselves for the days\u2019 hike and wander off to breakfast, only to discover we have to wait until 8:30. In this beautiful garden, that\u2019s no problem. … Continue reading 08-20 San Martino<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":579,"menu_order":3484,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-14163","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adrianwood.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adrianwood.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adrianwood.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adrianwood.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adrianwood.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14163"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.adrianwood.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14163\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14172,"href":"https:\/\/www.adrianwood.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14163\/revisions\/14172"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adrianwood.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adrianwood.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}