6. Subiaco – Livata

Monasteries and Beeches
With this stage not long, but challenging in the vertical, you will enter the world of Beech! But first it is strongly recommended, also because the path laps them, stop to visit the Benedictine Monasteries of Santa Scolastica and the Sacro Speco. Light in the spirit it will be easier to face the climb !! So, taking to climb right between the different places of silence and reflection we willpenetrate gradually into the beautiful silence of the Simbruini Mountains.

Description of the trail
The Park trail sign that will accompany us to the destination is 653 and it is useful to have the precise excursion map of the area edited by the Institute itself. After several kilometers traveled on white roads that make us climb and cross the band of mixed wood, where the road ends, coinciding with a crossroads take the path that goes across the left and enters the valley, leaving the trail marks on the right which lead, after a high and panoramic crossing of the right orographic side of the Aniene Valley (681b), towards the village of Jenne.Leaving the sunniest slopes, the beech becomes the dominant tree essence. Going up the valley regularly, leave another fork on the right with paths leading to the meadows of Frassigno (681c). We arrive at a confluence between two valleys and we continue on the left one, arriving at beautiful clearings that alternate with wild roses and wild apple trees: we are in the middle of the Valle delle Mele.

Still ahead here is another crossroads between official trails, and we still straight uphill in the grassy rush just mentioned. In this upper part dominate the open spaces and after passing through a more thermophile forest with oaks and maples, at the height of another small beech forest you enter a dirt road that descends from Colle Rotoli. Calcando this will arrive at the destination, in front of the Park Visitor Center, near the Ring of Monte Livata.

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